11.58 m of textual records (82 boxes)

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In 1909 the Royal Commission on University Government recommended that the University Council be decreased in size and assume the sole duty of academic regulation. The adoption of those recommendations laid the foundation for the creation of the University Senate. However, it was not until 1936, when the Royal Commission on the Impairment of University of Manitoba Endowment Funds recommended that the University Council be dissolved and be replaced with a more representative body, that the Senate was established. The University of Manitoba Act of 1968 added seven student representatives to senate, and granted to Senate the power to elect members to the Board of Governors. In 1970, 22 student representatives (without voting rights) were added to Senate, and the Board of Governors and Senate, long separated, were integrated on administrative and academic matters.

The collection (1936-1992) includes the minutes of Senate, handbooks of briefs and proposals, correspondence, and reports by Senate committees. Senate records deal with every aspect of academic, faculty and college matters, including course curriculum proposals, buildings and facilities, budgets, student enrolment, grants and awards, and academic tenure.

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