Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 82.53
Liaison Pierre Lemay
Submission Date Dec. 23, 2016
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STARS v2.1

Université Laval
PA-3: Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Pierre Lemay
Development Advisor
Office of the Vice Rector, External and International Affairs and Health
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Part 1

Do the institution’s students have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a student council)? :
Yes

Do the institution’s students have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which students are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
The CADEUL is the student association representing all undergraduate students. The AELIES is the student association representing all graduate students. The Universite's Board, the highest governing body and the Universite'Council, the highest academic governing body have reserved seats for students représentatives, which are elected by a electoral college managed by the CADEUL and AELIES.

Do the institution’s staff members have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a staff council)?:
Yes

Do the institution’s non-supervisory staff members have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which staff are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
The staff have reserved seats on the Universite's Board and the Universite's Council, the two highest governing body. The staff representants are elected by a electoral college.

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a faculty senate)?:
Yes

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body? :
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which teaching and research faculty are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
The Faculty have reserved seats on the Universite's Board and the Universite's Council, the two highest governing body. The faculty representants are elected by a electoral college.

Part 2

Does the institution have written policies and procedures to identify and engage external stakeholders (i.e. local residents) in land use planning, capital investment projects, and other institutional decisions that affect the community?:
Yes

A copy of the written policies and procedures:
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The policies and procedures:
Le Comité d'aménagement et de mise en oeuvre (CAMEO) (in English: The Planning and Implementation Committee) is an advisory committee of the University. Its mandate, approved by the University's Board, is to ensure the implementation of the master plan for the development of the campus, where, within the various development projects entrusted to it, the CAMEO is consulting the surrounding community of the University. To this end, the CAMEO includes three members of the City of Québec and one representative of the Commission de la capital-nationale du Québec. The information about the CAMEO, including the procédures and it's projects can be find at: www.cameo.ulaval.ca

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which community members representing the interests of the following stakeholder groups can regularly participate in institutional governance?:
Yes or No
Local government and/or educational organizations Yes
Private sector organizations Yes
Civil society (e.g. NGOs, NPOs) Yes

If yes to one or more of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which external stakeholders are engaged in institutional governance (including information about each stakeholder group selected above):
The Universite's Board and the Universite's Council have reserved seats for members of the governement and educationnal organizations, the private sector organisations and civil society (11 seats on the Board for the three groups, which represent 44% of all the seats - 11/25 seats).

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