Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 49.48
Liaison William Clancey
Submission Date Jan. 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Durham College
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.50 / 3.00 Peter Garrett
Manager, Strategic Reporting & Government Relations
Presidents Office
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Part 1. Shared governance bodies

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which the following stakeholders can regularly participate in the governance of the institution?:
Yes or No
Students Yes
Academic staff No
Non-academic staff No

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:
Durham College has a student council association with a student board of directors representing the various programs in the college. The student board of directors meet regularly to address student concerns which will be presented to the Board of governors and college executive.

https://mydcsa.ca/about-us/board-of-directors/

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
17

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
1

Number of academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
4

Number of non-academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
12

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
7

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
41.18

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:

Part 4. Community engagement bodies

Does the institution host or support one or more formal bodies through which external stakeholders have a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them?:
Yes

A brief description of the campus-community council or equivalent body that gives external stakeholders a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them:
Durham College actively promotes the Town and Gown Committee, which is made up of Ontario tech, Trent, City of Oshawa, Durham Region and Durham Region Police and open to members of the community
A member of the governance body is a representative from the town of Whitby.

Optional Fields 

Number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body.:
2

Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://durhamcollege.ca/about/pac
https://www.oshawa.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx?keyword=town%20and%20gown&newsId=ffd6b3d9-4ac6-445d-8410-965d1e6d9414
https://durhamcollege.ca/about/governance/board-of-governors/members-of-the-board-of-governors

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