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Academic Council

The Academic Council is duly established by the Post Secondary Learning Act, 2003 (effective May 4, 2017). One must exist for each College with membership being equally allocated between Board, faculty and student representatives. The Post Secondary Learning Act provides general guidelines and constitutions for individual Councils appropriate for local development and review of academic policy and procedures. Olds College Academic Council was established 7, December, 1978.

While technically Academic Council is not a standing committee of the Board, its significance to College affairs is such to warrant identification as part of the Board structure. The mandate and procedures for Academic Council are housed in the Council’s Constitution. This Constitution is a document agreed upon between the constituent groups, Board, faculty and students.

View Constitution and Bylaws (PDF)

Attend an Academic Council Meeting

Join us at 5:15 p.m. in the Werklund Agriculture & Technology Centre (building #2 on the campus map) in room 301/302. Note: Public attendance is purely for observation (e.g. non-participatory, non-voting role of an individual attending meetings).

Upcoming Academic Council Meetings

  • September 10, 2026    (Kuali submission deadline: August 27, 2026)     
  • October 8, 2026        (Kuali submission deadline: September 24, 2026)    
  • November 12, 2026      (Kuali submission deadline: October 29, 2026)     
  • December 10, 2026     (Kuali submission deadline: November 26, 2026)     
  • January 14, 2027 (Kuali submission deadline: December 31, 2026
  • February 11, 2027     (Kuali submission deadline: January 28, 2027
  • March 11, 2027         (Kuali submission deadline: February 25, 2027
  • April 8, 2027                (Kuali submission deadline: March 25, 2027) 
  • May 13, 2027 (Kuali submission deadline: April 29, 2027
  • June 10, 2027            (Kuali submission deadline: May 27, 2027

Academic Council Representatives

Board of Governors Representatives:

  • Debbie Thompson (President & CEO)
  • Dalin Bullock (Vice President , Academic & Student Experience)
  • Jennifer Fleckenstein (Registrar & Director, Enrolment Services
  • Dennis Beaudoin (Dean, School of Trades & Skills)
  • Lori Kemp (Director, Teaching & Learning Innovation Centre)
  • Tanya McDonald (Dean, School of Life Sciences)
  • Jay Steeves (Dean, Werklund School of Agriculture Technology) 
  • Paul Blankestijn (Associate Dean, School of Trades & Skills) (alternate)
  • Bronwyn Petersen (Associate Dean,  School of Life Sciences) (alternate)
  • Nicole Zukiwsky (Associate Dean, Werklund School of Agriculture Technology) (alternate)

Faculty Representatives:

  • Keith Friedlander (OCFA VP Academic)
  • Mark Fournier (Instructor, Werklund School of Agriculture Technology)
  • Bertrand Bickersteth (Instructor, Werklund School of Agriculture Technology)
  • Dan Karran (Instructor, Werklund School of Agriculture Technology)
  • Laura Mills (Instructor, Werklund School of Agriculture Technology)
  • Dan Reaman (Instructor, School of Trades & Skills)
  • Robert Spencer (Instructor, School of Life Sciences)
  • Bruce Brittain (Instructor, School of Trades & Skills) (alternate)
  • Felippe Karp (Instructor, Werklund School of Agriculture Technology) (alternate)
  • David Prins, (Instructor, School of Life Sciences) (alternate)

Academic Council Chairperson: Dalin Bullock

Academic Council Vice-Chairperson: TBD

Student Representatives: 

  • Leila Vachon (SAOC Vice President Academic)
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For more information or to request archived meeting minutes, contact 

Joey Shields
403.556.8297
jshields@oldscollege.ca