Senate Membership

The membership of Senate is broadly representative of the university community. A majority of senators are faculty members and academic librarians. Faculty members are elected to represent all faculties and departments across the university, as well as affiliated and federated colleges. Senate also includes: eight students (including one graduate student and at least one student from Brantford), three alumni, one staff member and two representatives of the secondary school system of Ontario.

Senate also has several ex-officio members. In addition to the president and vice-chancellor of the university, who chairs Senate, each vice-president, dean of a Faculty, the chancellor, university librarian, registrar and head of each federated or affiliated college are ex-officio members.

The officers of Senate include the chair, vice-chair and secretary. The chair is the president and vice-chancellor per the Wilfrid Laurier University Act, while the vice-chair and secretary are elected by Senate in accordance with the governing documents.

Officers

• Senate Chair: Deborah MacLatchy, President and Vice-Chancellor
• Senate Vice-Chair: Robert McLeman
• Senate Secretary: Gary Foster

Ex-Officio Members

• Chancellor: Nadir Patel
• President and Vice-Chancellor: Deborah MacLatchy
• Chair, Board of Governors: Jim Phillips
• Principal-Dean, Martin Luther University College (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary): Daranne Harris
• Provost and Vice-President: Academic: Heidi Northwood
• Vice-President: Advancement and External Relations: Jason Coolman
• Vice-President: Finance and Administration: Debbie Martin
• Vice-President: Student Affairs: Kate McCrae Bristol
• Vice-President: Research: Jonathan Newman
• Associate Vice-President: Academic: Trish McLaren
• Associate Vice-President: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Andrea Davis
• Associate Vice-President: Indigenous Initiatives: Darren Thomas
• Dean, Faculty of Arts: Sofie Lachapelle
• Dean, Faculty of Social Work: Michael Woodford
• Dean, Faculty of Education: Maria Cantalini-Williams
• Dean, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: Brent Wolfe
• Interim Dean, Faculty of Music: Kimberly Barber
• Dean, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics: Kyle Murray
• Dean, Faculty of Science: Richelle Monaghan
• University Librarian: Scott Gillies 
• Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts: Tarah Brookfield
• Dean, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences: Tarah Brookfield
• Registrar: Mike Emery

Elected/Appointed Members

• Three appointed by the Board of Governors:
  
  • Anthony Benjamin
  • Gary Edwards
  • Michael Ras

• One elected by administrative staff: Tyler Britz 

• One elected by academic librarians: Joanna Blair

• Seven elected by undergraduate students:
  
  • Manahil Bashir
  • Diego Cabral-Melo
  • Stephanie Enyinnaya
  • Ripley Clipperton
  • Isaac Halsey
  • Veronica Philip
  • Vacant

• One elected by graduate students: Makenna Wiebe

• Three appointed by the Alumni Association:
  • Vida Collis
  • Devyn Kelly
  • Donald Hunt

• Two appointed by Senate to represent the Ontario Secondary School System:
  
  • Jamila Maliha
  • Jeff Crowell

• Two members of faculty from Martin Luther University College (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary):
  • Mitra Barua
  • Daniel Maoz 

• Eight from the Faculty of Arts:
  • Darryl Dee
  • Gary Foster
  • Penelope Ironstone
  • Loren King
  • Jane Newland
  • Jill Rusin
  • Dana Sawchuk
  • Peter Urquhart

• Ten from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics:
  
  • Abhijith Acharya
  • Anne Domurath
  • Azim Essaji
  • Darren Henderson
  • Sapna Isotupa
  • Lisa Keeping
  • Mary Kelly
  • Ebrahim Mazaheri
  • Steve Risavy
  • Christos Shiamptanis

• Two from the Faculty of Education:
  
  • Sofia Ferreyro Mazieres
  • Jennifer Straub

• Two from the Faculty of Liberal Arts:
  
  • James Cairns 
  • Jonathan Lavery

• Three from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences:
  
  • Ken Dowler
  • Rosemary McGowan

• Two from the Faculty of Music:
  
  • Demian Kogutek
  • Kevin Swinden

• Nine from the Faculty of Science:
  
  • Louise Dawe
  • Sean Doherty
  • Derek Gray
  • Shengda Hu
  • Paul Mallet
  • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
  • Robert McLeman
  • Stephen Perry
  • Sarah Poynter

• Two from the Faculty of Social Work:
  • Cheryl-Anne Cait
  • Michelle Skop