REPORTS FROM COUNCIL
Governance Modernization Continues
Series of non-legislative changes approved by Council
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An overview of the
discussions and
decisions made
at the September
Council meeting.
n an effort to align with
leading governance practices,
Council has made a series
of non-legislative changes
to further its ongoing governance
modernization work.
Council approved amendments
that will remove three of the Col-
lege’s current standing committees:
Council Awards Selection, Educa-
tion, and Outreach. The Council
Awards Selection Committee will
continue as the Council Award
Selection Advisory Group and the
Education Committee as the Pro-
fessional Learning Advisory Group.
The mandate of the Outreach
Committee has been incorporated
into the mandate of the Executive
Committee.
The College has also reviewed
other best practices relating to
committee member appointments
in an effort to promote succession
planning and committee member-
ship renewal as well as to promote
diversity with regard to demograph-
ics and clinical and committee
experience. Council approved the
following by-law amendments:
• Extending the length of most
Committee appointments from
one year to up to three years (ef-
fective December 2019);
• Introducing a nine-year term limit
for Council members (excluding
public members) and members
of any one Committee, whether
those years are consecutive or
non-consecutive (effective De-
cember 2020); and
• Introducing an 18-year limit for
individuals who have sat on any
combination of Committees or
Council, whether those years are
consecutive or non-consecutive
(effective December 2020).
The by-law amendments also
include the creation of an “excep-
tional circumstances” provision that
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