Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	62.83
Liaison	Danielle Smith
Submission Date	Aug. 11, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.00 / 3.00	Mike Hardy Sustainability Officer Facilities Management

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Part 1. Shared governance bodies

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which the following stakeholders can regularly participate in the governance of the institution?:

	Yes or No
Students	Yes
Academic staff	Yes
Non-academic staff	Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:

The University of New Brunswick Act sets out the structure and powers of the University's governing bodies. Its bicameral governance system includes the Fredericton and Saint John Senates, which have principal responsibility for academic matters, and the Board of Governors, which receives recommendations on academic matters from the Senates, and has responsibility for financial issues, property and facilities, and other matters necessary to the governance of the University.

The Board of Governors is comprised of 42 members including three students seven non-academic staff and six academic staff.

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of non-academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:

45.24

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:

https://www.unb.ca/secretariat/governors/membership.html

Part 4. Community engagement bodies

Does the institution host or support one or more formal bodies through which external stakeholders have a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them?:

Yes

A brief description of the campus-community council or equivalent body that gives external stakeholders a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them:

The Mayor's Working Community on Community/Post-Secondary Relations is made up of leadership from UNB, the City of Fredericton, and the other post-secondary institutions within the city. Its mandate is to increase communication between these entities for the purpose of generating greater opportunities for the community as a whole. This includes off-campus student housing, transportation, sustainability, and safety.

Optional Fields

Number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body.:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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