History in the Making

• The first new medical school in Canada in over 30 years.

• Social accountability mandate: responsive to the needs of people and communities.

• The first medical school to operate as a faculty of two universities.

University Governance in Ontario

• 18 Universities in Ontario• Each created by separate Act (statutory corporations)• 14 have bicameral governance - Board and Senate - control over separate matters• 4 have unicameral governance - Board of Governors has control - can delegate to Senate

NOSM is Unique

• separate entity

- not-for-profit corporation

• not an academic institution

• hosted by two universities

• M.D. degree granted jointly by Lakehead and Laurentian

Governance & Management

• Corporate Governance

- Board of Directors

• Academic Governance

- Senates

• Executive Group

Dual Role of the Dean

• Academic leader & administrator

- accountable thru AC & JSC

to two University Senates.

• CEO of NOSM Corporation

- duties of the Dean outlined

in the Corporation Bylaws.

Terminology

• Org Structure - Portfolio; Unit;

- Dean’s Office; Team• Academic Activities - Program; Project; • - Institute; Initiative• Task Groups - Committee; ad hoc committee• - Group; task force or working group• Faculty Affairs - Division; Section; Discipline

AC Constitutional Review

• Academic governance

• Faculty Council role

• Non-university programs

• Faculty members on AC

• AC relationships

• Meetings and Work Plan

Role of Academic Council• to provide strategic academic

governance for all NOSM academic programs, within the context of:

- the School’s social accountability mandate - commitment to innovation - vision and mission and values - the key academic principles agreed upon by Council

Role of Academic Council

• For academic programs which lead to a degree awarded by the Universities, the Academic Council recommends to the Senates regulations respecting the admission of the students, courses of study and requirements for graduation

Role of Academic Council

• The Council shall establish standing and ad-hoc committees and shall determine the functions and powers of these committees