Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.18
Liaison Léah Aelion
Submission Date June 28, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

HEC Montréal
PA-3: Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.75 / 3.00 Jean-Michel Champagne
Sustainable Development Officer
Infrastructure - Sustainability Office
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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:
Every student at HEC Montréal belongs to a student association, depending on their. Student associations and committees are recognizes by the school, according to the Student Association Recognition Policy. The policy defines the rules student associations, committees or interest groups must oblige too, such as respecting the School code of conduct, being composed only of HEC Montréal’s student and holding annual election of their members. Student association who make a request will be granted an office space with all necessities. Moreover, there is one seat on HEC's director board for a student representative selected by the student associations.

Do the institution’s staff members have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a staff council)?:
No

Do the institution’s non-supervisory staff members have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
No

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:
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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 Association des professeurs de l'École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC Montréal faculty Association) is recognized by the school as the representative body for faculty and teachers. Its mission is to represent faculty member and defend their interest, their research and their needs. It is also participating to the school governance and orientations. There is one seat on HEC's board of directors reserved for a teacher selected by the Association des professeurs.

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?:
No

A copy of the written policies and procedures:
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The policies and procedures:
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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 HEC's board members are representatives of the civil society and private sector. The board president, mme Hélène Desmarais, is a well known figure of the Québec entrepreunership and innovation sector. One of the board member, Guy Breton, is the Univeristy of Montréal rector, strengthening the link and partnership between HEC Montréal and UdeM. One student representative also sit on the board. Other boards member are either HEC administrative staff or well known business manager.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.hec.ca/en/about/governance/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Full list of board members is available here : http://www.hec.ca/en/about/governance/board-of-directors/index.html Actual student board member :Mrs. Marietta Corcuera, Graduate diploma student, HEC Montréal Actual Faculty board member : Mr. Jean Talbot, Director, Learning and Teaching Innovation Cente

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