[38] Bill 14 Royal Assent (PDF)
Bill Pr14 2005
An Act respecting
the Institute for Christian Studies
Preamble
The Institute for Christian Studies has applied for special legislation to amend its authority to grant degrees and to change the structure and powers of its Board of Trustees and its Senate. The applicant represents that it was incorporated by the Institute for Christian Studies Act, 1983.
It is appropriate to grant the application.
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
1. Section 4 of the Institute for Christian Studies Act, 1983 is repealed and the following substituted:
Board of Trustees
4. (1) The affairs of the Institute shall be managed by the Board.
Composition
(2) The composition of the Board is as specified by by-law, and the Board must have at least 12 and not more than 21 members.
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(3) The following matters are to be established by by-law:
1. The eligibility of persons to hold office as Board members.
2. The manner of selecting Board members.
3. The term of office of Board members.
4. Such other matters as the Board considers appropriate.
2. Section 6 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1992, chapter Pr48, section 1, is repealed and the following substituted:
Senate
6. (1) There shall be a Senate of the Institute, and the composition of the Senate is as specified by by-law of the Board.
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(2) The following matters are to be established by by-law:
1. The eligibility of persons to hold office as members of the Senate.
2. The manner of selecting members of the Senate.
3. The term of office of members of the Senate.
4. Such other matters as the Board considers appropriate.
Powers and duties of the Senate
6.1 (1) The Senate has the following powers and duties:
1. To decide academic policy and supervise its implementation.
2. To recommend to the Board the establishment and termination of programs and courses of study, including programs and courses of study leading to a degree granted by another post-secondary institution if the other institution is authorized under the laws of Ontario to grant the degree.
3. To determine the curricula of all programs and courses of study, standards of admission to and continued registration in the Institution and standards of examinations.
4. To identify positions on the academic staff which are to be filled or refilled and to recommend to the Board a person to fill each position.
5. To recommend to the Board reappointments, tenure appointments, promotions and dismissals of academic staff.
6. To grant diplomas and certificates.
7. To grant the degrees of Master of Arts (Philosophy), Master of Worldview Studies, Ph.D. in Philosophy, the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters and such other degrees as the Institute may be authorized to grant under the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000.
8. To recommend to the Board the sponsorship at other institutions of lectureships, courses, teaching programs and research projects.
9. To exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be determined by the Board.
10. To do all things necessary for carrying out the powers and duties set out in paragraphs 1 to 9.
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(2) The Board may, by by-law, make such changes to the powers and duties of the Senate as the Board considers appropriate.
Requirements re degree programs
6.2 The following requirements established under the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000 apply to the Institute in relation to its programs for the degrees of Master of Arts (Philosophy) and Ph.D. in Philosophy:
1. The requirements respecting student transcripts and access to transcripts.
2. The requirements respecting the collection and refunding of tuition fees and respecting unearned tuition fees.
3. The requirements respecting the security referred to in subsection 4 (4) of that Act, forfeiture of the security and claims made against the security.
Commencement
3. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
4. The short title of this Act is the Institute for Christian Studies Act, 2005.