Extract from the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures
24. Appeal Committee
(a) The members of the Appeal Committee shall be appointed by Senate for staggered renewable three-year terms, with the exception of student members who shall be appointed on a one-year basis, renewable twice. All terms shall be effective 1 September. Membership shall consist of:
i) a Chair, selected from the academic staff;
ii) eight other members of the academic staff;
iii) six students (three graduate and three undergraduate);
iv) A Legal Assessor shall be appointed as a non-voting member of the Committee. The Legal Assessors for the CSD and the Committee on Student Grievances shall in rotation act as Legal Assessors for the Appeal Committee. The Legal Assessor on an appeal shall in no instance be the same individual who served as a Legal Assessor on the original discipline hearing.
(b) As far as possible, members shall be drawn from different faculties.
(c) Committee members shall stay on past the end of their terms in order to complete a case where a hearing has begun or proceeded before then.
[Please refer to the "Code of Student Grievance Procedures" and to the "Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures" for further details.]
Membership (3-year renewable terms)
Professor Lisa Travis (Linguistics, ARTS) – 2019 (Chair)
Eight other academic staff:
Professor Sara Laimon (Performance, MUSIC) - 2018
Professor Nicole Ives (School of Social Work, ARTS) - 2018
Professor Ajjamada Kushalappa (Plant Science, FAES) - 2018
Professor Sarah Woolley (Biology, SCIENCE) - 2018
Professor Genevieve Bassellier (MANAGEMENT) - 2019
Professor Peter Caines (ENGINEERING) - 2019
Professor Richard Hovey (DENTISTRY) - 2020
Professor Steve Jordan (Integrated Studies in Education, EDUCATION) - 2020
Legal Assessors:
Marika Giles Samson - 2018
Dr. Giacomo Marchisio - 2020
Three undergraduate student members:
Kokulan Mahendiran (Political Science and World Religions, ARTS)
Yue Jiao (Biology, SCIENCE)
Valeryia Ivanova (BSc Food Science/BSc Nutritional Science (Concurrent), FAES)
Three graduate student members:
Alexandra Cooke (Experimental Medicine)
Anoop Saxena (Educational and Counselling Psychology)
Rebecca Katz (Information Studies)
Secretary: Ms Bonnie Borenstein