Education Council Members

The College of New Caledonia Education Council has twenty voting members: 10 faculty, 4 students, 4 administrators, and 2 support staff. Each member is elected by his or her constituency except the educational administrators who are appointed by the President. The President is a non-voting member of Education Council and in addition, the Board of Governors may appoint one person to be a non-voting member. Faculty, staff and administrators are elected for two-year terms and students for one year terms.

 
Education Council Leadership

 Benjamin Stewart
 Chair

June 2025

 Wendelin Schwab
 Vice Chair

 June 2025
Educational Administrators

Cindy Heitman,
President, Ex-Officio

On-going

Shelley Carter-Rose,
Interim Vice President, Academic & Student Services

April 2025

Troy Morin
Associate Dean, Humanities, University Studies & Business Studies

April 2025

Steven Perison,
Registrar

April 2025

Robert Lewis
Dean, Centre for Teaching and Learning
April 2025

Leah Feenstra
Administrative Assistant, Recording Secretary

On-going

10 Faculty Members (2 year term)

Maheswari Aravind,
Prince George Campus, Member-at-large

April 2026

Candis Johnson,
Academic Foundation and Human Services

April 2026

Susan Blake,
Lakes, Nechako, and Mackenzie Campuses

April 2026

Benjamin Stewart,
Trades & Technologies

April 2025

Wendelin Schwab,
University Studies and Career Access - Arts

April 2025

Tyler Bassett,
University Studies and Career Access - Science

April 2025

Michelle Woolf,
University Studies and Career Access - Business

April 2026

Amy Rivard,
Health Sciences - Nursing

April 2026

Jocelyn Bergeron,
Health Sciences - General

April 2026

Sophia Mattioli,
Quesnel Campus, Member-at-large

April 2026

4 Students (1 year term)
Love
Prince George Campus

October 2025

Rishav Joshi,
Prince George Campus
October 2025

Kartik Manchanda,
Prince George Campus

October 2025

Chandan Karla,
Prince George Campus

October 2025

2 Operational Staff (2 year term)

Laura Buchi,
Prince George Campus

April 2025

Marnee Boman,
Prince George Campus

April 2025

Power and Duties

The objective of Education Council, a representative body of the College analogous to a university Senate, is to democratically develop and review policy affecting teaching, learning, and the support of teaching and learning in the institution. In furthering those objectives, Education Council fulfills three principal roles and responsibilities as follows:

  1. Sole decision-making responsibility in setting policy concerning instruction and student evaluation. Exclusive powers of Education Council relate to such matters as: examinations, academic standing, academic standards, student awards, student appeals, and the setting of curriculum content. [s. 24(2)]
  2. Joint decision-making responsibility with the Board, on matters relating to transfer of courses and other matters agreed to by Education Council and the Board. [s. 25(1)]
  3. Advisory responsibilities on matters of educational policy. Education Council must advise the Board, and the Board must seek advice from Education Council, in relation to broad institutional issues such as educational goals and strategies, proposals regarding program priorities, evaluation of programs, admission policies, etc. [s. 23(1)].

*paraphrased from the College and Institutes Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 52

Relationship with the Board

The operational relationship between Education Council and the Board is not clearly articulated in the College and Institute Act. In very general terms, the Board is responsible for the financial management of the institution and Education Council is responsible for the educational management of the institution. There is however considerable overlap and interplay between these two roles. While Education Council has final authority on the curriculum content of courses, many other matters of an educational nature come under the "advisory" section of the Act. At the same time, many decisions of Education Council such as the setting of priorities regarding programs, involve budgetary considerations.