Documentation:Vantage College Curriculum/Committees
Vantage College Committees
Service Committee Assignments 2023–2024
Listed below are committee descriptions and suggested goals. It is recommended that each committee meet at least twice per term. At the end of each academic year, the chair of each committee will be asked to write a short summary (maximum one page) of the committee’s activities that year.
In addition to these service committees, Vantage representatives also sit on UBC-wide committees:
- Enrolment Executive Committee (Academic Director)
- Integrated Renewal Process (Academic Director, Manager of Advising, Curriculum Manager, Operations Manager)
- Academic Model and Transformation Advisory Committee AMTAC (Academic Director)
- Associate Deans Academic and Students advisory group (Academic Director)
Academic Executive
Goals: interpretation of university-wide policies and practices into the context of Vantage College programs, share information about program development and student success, and collaborate on Vantage-wide initiatives.
- Allen, Meghan (Vantage One Science chair, ex officio)
- Bagherzadeh, Alireza (Vantage One Engineering, ex officio)
- Fox, Joanne (Principal, ex officio)
- Gadhia, Atul (Manager of Advising)
- Lavallee, Suzie (Academic Director, Chair)
- Wilson, Brian (Curriculum Manager)
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (Academic English Program Director, ex officio)
Program Committees
Goals: coordinate the curriculum in a Vantage program (Applied Science or Science) or in the Vantage Academic English Program, promote collaborations between instructors, advocate for teaching innovations.
In addition to these committees, adjudication of admissions and transition into degree programs is provided by program chairs and student advising for each program.
Academic English Program
- Academic Director (ex officio)
- Ferreira, Alfredo
- Kim, Won
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Mahmood, Fatimah
- Martin, Jodie
- Pringle, John
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Shaw, Amber
- Todd, Brett
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (Chair)
Program Committee, Applied Science
- Abelló, Juan
- Bagherzadeh, Alireza (Vantage One Engineering, Chair)
- Chan, Tina
- Gadhia, Atul
- Ghaemi, Roza
- Goh, Ernest
- Lavallee, Suzie (Academic Director, ex officio)
- Mahmood, Fatimah
- Motavas, Saloome
- Najarian, Siamak
- Pringle, John
- Prodanovic, Vladan
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (Academic English Program Director, ex officio)
Program Committee, Science
- Allen, Meghan (Vantage One Science, Chair)
- Dennis, Beth
- Donnelly, Caitlin
- Ferreira, Alfredo
- Gadhia, Atul
- Ives, Joss
- Kim, Won
- Lavallee, Suzie (Academic Director, ex officio)
- Lekhi, Anka
- Leung, Fok-Shuen
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Martin, Jodie
- Pete, Shandin
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Rieger, Georg
- Shaw, Amber
- Thomas, Anne
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (Academic English Program Director, ex officio)
Vantage Committees
If you are interested on serving on any of these committees below, you can email your expression of interest to suzie.lavallee@ubc.ca
Academic Outreach
Goals: communicate information about the Vantage programs and educational innovation to the academic community and the public, spread successful practices and innovations, generate a public annual report on activities at Vantage.
- Hajdukovic, Daniela
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Martin, Jodie
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Rieger, Georg
- Vladan Prodanovic
ACTION ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE (Nov 8, 2023):
**need a new chair**
**plans for an AI forum / event**
Access, Diversity and Equity / Intercultural Communications (Note: new, combined committee)
Goals: advocate diversity and equity, respond to access, diversity and equity issues, promote a culture of inclusion and justice.
- Gadhia, Atul
- Ives, Joss
- Lekhi, Anka (from ICC)
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer (co-chair on ICC)
ACTION ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE (Nov 8, 2023):
**Need a new chair**
**Consider renaming (title) and/or modification of goals to include UDL and/or decolonization**
**Possible project to invite Indigenous speaker / do a decolonizing workshop?**
Health & Safety / Space & Facilities (Note: new, combined committee)
Goals: ensure Orchard Commons meets the standards set out by Worksafe BC. Coordinate allocation of space and approve alterations at Orchard Commons, develop IT initiatives for Vantage programs, respond to Vantage-specific IT issues.
- Kim, Won
- Mahmood, Fatimah (on leave Jan - April 2024)
- Schmiesing, Susanne
- Tsiu, Oscar
- Wilson, Brian (Chair)
- Zhang, Lynn
- Brett Todd (on leave)
(LINK to ANNUAL REPORT HERE)
Professional Development and Awards
Goals: organize educational and professional development programs, nominate staff and faculty for awards, i.e. university-wide awards, Vantage TA award, Vantage Staff award, Vantage Educational Innovation award, and Vantage Teaching award.
- Ferreira, Alfredo
- Schmiesing, Susanne
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra
ACTION ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE (Nov 8, 2023):
**Recommendation to change name - remove 'development', include faculty and staff?**
**Redraft goals to include oversight of nomination process and adjudication of awards**
**Need a new chair**
**Draft annual timeline / best practices document for future committees (for posting here)**
Student Awards
Goals: Propose and adjudicate student awards, including the Vantage One Excellence Award, from the applicant pool for the coming academic year.
- Abelló, Juan (Chair)
- Vantage One Engineering program chair (ex officio)
- Vantage One Science program chair (ex officio)
- Tina Chan
- Caitlin Donnelly
(LINK to ANNUAL REPORT HERE)
TA Training / Student Engagement (Note: new, combined committee)
Goals: organize Vantage-specific instructional training for TAs and new faculty.
- Donnelly, Caitlin
- Goh, Ernest (on sabbatical)
- Lightfoot, Jennifer (from Student Engagement)
- Motavas, Saloome (Co-chair)
- Pringle, John
- Wilson, Brian (Co-chair)
- Brett Todd
(LINK to ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT HERE)