In this Act 1986, c.83, s.1; 2025, c.36, s.1
“academic year” means the period of time from the first day of July in a calendar year to the last day of June in the calendar year then following, inclusive;(année universitaire)
“Associated Alumnae” means the Associated Alumnae of the University;(Association des anciennes étudiantes)
“Associated Alumni” means the Associated Alumni of the University;(Association des anciens étudiants)
“Board” means the Board of Governors, as constituted under this Act, of the University;(Conseil)
“chair” , when in reference to the chair of a department, means the person designated as chair of the department;(directeur d’un département)
“Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University;(chancelier)
“contract academic instructor” means a person who is employed on a contractual part-time basis by the University to teach a for-credit course;(moniteur universitaire contractuel)
“contract academic librarian” means a person who is employed on a contractual part-time basis by the University as a librarian;(bibliothécaire universitaire contractuel)
“department” means an academic unit administered by a chair and includes an academic division;(département)
“faculty” means an administrative unit headed by a Dean;(faculté)
“faculty member” means a full-time member of the teaching staff of the University who holds the rank of assistant teaching professor, associate teaching professor, teaching professor, lecturer, research associate, senior research associate, assistant professor, associate professor or professor;(membre du corps professoral)
“institute” means an institute, institution, organization or society for or in connection with the purposes or objects, or any of them, of the University whether constituted under this Act or the University of New Brunswick Act, 1968 or by the Senate under the University of New Brunswick Act, 1952;(institut)
“librarian” means a full-time member of the library staff of the University who holds the rank of librarian I, librarian II, librarian III, librarian IV, archivist I, archivist II, archivist III or archivist IV;(bibliothécaire)
“Librarian” Repealed: 2025, c.36, s.1
“President” means the President of the University;(recteur)
“recognized student bodies” means the associations or association, whether incorporated or otherwise, of students of the University recognized by the Board as being representative of students for purposes of student government;(associations reconnues des étudiants)
“regular academic year” means the period of time from the date set for the general commencement of lectures in the month of September in an academic year to the date set for the conclusion of Encaenial exercises in that academic year, inclusive;(année universitaire ordinaire)
“Secretary of the Board” means the Secretary of the Board of Governors;(secrétaire du Conseil)
“Senate” means a Senate constituted under this Act;(Sénat)
“teaching staff” , when in reference to the University, means the professors, associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, assistant teaching professors, associate teaching professors, teaching professors, research associates, senior research associates, demonstrators and all others engaged as such in the work of teaching or giving instruction and includes an administrative dean, head or chair of a department, of a faculty or of a school;(personnel enseignant)
“tenure” , when in reference to the teaching staff, means, subject to such provision as the Board may make, an appointment held without term and made, or conventionally recognized as made, permanent;(permanence)
“University” means The University of New Brunswick continued under this Act.(Université)
The University, incorporated by Chapter 63 of 22 Victoria, 1859, as “The University of New Brunswick,” and continued by Chapter 12 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1968, is hereby continued and, subject to this Act, has, holds, possesses and enjoys all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities of every nature or kind whatsoever which are vested in or belong to the University at the time of the coming into force of this Act.
All real and personal property of every nature and kind which at the time of the coming into force of this Act was vested in the University continues, subject to this Act, to be vested in the University.
The members of the Board are and shall be deemed the members of the Corporation continued by this Act.
The University shall have a common seal.
The University has full power and authority to promote and carry on the work of a university and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, full power and authority
(a) to give and provide instruction and teaching in the several faculties, schools and different branches of knowledge, and to examine candidates for degrees in the several faculties and schools and for certificates and diplomas in the different branches of knowledge, and to grant such degrees, certificates and diplomas after examination in the manner provided;
(b) to undertake and provide for research in the several faculties, schools and different branches of knowledge;
(c) to undertake and provide extra-mural university instruction, service, and teaching in the different branches of knowledge; and
(d) to establish and provide programs, services and facilities in respect of such purposes, or any of them, and to enter into arrangements with or co-operate with any authorities governmental, municipal, local or otherwise or with any institution, body or person for the establishment and provision of such programs, services or facilities, or any of them.
The University may acquire by gift, purchase or any other manner, and hold, for the purposes of the University, any and all property, real and personal, of every nature and kind whatsoever and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the University is able and capable
(a) to have, take, and receive, purchase, acquire, hold, possess, enjoy and maintain, to and for the use of the University, any messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments of any nature, kind, or quality whatsoever;
(b) to acquire and deal with any invention or any interest therein or any licence to make or use or sell an invention and a patent for an invention, a copyright, a trademark, trade name and the like, or any interest therein; and
(c) to take, purchase, acquire, have, hold, enjoy, receive, possess and retain any and all goods, chattels, or other personal property of whatever description, charitable or other contributions, gifts, or benefactions whatsoever.
The University may
(a) acquire, take and hold all such property both real and personal, as shall have been bona fide mortgaged, hypothecated or pledged to it by way of security, or foreclosed, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted, or purchased at judicial sales upon levy for such indebtedness, or otherwise purchased for the purpose of avoiding a loss to the University in respect thereof or to the owners in respect thereof; and
(b) acquire by gift, purchase, or any other manner, and hold land having an historical interest, or buildings, monuments, or other erections having an historical interest and the land on which the same are situate or so much thereof as it may deem advisable, and provide for the care, maintenance and preservation of property so acquired.
The real property vested in the University shall not be liable to be entered on, used, or taken by any municipal or other corporation or by any person possessing the right of taking lands compulsorily for any purposes whatsoever; and no power to expropriate real property conferred by statute shall extend to such real property unless the Act conferring the power is made in express terms to apply to property of the University.
The real property vested in the University shall be deemed, as far as the application thereto of any statute of limitations is concerned, to be in the same position as land vested in the Crown and the period of limitation shall be the period prescribed under the Limitation of Actions Act for land vested in the Crown.
The University may expropriate all such land as it may deem necessary for the purposes of the University in accordance with the Expropriation Act.
The University may borrow money, in addition to any amounts that heretofore have been or hereafter may be authorized by any Act of the Legislature, as it may deem necessary, at any rate of interest which may be agreed upon, and for the said money so borrowed and interest may give promissory notes or accept bills of exchange, or give other certificates of indebtedness of the University.
The University, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may guarantee securities of any kind or description for or in connection with the erection, repair, addition to, furnishing, or equipping of any building for student accommodation, and the University, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may issue debentures or other securities guaranteed by the Province for or in connection with the erection, repair, addition to, furnishing, or equipping of any building, whether for student accommodation or for other purposes of the University, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and the University.
The University may invest and re-invest all or any funds held by it, including the proceeds of all property that comes to it, whether the funds or proceeds are held in trust or otherwise, and available for investment, unless forbidden by the express terms of any trust or trusts affecting the same, in any securities authorized as trustee investments in the Province, in any securities in which Life Insurance Companies are authorized from time to time by the Parliament of Canada to invest, and, if otherwise reasonable and proper, in any other investments or securities of whatever description, as to the University may seem meet, and it may take, hold and dispose of any investments or securities held by it in trust or otherwise, for such purposes.
Nothing expressed in this section shall preclude the University from holding any type of bond, debenture, stock, share or other type of investment entity donated to it, or from carrying out the terms of investment contained in any trust.
The University may, subject to the terms of any trust upon which it may be held,
(a) mortgage, sell, transfer, lease, licence, or otherwise dispose of, any of its personal property;
(b) convey easements or rights of way over any of its real property and grant licences with respect thereto upon such terms as it deems advisable; and
(c) lease such parts or portions of any of its real property for such term or terms not exceeding twenty-one years, and for and upon such consideration or rents, and with such covenant or covenants, as it may deem advisable.
The University may, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and to the terms of any trust upon which it may be held,
(a) sell, transfer, exchange, or dispose of, in fee simple, such parts or portions of any of its real property for such price and upon such terms of payment as it may deem advisable;
(b) mortgage such parts or portions of any of its real property as it may deem advisable; and
(c) lease such parts or portions of any of its real property for a term exceeding twenty-one years and not exceeding ninety-nine years, and for and upon such rents, and with such covenant or covenants, as it may deem advisable.
All deeds, transfers, leases, mortgages, instruments and other documents required to be in writing under seal, and to which the University is a party, shall be deemed to be properly executed by the University if
(a) the corporate name and seal of the University are affixed thereto by the Secretary of the Board or by some other officer authorized by the Board; and
(b) the document is signed by the President of the University or by some other person authorized by the Board in that behalf.
Repealed: 1993, c.14, s.3 1993, c.14, s.3
There shall be a Chancellor of the University who shall be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
The Chancellor shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of office and, in addition to the other functions assigned by this Act, the Chancellor or the President of the University shall, at the pleasure of the Board and subject to the provisions of this Act, publicly confer any diplomas for degrees or other diplomas or certificates.
1986, c.83, s.2; 2025, c.36, s.3
There shall be a President of the University and Vice Chancellor of the University.
The President shall be Vice Chancellor by virtue of the office and shall be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council after consideration of the nomination or nominations made in accordance with this section.
When a vacancy exists in the office of President, or when notification is received by the Secretary of the Board that the resignation of an incumbent has been accepted, the Secretary of the Board shall immediately convene a meeting of the Board and a meeting of each Senate, and the Board and the Senates shall constitute a Joint Nominating Committee for the office of the President composed of three members of the Board, appointed by the Board, two members of the Fredericton Senate, appointed by the Fredericton Senate and one member of the Saint John Senate, appointed by the Saint John Senate.
The Joint Nominating Committee shall appoint a chair from among its members or from outside the membership and, in the event of a failure to agree within two weeks of its constitution, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall appoint the chair from among the members or from outside the membership of the Committee; the Committee may determine its own procedure.
The Secretary of the Board, on request made by the Joint Nominating Committee or by the Board or by either Senate, shall convene a joint meeting of the Board and Senates to consider the report, if any, of the Joint Nominating Committee and such other names as may be placed in nomination at that time for the office of President; the report, if any, of the Joint Nominating Committee may be referred back to the Committee, together with other names, or a nomination for the office of President may be determined upon by the joint meeting and if so determined, the Secretary of the Board shall communicate the nomination as a recommendation to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
The Secretary of the Board shall be the chair of the joint meeting and the meeting may determine its own procedure, provided that
(a) the Senates shall combine and act as a single body for the purposes of meeting and voting,
(b) a person who is a member of both Senates shall have only one vote as a member of the combined Senates, and
(c) a nomination shall be determined upon for recommendation to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council only when the Board and the combined Senates concur in that nomination and, for such purposes, the Board shall vote and may meet separately from the combined Senates in accordance with the provisions expressed in this Act.
Subject to subsection (8), one or more nominations may be made to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and subsequent to the first joint meeting, the Secretary of the Board, subject to the procedure, if any, established, may convene joint meetings of the Board and Senates as may be required.
If a nomination is not submitted to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, or if the Lieutenant-Governor in Council does not approve the first or any subsequent nomination submitted, within the academic year of the vacancy or notification of the acceptance of the resignation of an incumbent and one academic year thereafter, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make an appointment to the office of President under subsection (2) and the limitations of that subsection shall not apply.
When a review of an incumbent President is required or agreed upon by the Board and Senates, the Board and Senates shall constitute a Joint Review Committee for the office of President with the same composition, powers and procedures as provided for in subsections (3) and (4) for the Joint Nominating Committee.
The Secretary of the Board, on request made by the Joint Review Committee or by the Board or by either Senate, shall convene a joint meeting of the Board and Senates to consider the report, if any, of the Joint Review Committee; the report, if any, may be referred back to the Committee, or a recommendation for the reappointment of the President for a further term may be determined upon by the joint meeting and if so determined, the Secretary of the Board shall communicate the recommendation to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
2025, c.36, s.4
The Board, when the President is absent or unable to act or in the case of a vacancy in the office, may appoint a faculty member or a member of the university administration Acting President with such of the powers, functions or duties, or any of them, of the President, subject to the provisions of this Act, as the Board may deem meet and the person so appointed, subject to the terms of the appointment, shall be the occupant of the statutory offices of the President during the absence, inability, or vacancy.
An Acting President, when a vacancy exists in the office of President, shall be appointed for the remainder of the academic year in which the vacancy occurred and may be re-appointed to a term of one academic year thereafter, and successive such terms, subject, on any such appointment, to earlier determination on the date fixed for the assumption of office by the person appointed President.
Notwithstanding any other provision made in this Act, an Acting President, appointed when a vacancy exists in the office of President, shall continue in office until the date fixed for the assumption of office by a successor Acting President or for the assumption of office by the person appointed President.
1986, c.83, s.3; 1993, c.14, s.4; 2003, c.28, s.1; 2025, c.36, s.6
There shall be a Provost and Vice President Academic, a Vice President Administration and Finance, a Vice President Advancement, a Vice President Research, a Comptroller, a Registrar (Fredericton) and a Registrar (Saint John).
The officers in subsection (1) shall be appointed by, and hold office during the pleasure of, the Board.
The Board may appoint one or more Assistant Comptrollers who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board.
There shall be a Secretary of the Board who shall be appointed by, and hold office during the pleasure of, the Board.
Repealed: 1986, c.83, s.3
There shall be a Board to be known as the Board of Governors of the University.
1986, c.83, s.4; 1993, c.14, s.5; 1997, c.51, s.1; 2003, c.28, s.2; 2025, c.36, s.7
The Board of Governors, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall consist of
(a) the Chancellor;
(b) the President and Vice Chancellor;
(c) the Provost and Vice President Academic, the Vice President Administration and Finance, the Vice President Advancement and the Vice President Research;
(d) Repealed: 2025, c.36, s.7
(e) Repealed: 1997, c.51, s.1
(f) Repealed: 1997, c.51, s.1
(g) the Executive Director of the Associated Alumni;
(h) the Mayor of the City of Fredericton and the Mayor of the City of Saint John;
(i) ten members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council;
(j) three members elected by the Associated Alumni;
(k) two members elected by the Associated Alumnae;
(l) one member elected by the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association;
(m) four members elected by and from the faculty members and librarians at the Fredericton campus and two members elected by and from the faculty members and librarians at the Saint John campus;
(n) two members elected or appointed by the students of the Fredericton campus and one member elected or appointed by the students of the Saint John campus;
(o) the additional members appointed by the Board; and
(p) the Governors Emeriti appointed by the Board.
The Board as it deems advisable may appoint not more than five persons to be additional members of the Board within paragraph (1)(o) and a person so appointed is a member of the Board within subsection (1).
The Board may confer the style and dignity of Governor Emeritus on any former member of the Senate of the University, as constituted under the University of New Brunswick Act, Chapter 12 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1968, or on any member of the Board who resigns or whose term of office has expired, and such person is a member of the Board within subsection (1).
A member of the Board within paragraph (1)(c), (g) or (p) may exercise and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a member of the Board and may participate in discussions and serve on committees, provided that such member shall not have a vote in any of the proceedings of the Board or of any committee constituted under the Board except an advisory committee, and no such member shall be included in determining a quorum of the Board or of any committee constituted under the Board except an advisory committee.
A member of the Board appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall be appointed for a term of three years which shall commence on the date fixed in the appointment and, if not so fixed, shall commence on the date of the first meeting of the Board next following the appointment; such appointment may be renewed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council for a maximum of two additional terms of three years each.
A member of the Board elected by the Associated Alumni shall be elected for such period of service and by such method of election as may be prescribed by by-law of the Associated Alumni, provided that no person is eligible for election under this subsection unless a member of the Associated Alumni and unless a member for such length of time as may be prescribed by by-law of the Associated Alumni.
A member of the Board elected by the Associated Alumnae shall be elected for such period of service and by such method of election as may be prescribed by by-law of the Associated Alumnae, provided that no person is eligible for election under this subsection unless a member of the Associated Alumnae and unless a member for such length of time as may be prescribed by by-law of the Associated Alumnae.
A member of the Board elected by the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association shall be elected at an annual meeting of the Association, and the term of office shall commence on the first day of September next following the election and continue for a period of three years from and inclusive of that date, provided that no person is eligible for election under this subsection unless a member of the Association and a graduate of the University.
The term of office of a member elected by the Associated Alumni or by the Associated Alumnae shall commence on the first day of July of the academic year next after the election.
The term of office of a member of the Board appointed by the Board within paragraph 23(1)(o) shall commence on the date fixed in the appointment and, if not so fixed, shall commence on the date of the first meeting of the Board next after the appointment and shall continue for a period of three years from and inclusive of that date.
The term of office of a member of the Board appointed by the Board within paragraph 23(1)(p) shall commence on the date fixed in the appointment and, if not so fixed, shall commence on the date of the first meeting of the Board next after the appointment and shall continue for a period to be determined by the Board.
2025, c.36, s.8
The Board, subject to the provisions of this section, shall prescribe rules and regulations to govern the election to the Board of the members to be elected within paragraph 23(1)(m) and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board may prescribe rules and regulations in respect of nominations, the closing of nominations, the form of ballot, and the time and manner of an election.
No person is eligible for nomination under this section unless that person is on the date prescribed for the closing of nominations a faculty member or a librarian, provided that a faculty member or librarian on leave of absence, if otherwise qualified, is eligible for nomination only if their leave of absence will expire before the date prescribed for the commencement of office.
No person is eligible to vote at an election conducted under this section unless that person is on the date prescribed for the election a faculty member or librarian, provided that a faculty member or librarian on leave of absence, if otherwise qualified, is eligible to vote only if the Board so provides.
An election under this section shall be held within three months prior to the date prescribed for the commencement of the term of office and not later than the fifteenth day of May previous to that date.
Voting under this section shall be by secret ballot and, unless the Board shall otherwise provide, the vote may be taken by campus mail or by regular mail, or both, as the Board may determine.
The term of office of a member elected under this section shall commence on the first day of July of the academic year next following the election and shall continue for a period of three years from and inclusive of that date.
The Secretary of the Board, or such other person as the Board may designate, shall, in every year in which an election is to take place, prepare an alphabetical list, to be called the “Faculty and Librarian Election Register”, of the names and addresses of the faculty members and librarians who are entitled to vote at an election, and the Faculty and Librarian Election Register shall be open for inspection at all reasonable hours by all faculty members and librarians.
The Secretary of the Board, or such other person as the Board may designate, shall conduct all elections that are required under this section and shall report the results of the election to the Board at the next meeting following the election.
In the event of only one candidate being nominated, or of only so many candidates being nominated as are required to be elected to the Board, such candidate or candidates shall be deemed to have been elected.
In the event of more candidates being nominated than are required to be elected to the Board, the candidates, to the number required, receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected and, in the event of an equality of votes between candidates with respect to the last candidate required to be elected, or between candidates when only one is to be elected, the Board shall cast the deciding vote.
Notwithstanding anything in sections 24 and 25, an appointed or an elected member of the Board within paragraphs 23(1)(i) to (m) shall remain in office until their successor is appointed or elected, and a member within paragraphs (i) to (m) and (o) and (p) of that subsection, except as expressly provided by the electing body or in this Act, if otherwise qualified, is eligible for re-election or re-appointment. 2025, c.36, s.9
1997, c.51, s.2; 2025, c.36, s.10
When an appointed or an elected member of the Board within paragraphs 23(1)(i) to (m) and (o) refuses to act, becomes incapable of acting, or fails to attend the meetings of the Board for the space of two years from the date prescribed for the commencement of their term of office, their seat on the Board shall ipso facto become vacant.
When an elected or an appointed member of the Board within paragraph 23(1)(m) accepts leave of absence, their seat on the Board shall ipso facto become vacant on the date fixed for the commencement of the leave if the leave is to extend for a period of over six months, provided that the seat shall not be vacated if the leave is not taken up on that date or on a subsequent date.
In the case of a vacancy in the Board caused by death, resignation or any other cause which happens before the term of office for which a member within paragraphs 23(1)(i) to (m) and (o) and (p) has been appointed or elected, as the case may be, has expired, a declaration of the existence of the vacancy, when entered upon the minutes of the Board, shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
When a vacancy in the Board is due to a vacancy from any cause in any of the offices within paragraphs 23(1)(g) and (h), the person designated to the office until the vacancy is filled shall be a member of the Board, and the Board, when the vacancy is in respect of the offices within paragraph 23(1)(c), may appoint a substitute to act until the vacancy is filled.
When a vacancy in the Board occurs from any cause in respect of a member elected by the Associated Alumni, or by the Associated Alumnae, or by the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association, the vacancy shall be filled by the electing body by election in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and the member so elected shall hold office in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
If a vacancy in the Board occurs from any cause in respect of an elected faculty member or librarian, the vacancy shall be filled by election within three months of the vacancy occurring and any additional period that may be required to place the election within the regular academic year and an election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of this Act; despite section 25, a member elected under this subsection shall assume office from the date of the election and shall hold office from that date and for a period of three years from and inclusive of the first day of July of the academic year next following the election.
2025, c.36, s.11
The Board shall meet as often as may be necessary to transact the business of the Board, and not less than three times in a year.
Any five members of the Board may by notice in writing addressed to the President request a special meeting of the Board, and the President upon receipt of such notice shall call a meeting within a reasonable time.
Eight members of the Board shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.
Notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board, so long as there are at least eight members, it is competent for the Board to exercise any or all of its powers, duties and functions.
The chair and vice chair of the Board shall be elected by the Board from among the members of the Board.
The chair of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall call special meetings, at such times as the chair may consider necessary, by giving due notice to each member of the Board, and the vice chair shall act in the place of the chair when the chair is unable to act.
There shall be two Senates of the University to be known as the Fredericton Senate and the Saint John Senate. 1986, c.83, s.6
1986, c.83, s.7; 1993, c.14, s.6; 2003, c.28, s.3; 2025, c.36, s.12
The Fredericton Senate, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall consist of the following members:
(a) the President and Vice Chancellor;
(b) the Provost and Vice President Academic, the Vice President Administration and Finance, the Vice President Advancement and the Vice President Research;
(c) the Piluwitahasuwin (Assistant Vice President Indigenous Engagement);
(d) the Nikanahtpat (Director of the Mi’Kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre);
(e) the Vice Provost Academic Administration;
(f) the Vice Provost Learning and Student Experience;
(g) the Vice Provost Strategic Enrolment;
(h) the Associate Vice Provost Learning Futures;
(i) the President of Saint Thomas University or a representative designated by them from time to time;
(j) the Deans of the Faculties and Schools at Fredericton;
(k) the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies;
(l) the Registrar (Fredericton);
(m) the Dean of Libraries;
(n) the Executive Director of the Associated Alumni;
(o) the elected faculty members or librarians of the Board from the Fredericton campus;
(p) one librarian from the Fredericton campus, elected by the librarians at the University;
(q) one representative of the Associated Alumni;
(r) two members appointed by and from the members of the Board exclusive of elected faculty members or librarians;
(s) one representative elected by and from the full-time graduate students of the University within the regulations under subsection 31(4);
(t) one faculty member elected from each faculty and school at Fredericton;
(u) two representatives elected by and from the combined contract academic instructors and contract academic librarians of the Fredericton campus; and
(v) additional faculty members or librarians elected at large or by faculties or schools as provided for by the Fredericton Senate within subsection (4) so that the total number of elected faculty members, librarians, contract academic instructors and contract academic librarians, including those members within paragraphs (o), (p), (t) and (u), shall equal the total number of all other members, excluding the President.
The Saint John Senate, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall consist of the following members:
(a) the President and Vice Chancellor;
(b) the Provost and Vice President Academic, the Vice President Administration and Finance, the Vice President Advancement and the Vice President Research;
(c) the Piluwitahasuwin (Assistant Vice President Indigenous Engagement);
(d) the Vice Provost Academic Administration;
(e) the Vice Provost Learning and Student Experience;
(f) the Vice Provost Strategic Enrolment;
(g) the Associate Vice Provost Learning Futures;
(h) the Dean of the Faculties and Schools at Saint John;
(i) the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies;
(j) the Registrar (Saint John);
(k) the Dean of Libraries;
(l) the elected faculty members or librarians of the Board from the Saint John campus;
(m) one librarian from the Saint John campus, elected by the librarians at the University;
(n) one representative of the Associated Alumni;
(o) one member appointed by and from the members of the Board exclusive of elected faculty members or librarians;
(p) one faculty member elected from each faculty and school at Saint John;
(q) one representative elected by and from the combined contract academic instructors and contract academic librarians of the Saint John campus; and
(r) additional faculty members or librarians elected at large or by faculties or schools as provided for by the Saint John Senate within subsection (4) so that the total number of elected faculty members, librarians, contract academic instructors and contract academic librarians, including those members within paragraphs (l), (m), (p) and (q), shall equal the total number of all other members, excluding the President.
Repealed: 2025, c.36, s.12
Each Senate may prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, to regulate the time and manner of election, eligibility and terms of office of its respective members within paragraphs (1)(p) and (t) to (v) and (2)(m) and (p) to (r).
The representatives within paragraphs (1)(q) and (2)(n) shall be elected by the Associated Alumni for such period of service and by such method of election as may be prescribed by by-law of the Associated Alumni, but no person is eligible for election under this section unless that person
(a) is a member of the Associated Alumni and has been for the length of time prescribed by by-law of the Associated Alumni, and
(b) is not a faculty member, an employee of the University or a registered student at the University.
1986, c.83, s.8; 2025, c.36, s.13
The term of office of a member of a Senate appointed within paragraph 30(1)(r) or (2)(o) shall commence on the date fixed in the appointment and shall continue, unless a shorter period is prescribed by the Board, from that date and for a period of three years from and inclusive of the first day of July of the academic year next following the date of appointment.
Notwithstanding anything in this section, a member of a Senate elected or appointed within paragraph 30(1)(o), (p), (q), (r), (t) or (v) or (2)(l), (m), (n), (o), (p) or (r), subject to a member within paragraph 30(1)(r) or (2)(o) being a member of the Board, shall continue in office until a successor is elected or appointed, and, if otherwise qualified, is eligible for re-election or re-appointment.
The Fredericton Senate may make regulations respecting the election of a representative within paragraph 30(1)(s) which may prescribe
(a) the qualifications for full-time graduate student status for election purposes;
(b) the qualifications, if any, for eligibility for re-election;
(c) the date of commencement of the term of office of the representative; and
(d) the length of the term of office of the representative.
1986, c.83, s.9; 2025, c.36, s.14
When a vacancy in a Senate is due to a vacancy from any cause in any of the offices referred to in paragraph 30(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l) or (m) or (2)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k), the Board may appoint a substitute to act until the vacancy is filled, provided that an acting dean, unless the appointment otherwise provides, is a member of the Senate.
When a vacancy in the Fredericton Senate is due to a vacancy from any cause in any of the offices referred to in paragraph 30(1)(i), the appointing body may appoint a substitute to act as a member of the Senate until the vacancy is filled.
When a vacancy in a Senate occurs from any cause in respect of a member within paragraph 30(1)(r) or (2)(o), the vacancy shall be filled by the Board and the person so appointed shall assume office from the date of appointment or from the date of the vacancy, whichever is the later, and shall hold office from that date and, unless a shorter period is prescribed by the Board, for a period of three years from and inclusive of the first day of July of the academic year next following the appointment.
1986, c.83, s.10; 2025, c.36, s.15
A Senate shall meet as often as may be necessary to transact the business of the Senate and not less than three times in a year.
Any ten members of the Fredericton Senate or any five members of the Saint John Senate may by notice in writing addressed to the President request a special meeting of the respective Senate, and the President upon receipt of the notice shall call a meeting within a reasonable time.
Any fifteen members of the Fredericton Senate or any eight members of the Saint John Senate shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.
Notwithstanding any vacancy, as long as there are at least fifteen members of the Fredericton Senate or at least eight members of the Saint John Senate, it is competent for that Senate to exercise any or all of its powers, duties and functions.
The President is the chair of each Senate, and it is their duty, when present, to preside at all meetings of a Senate and to call special meetings at such times as the President may think necessary by giving due notice of the meeting to each member of the Senate.
The Provost and Vice President Academic is vice chair of each Senate and, in the absence of the President, shall act as chair.
Repealed: 2025, c.36, s.15
The Secretary of each Senate shall be appointed by that Senate.
1986, c.83, s.11; 2025, c.36, s.16
There shall be a Faculty Council for each faculty of the University.
Each Faculty Council, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall consist of the President, the Provost and Vice President Academic, the Dean of the faculty, the chairs of the departments, the faculty members and such other members as the Faculty Council shall determine.
Repealed: 2025, c.36, s.16
The Dean of a faculty is chair of the Faculty Council.
The Secretary of a Faculty Council shall be appointed by the Council.
The Board may constitute a council of the same nature as a Faculty Council for any school of the University and may confer upon any such council such powers, duties and functions as are not inconsistent with the powers, duties and functions of a Faculty Council, and the Board may provide that the Dean of a School be chair of any such council and have and exercise such powers, duties and functions as are not inconsistent with the powers, duties and functions of a dean of a faculty, and, subject to the foregoing and without restricting the powers of either Senate, any such council shall be deemed a Faculty Council within such provisions of this Act, except for the purpose of membership on a Senate, as the Board may from time to time determine or approve.
2025, c.36, s.17
There shall be a Libraries Council for the University.
The Libraries Council, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall consist of the President, the Provost and Vice President Academic, the Dean of Libraries, all of the librarians at the University except the librarians employed in the Faculty of Law and such other members as the Libraries Council shall determine.
The Dean of Libraries is chair of the Libraries Council.
The Secretary of the Libraries Council shall be appointed by the Council.
1993, c.14, s.7; 2003, c.28, s.4; 2025, c.36, s.18
There shall be a Board of Deans and the Board shall consist of the President, the Provost and Vice President Academic, the Vice President Research, the Dean of Libraries and the Deans of the Faculties and of the Schools of the University.
The Board of Deans may fix the time and place of its meetings and make rules and regulations for governing its proceedings, provided that the President may summon meetings whenever the President may deem it necessary to do so.
Four members of the Board of Deans shall constitute a quorum and, notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board, so long as there are four members, it is competent for the Board to exercise any or all of its powers, duties and functions.
The President is the chair of the Board of Deans and, in the President’s absence at meetings of the Board, the Provost and Vice President Academic shall act as chair.
The Secretary of the Board of Deans shall be appointed by the Board of Governors.
Without limiting the general powers by and in this Act conferred upon or vested in the Board, it is hereby declared that the Board has all powers necessary or convenient to perform the functions and achieve the objects and purposes of the University, including the following powers: 1986, c.83, s.12; 2025, c.36, s.19
(a) to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Act for the regulation and conduct of its meetings and its transactions;
(c) to possess and exercise all the powers necessary for the management and government of the University, and for carrying into effect all laws relating thereto;
(d) subject to section 28, to hold regular meetings as shall be determined upon, and such special meetings as may be called by the President;
(e) to maintain and keep in proper order and condition such real property as it may deem necessary for the use of the University, and to erect and maintain thereon such buildings and structures as in its opinion are proper and necessary;
(f) to lay out and expend such sums as may be deemed necessary for the support and maintenance of the University, for the betterment of existing buildings, for the erection of such new buildings as the Board may deem necessary for the uses or purposes of the University, and for the furnishing and equipment of such existing and new buildings;
(g) to lay out and expend such sums as it may deem expedient for the erection, equipment, furnishing, and maintenance of residences and dining-halls or other accommodations, for the use or accommodation of the students of the University, whether such students be graduates or undergraduates;
(h) to make rules and regulations as the Board may deem meet for the government and discipline of the University and for the management, government, control, or use of the University buildings, facilities, and lands, including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, for the government and discipline of students and the imposition of fines and other penalties and sanctions;
(i) to determine or prescribe, as a condition of assistance or service, the interest of the University in any invention made by a person with the facilities, equipment or financial aid of the University, or made by an officer or employee of the University while acting within the scope of their duties or employment or resulting from or connected with their duties or employment;
(j) subject to sections 53 and 56, to appoint all administrative and teaching staff and those officers, clerks, employees and servants the Board considers necessary for the purposes of the University, and to fix their salaries or remuneration and to define their duties and conditions of service or employment and their tenure of office or employment, which, unless otherwise provided, shall be during the pleasure of the Board;
(k) to make rules and regulations in respect of and to provide for payments by way of gratuities, retiring allowances, superannuation allowances, pensions, annuities, life insurance, disability insurance, medical or health or other such care, or any combination thereof, payable to, in respect of, or for the benefit of the persons mentioned in paragraph (j) and of the persons appointed by the Board under other sections of this Act and the President, or any class or classes thereof, out of a fund or funds comprising contributions made by such persons or any class or classes thereof or by the Board, or both, or otherwise, whether effected by agreements or arrangements entered into with one or more companies licensed to transact such business, or any of it, in the Province, or otherwise;
(l) to establish, on the recommendation and with the approval and consent of the appropriate Senate, such faculties, schools and departments or divisions of the University, and such chairs, bursaries, fellowships, scholarships, medals, prizes, awards and courses of instruction in any subject, except theology, as the Board and that Senate may deem meet, and to provide for the maintenance thereof and for suitable teaching staffs;
(m) subject to section 40, to make rules and regulations as the Board may deem meet for the establishment and regulation of bursaries, fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals, awards, and exhibitions;
(n) to fix, determine, and collect the fees to be paid for post-graduate instruction, the fees to be paid by regular and occasional students for instruction in the faculties and schools of the University, fees for extra-mural instruction and for public lecturing, library fees, laboratory fees, fees for examinations, degrees, diplomas and certificates, and fees for the use of any student organization having in charge student activities, social, athletic, or otherwise and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the building and operation of a student union or of a gymnasium or other athletic facilities, and to pay over to any such student organization the fees collected on its behalf;
(o) to fix, determine and collect charges or fees for any service or facility made available by the University and not comprised in paragraph (n), whether ejusdem generis or otherwise;
(p) to enter into such arrangements with the governing body of any secondary school as the Board may deem necessary for the purpose of or in connection with the academic work of the University, or of any faculty, department or division thereof; and the governing body of any such school shall have authority to make such arrangements with the Board;
(q) to select a seal, crest and coat of arms for the University;
(r) to confer, on the recommendation and with the approval and consent of the appropriate Senate, degrees of bachelor, master and doctor in course;
(s) to confer honorary degrees, to wit (but without limitation by reason of such particularity): doctor of laws, doctor of civil law, doctor of science, doctor of letters;
(t) to confer, on the recommendation and with the approval and consent of the appropriate Senate, such other degree or degrees in course or ad eundem and such certificates or diplomas in course and such certificates or diplomas of honour, merit and attendance at lectures as the Board on the recommendation and with the approval and consent of the appropriate Senate, may by regulation determine;
(u) to cancel, recall or suspend a degree whether heretofore or hereafter granted or conferred on any graduate of the University or graduate ad eundem statum of the University when the Board is satisfied that the degree was obtained by fraudulent means;
(v) on the advice and recommendation of the President, to expel a student from the University for a disciplinary offence; and
(w) to do and perform all other matters and things which may seem good, fit, and useful for the well ordering and advancement of the University, the doing of such things not being repugnant to this Act or to any law in force in the Province.
2025, c.36, s.20
The Board, except when provision is expressly made in this Act, in the case of the absence of a member of the teaching staff or of any of the officers or servants of the University, appointed by the Board, or in the case of the inability of any member of the teaching staff or of any of the officers or servants of the University, appointed by the Board, to perform their duties as such, may, subject to such conditions as it may determine, appoint a person to perform the duties or to fill the office with acting rank during the absence or inability, and the Board, when the occupant of the office is a statutory member of a body constituted by this Act, may provide that the person so appointed shall act in that capacity and be a substitute for the occupant of the office during the absence or inability, provided that a person appointed an acting dean, unless the appointment otherwise provides, shall act as a substitute in the office for all of the purposes of this Act during the absence or inability.
An appointment under subsection (1) is subject to the pleasure of the Board and, if to the teaching staff, is subject to the approval of the President as provided in this Act, and except for the purposes of that subsection, is and shall remain subject to the provisions of subsections 53(1) and 54(1).
1986, c.83, s.13; 2025, c.36, s.21
If any question arises touching the election of any elective member of the Board, or as to the right of any person to vote at any such election, or as to the appointment of a member within paragraph 23(1)(n), or as to the right of any person to be or sit or act as a member of the Board, or as to the right of any person to be or sit or act as a member of a Senate, when the question is not subject to determination by that Senate, it shall be settled and determined by the Board, whose decision shall be final.
If any question arises as to the powers and duties of a Senate, the Board of Deans, the Faculty Councils, the Libraries Council, the schools, the institutes, the teaching staff, or any officer or servant of the University, it shall be settled and determined by the Board, whose decision shall be final.
All the powers over, in respect of, or in relation to the University which are not by the terms of this Act directed to be exercised by any other person or body of persons, are hereby, subject to the provisions of this Act, vested in the Board.
Each Senate, subject to the provisions of this Act, is responsible for the academic affairs of its campus and in particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing or the powers or any of them by and in this Act conferred upon or vested in it, each Senate is empowered, with respect to its campus, 1986, c.83, s.15; 2025, c.36, s.22
(a) to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Act for the regulation and conduct of its meetings and its transactions;
(b) to recommend to the Board the conferring of honorary degrees;
(c) to recommend to the Board and to approve and consent to the conferring of degrees in course or ad eundem and the conferring of certificates or diplomas in course or of honour, merit and attendance at lectures;
(d) to recommend to the Board with the concurrence of the Faculty Council concerned, the cancellation, recall or suspension of a degree, whether heretofore or hereafter granted to or conferred on any graduate of the University or graduate ad eundem of the University, when satisfied that the degree was obtained by fraudulent means;
(e) to recommend to the Board and to approve and consent to the establishment of faculties, schools, departments, divisions, chairs, and courses of instruction in any subject, except theology, which to the Senate may seem meet, and to recommend discontinuance to the Board;
(f) to recommend to the Board and to approve and consent to the establishment of bursaries, fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals and other academic awards, and to recommend discontinuance to the Board;
(g) to make recommendations to the Board in respect of the affiliation of other institutions, academic planning, campus planning, building programs, the regulation and use of University facilities, and such other matters, whether or not ejusdem generis with the foregoing, as to the Senate may seem advisable;
(h) to exercise any power of a Faculty Council or the Libraries Council that the Senate may deem it advisable to exercise;
(i) to make rules and regulations for the management and conduct of the libraries;
(j) to provide for the preparation and publication of calendars;
(k) to regulate and determine the courses of study, instruction and education in all its faculties, schools and departments including summer session and extension, subject to such exemptions as to the Senate may seem meet;
(l) to regulate and determine the conditions of award of bursaries, fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals and other academic awards except when in relation to any such matter the conditions are prescribed by, or are to be determined by the Board under, the terms of any trust established before, or taking effect subsequent to, the commencement of this Act;
(m) to regulate and determine the conditions of matriculation and entrance or of entrance to its faculties and schools;
(n) to regulate and determine the standing or advancement to be accorded in its faculties and schools to persons holding certificates of having passed examinations given by other institutions or holding degrees awarded by other institutions;
(o) to regulate and determine the conditions of academic advancement or promotion of students and of compulsory withdrawal on academic grounds and the academic standing of any student;
(p) to regulate and establish the conditions under which leave of absence may be granted to a student;
(q) to take action upon the reports made by the respective Faculty Councils concerning the appointment of examiners and the conduct of examinations, and to provide, if it so desires, for the appointment of a Board of Examiners and for the conduct of all examinations;
(r) to regulate and determine academic standards and exercise such jurisdiction over the results of all examinations as to the Senate may seem proper and necessary;
(s) to regulate and determine the dates for the commencement and ending of courses of instruction and for the commencement and ending of terms, semesters and sessions, inclusive of the summer session;
(t) to fix and determine the time-tables for examinations and for lectures and other instruction and the conditions of exemption from and of the suspension of lectures and other instruction;
(u) to require written or oral reports from the various Faculty Councils or student councils, the Libraries Council, members of the teaching staff or librarians, as it may deem advisable, and to require the attendance, if it so desires, of any member of the teaching staff, librarian or student, and as a result of the reports and attendances to make recommendations to the Board as to it may seem meet;
(v) to hear and determine appeals from decisions of the Faculty Councils on applications by students or others;
(w) to consider all such matters as shall be reported to it by the council of any faculty or the Libraries Council, and to communicate its opinion or action thereon to the Faculty Council or the Libraries Council;
(x) subject to the powers of the Board and for the purposes of sections 53 and 54, to regulate and determine, as the Senate may deem meet, the standards in respect of all or any class or classes of initial appointment to the teaching staff of the rank of professor or below, and, as the Senate may deem meet, the standards of tenure, promotion, or advancement in respect of all or any class or classes of the teaching staff to and including the rank of professor; and
(y) to inquire into all matters tending to enhance the usefulness of the University and to report upon and make recommendations in respect of the same to the Board, the President, the Board of Deans, the Libraries Council and the Faculty Councils as may be appropriate.
1986, c.83, s.16; 2025, c.36, s.23
A copy of every rule or regulation of a Senate providing for any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs 40(i) and (k) to (s), save a matter of the academic standing of a student within paragraph 40(o), shall within ten days after the passing thereof be transmitted to the Secretary of the Board and no such rule or regulation shall have force until it is approved by the Board.
The Board may exempt from prior approval any class or classes of rules or regulations within subsection (1) and may at any time withdraw the exemption.
Nothing expressed in section 40 or in the other provisions of this Act shall be construed to give to a Senate power to take any action that imposes any financial obligation or liability on the University, or to fix or remit any fees or charges payable to the University.
Any recommendation from a Senate to the Board or to the Board of Deans shall be transmitted to the Board or to the Board of Deans through the President and any recommendations or communication from a Senate to a Faculty Council or the Libraries Council shall be transmitted through the Dean of the faculty or the Dean of Libraries, as the case may be.
1986, c.83, s.17; 2025, c.36, s.24
If any question arises touching the election of any elective member of a Senate within paragraph 30(1)(p), (t), (u) or (v) or (2)(m), (p), (q) or (r), or as to the right of any person to vote at any such election, or as to the right of any such elective person to be or to sit or act as a member of a Senate, it shall be settled and determined by that Senate whose decision shall be final.
If any question arises touching student representation on a Senate, on a Faculty Council, on the Libraries Council or on any committee constituted by or under a Senate, a Faculty Council or the Libraries Council, it shall be settled and determined by the appropriate Senate, whose decision shall be final.
The Board is empowered to constitute or appoint an Executive Committee and such other committees of the Board as the Board may deem advisable and to confer upon the Executive Committee or any such committee authority to act for the Board with respect to any matter or class or classes of matters vested in the Board, provided that the Executive Committee and any other committee constituted under this subsection shall include the President and in addition the Executive Committee, and any other committee appointed under this subsection when an Executive Committee has not been constituted, shall comprise at least five other members of the Board, one of whom shall be a member within paragraph 23(1)(m), and that a quorum thereof shall be at least three such members.
A Senate, subject to the provisions of this Act, is empowered to constitute or appoint an Executive Committee and such other committees as it may consider advisable and to confer upon the Executive Committee or any such committee authority to act for the Senate with respect to any matter or class or classes of matters vested in the Senate, provided that the Executive Committee and any other committee constituted under this subsection shall include the President, and that the Executive Committee shall in addition comprise at least five other members of the Senate, and that a quorum thereof shall be at least three such members.
Joint Committees of the Board and of the Senates, exclusive of the provision made in section 19, may be constituted to act conjointly, and as a single body, for the Board and for the Senates as the Board and Senates may deem advisable and the Board, exclusive of the powers expressed in section 19, is empowered to confer upon any such joint committee authority to act with respect to any matter or class or classes of matters vested in the Board, and either Senate, exclusive of the powers expressed in that section, is empowered to confer upon any such joint committee authority to act with respect to any matter or class or classes of matters vested in that Senate, provided that any such joint committee shall comprise the President and in equal numbers at least three other members of the Board and at least three other Senate members and that a quorum thereof shall be at least four such members.
A committee, other than an Executive Committee, constituted under subsections (1) to (4) shall exercise the power or powers conferred subject to the restrictions and conditions imposed by its appointing body and, in the absence of express provision made by the appointing body, a power conferred shall not include a power of sub-delegation.
Advisory Committees may be appointed by the Board, by a Senate, and by the Executive Committees thereof, and any such committee may be separate or joint and may comprise members of the appointing body or non-members.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict, impair or affect the powers of the Board or the powers of a Senate to assign powers, functions, duties or any of them, that may be assigned or delegated by the Board or by a Senate independently of this section under the provisions of this Act.
The qualification expressed in subsection (1) with respect to the appointment of a member within paragraph 23(1)(m) shall not apply when all of the seats within the class are vacant, and a committee constituted under that subsection when all the seats are vacant shall not be affected by the circumstance that seats within the class become filled, and a committee constituted under that subsection when seats within the class are filled shall not be affected by the circumstance that the seat of a member of the committee within the class becomes vacant, provided that an appointment of a member within the class shall be made to the committee within four months of a seat within the class first becoming filled and within four months of the vacancy in such seat first occurring in the committee, respectively. 1986, c.83, s.19
2025, c.36, s.25
The appointing body shall designate the chair of a committee constituted under section 43, provided that the President is the Chair of a Joint Committee and of an Executive Committee constituted under that section and of any committee constituted under subsection (1) of that section when an Executive Committee has not been constituted.
The appointing body, subject to the provisions of this Act, may determine the size and quorum of a committee constituted under section 43 and may prescribe rules and regulations to govern the procedure of any such committee.
A committee constituted under section 43 may be dissolved, discharged, or re-constituted and its powers may be restricted, abridged, or enlarged, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of that section, by the appointing body, or by the Board when the appointing body is the Executive Committee thereof, or by the appropriate Senate when the Executive Committee thereof is the appointing body. 1986, c.83, s.20
Each Faculty Council, subject to the provisions of this Act, may, with respect to the appropriate campus and Senate,
(a) fix the time and place of its meetings and make rules and regulations for governing its proceedings, including the determination of the quorum necessary for the transaction of business;
(b) subject to the powers of the Senate and to approval of the Senate, appoint the examiners and conduct the examinations for the faculty and determine the results of such examinations;
(c) make recommendations to the Senate in respect of all applications and memorials by students and others in connection with the faculty;
(d) consider and report to the Senate upon such matters affecting the faculty as to the Faculty Council may seem meet; and
(e) generally deal with all such matters as may be assigned to it by the Board or by the Senate, provided that in the latter case such matters fall within the powers conferred upon the Senate by this Act. 1986, c.83, s.21
A Faculty Council is empowered to constitute such committees of the Council as the Council may deem meet and to confer upon any such committee authority to act for the Council with respect to any matter or class or classes of matters vested in the Council, provided that every regulation providing for the constitution of a committee with delegated power is subject to the approval of the appropriate Senate, as provided in section 48, and to the prior approval of, and to annulment by, the Board. 1986, c.83, s.22
A copy of every general rule or regulation made by a Faculty Council shall within ten days of the passing thereof be transmitted to the Secretary of the appropriate Senate, and no such general rule or regulation shall have force until it is approved by that Senate.
A Senate may determine the class or classes of rules or regulations within subsection (1) and may exempt from prior approval any class or classes of rules or regulations within that subsection and may at any time withdraw the exemption.
A Faculty Council may advise the President in any matter affecting the interests of the University, whether academic or in relation to discipline, provided that the power and authority of the President shall not be subject to control by reason thereof.
The Libraries Council, subject to the provisions of this Act, may, with respect to the appropriate campus and Senate, 2025, c.36, s.26
(a) fix the time and place of its meetings and make rules and regulations for governing its proceedings, including the determination of the quorum necessary for the transaction of business;
(b) consider and report to the Senate upon the matters affecting the librarians as to the Libraries Council may seem meet; and
(c) generally deal with all such matters as may be assigned to it by the Board or by the Senate, provided that in the latter case the matters fall within the powers conferred upon the Senate by this Act.
The Libraries Council is empowered to constitute such committees of the Council as the Council may deem meet and to confer upon any such committee authority to act for the Council with respect to any matter or class or classes of matters vested in the Council, provided that every regulation providing for the constitution of a committee with delegated power is subject to the approval of the appropriate Senate, as provided in section 49.3, and to the prior approval of, and to annulment by, the Board. 2025, c.36, s.26
2025, c.36, s.26
A copy of every general rule or regulation made by the Libraries Council shall within ten days of the passing thereof be transmitted to the Secretary of the appropriate Senate, and no general rule or regulation shall have force until it is approved by that Senate.
A Senate may determine the class or classes of rules or regulations within subsection (1) and may exempt from prior approval any class or classes of rules or regulations and may at any time withdraw that exemption.
The Libraries Council may advise the President in any matter affecting the interests of the University, whether academic or in relation to discipline, provided that the power and authority of the President shall not be subject to control by reason thereof. 2025, c.36, s.26
The Board of Deans may
(a) act, on the call of the President, as an advisory body to the President;
(b) make recommendations and representations to the Senates on any matters affecting the various faculties and schools or the University as a whole;
(c) try breaches of the rules and regulations committed by the students, and, subject to such rules and regulations as may be made in that behalf, adjudge the punishment thereof; and
(d) make recommendations through the President to the Board of Governors on any matters concerned with student discipline.
The Board of Governors, or the Board of Deans with the approval of the Board, may constitute a disciplinary tribunal or tribunals with such jurisdiction over student disciplinary offences, or any of them, within paragraph (1)(c) as the Board may determine and approve, and the Board may provide for such rights of appeal to the Board of Deans or to the Board of Governors, or either of them or both, as the Board may allow, determine or approve, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or qualify the provisions made in this Act with respect to the expulsion of a student from the University for a disciplinary offence.
The President is the chief executive officer of the University, and has supervision of and direction over the teaching staff and the academic work of the University and all officers and servants employed in, or in connection with, the academic work, and has such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may be conferred upon or assigned to the President by the Board. 1986, c.83, s.25; 2025, c.36, s.27
The President, in the absence of the Chancellor, shall exercise the functions of Chancellor at Encaenia and at special Convocations.
1986, c.83, s.26; 2025, c.36, s.28
The President, subject to and in accordance with such standards as may be determined by the respective Senates, may make recommendations to the Board respecting all appointments to the teaching staff of the University.
No person shall be appointed a member of the teaching staff of the University, or of any school or faculty thereof, unless the person is approved for the position to which it is proposed to appoint them by the President.
The President may make recommendations to the Board respecting all grants of tenure, or promotion, or both, in the teaching staff of the University, or of any school or faculty thereof, provided that, when a Senate has determined standards of tenure or of promotion in respect of any class or classes of the teaching staff, no recommendation within any such class or classes shall be made until after consultation had with that Senate or a committee thereof.
No person shall be accorded tenure, or promoted, or both, in the teaching staff of the University, or of any school or faculty thereof, except on the recommendation and with the approval of the President. 1986, c.83, s.27
No member of the teaching staff of the University, or of any school or faculty thereof, shall be demoted by the Board, and no member of the teaching staff of the University, or of any school or faculty thereof, shall be removed by the Board on grounds pertaining to their teaching ability, academic qualifications or academic behaviour, except with the approval of the President. 2025, c.36, s.29
The President may make recommendations to the Board respecting all removals from the teaching staff of the University, and respecting the appointment, promotion, or removal of any of the officers or servants of the University.
2025, c.36, s.30
The President may exercise the powers conferred in subsection 37(1) except that of appointment of a substitute to act for the occupant of a statutory office, other than dean, on a body constituted by this Act, provided that the President shall forthwith report the President’s action to the Board and an appointment so made shall be held subject to confirmation by the Board and to the provisions of subsection 37(2).
The President, whenever an appointment within subsection 37(1) becomes vacant, may, subject to such conditions as the President may determine, appoint a person to perform the duties or to fill the office during the vacancy, provided that an appointment so made, when the office is that of a statutory member, other than dean, on a body constituted by this Act, shall not include appointment in that capacity, provided further that every appointment made under this subsection shall forthwith be reported to the Board and shall be held subject to confirmation by the Board and to such additional capacity, other than those that the President could not confer under this subsection, as the Board may determine and shall be held during the pleasure of the Board.
1986, c.83, s.28; 2025, c.36, s.31
The President may
(a) suspend any member of the teaching staff of the University or any officer or servant thereof, but when the President exercises such power the President shall forthwith report the President’s action to the Board with a statement of the President’s reasons therefor;
(b) summon meetings of the Libraries Council, any Faculty Council or any school whenever the President may deem it necessary to do so, and at the President’s discretion convene joint meetings of the Libraries Council, all the Faculty Councils and all the schools or any two or more of them;
(c) suspend any student for a period not exceeding sixty days and deal summarily with any matter of student discipline notwithstanding any other provisions made in this Act relating to discipline of students, provided that the President under this paragraph has no power to expel a student from the University; and
(d) subject to such rules and regulations as may be made by the appropriate Senate, grant to a student leave of absence from the University, for reasonable cause, and for such length of time as the President judges the occasion to require.
Upon the exercise by the President of any of the President’s disciplinary powers under paragraph (1)(c), the President shall forthwith report the President’s action to the Board of Deans and to the Faculty Council concerned, with a statement of the President’s reasons therefor, and the President’s action shall be final subject in all cases to an appeal which, as the Board shall provide, may be to the Board, or to the Board of Deans, or both, as the Board may provide.
Recommendations for the expulsion of a student from the University shall be made to the Board by the President only with the concurrence of the Board of Deans.
1986, c.83, s.29; 2025, c.36, s.32
The President shall report annually to the Board and to the Senates upon the progress and efficiency of the academic work of the University, and as to its requirements, and make such recommendations thereon as the President may deem advisable; and the President shall also report upon any matter which may be referred to the President by the Board or by the Senate.
The President shall report to the Board, as the President deems occasion may require, concerning the state and discipline of the University, and lay before the Board for consideration such suggestions touching the discipline and government of the University as the President may deem meet.
The President may delegate any of the President’s powers, duties or functions as they may deem advisable and prescribe conditions governing the exercise of any delegated power, duty or function, provided that, in the absence of express provision made by the President, a power delegated shall not include a power of sub-delegation. 2025, c.36, s.33
The Provost and Vice President Academic, in addition to the powers, functions and duties assigned in other sections of this Act, shall act for the President in academic matters that the President may, within the President’s own powers, delegate to them. 1986, c.83, s.30; 2025, c.36, s.35
1993, c.14, s.8; 2003, c.28, s.5; 2025, c.36, s.36
The Vice President Administration and Finance shall
(a) be responsible to the President for the co-ordination and control of the executive and administrative functions of the University and all of the subsidiaries of the University other than in respect of academic matters; and
(b) perform such additional duties and have such powers as may from time to time be assigned to the Vice President Administration and Finance by the Board or by the President within their powers of delegation.
Repealed: 2025, c.36, s.36
The Vice President Research shall
(a) be responsible to the President for the promotion of University research;
(b) be responsible to the President for University relations with governments and industrial organizations concerning research development and funding;
(c) Repealed: 2003, c.28, s.5
(d) perform such additional duties and have such powers as may from time to time be assigned to the Vice President Research by the Board or by the President within their powers of delegation.
The Vice President Advancement shall
(a) be responsible to the President for the coordination and control of the advancement functions of the University; and
(b) perform such additional duties and have such powers as may from time to time be assigned to the Vice President Advancement by the Board or by the President within their powers of delegation.
The Comptroller shall 2025, c.36, s.37
(a) be responsible to the Vice President Administration and Finance and shall act as their chief executive assistant;
(b) be responsible for preparation of the University statistics, and of annual financial statements for submission to the Board and to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council;
(c) have oversight over the properties, revenues and expenditures of the University including the supervision of the servants and employees concerned therewith; and
(d) exercise such other powers and functions as may be assigned to the Comptroller by the Board.
An Assistant Comptroller shall keep the accounts of the University and assist the Comptroller; the senior Assistant Comptroller shall carry out the duties of the Comptroller in the Comptroller’s absence. 2025, c.36, s.38
The Secretary of the Board, in addition to the powers and duties expressed in other sections of this Act, shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to the Secretary by the Board. 2025, c.36, s.39
The Registrars shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board, the appropriate Senate or the President. 1986, c.83, s.32
2025, c.36, s.40
The Dean of a faculty is the chief executive officer of the faculty to which the Dean is appointed, and, subject to the control of the President, has general supervision over and direction of the work of the faculty, the teaching staff, and the teaching and training of the students, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to the Dean by the President.
The chair of each department or division is responsible to the Dean, in the first instance, for the satisfactory performance of the work of the department or division within the faculty.
The Dean is responsible for providing that the minutes of the Faculty Council are properly kept, and the Dean shall keep in their possession copies of all minutes and records of the Faculty Council.
The Dean of a faculty, subject to the approval of the President, may delegate any of the Dean’s powers or duties under this section subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be imposed, provided that a power delegated shall not include a power of sub-delegation.
2025, c.36, s.41
The Dean of Libraries is the chief executive officer of the libraries at the University, with the exception of the Law Library, and, subject to the control of the President, has general supervision over and direction of the work of the libraries and the librarians, other than the librarians of the Faculty of Law, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to the Dean of Libraries by the President.
The Dean of Libraries is responsible for providing that the minutes of the Libraries Council are properly kept, and the Dean of Libraries shall keep in their possession copies of all minutes and records of the Libraries Council.
The Dean of Libraries, subject to the approval of the President, may delegate any of their powers or duties under this section subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be imposed, provided that a power delegated shall not include a power of sub-delegation.
1986, c.83, s.33; 2025, c.36, s.42
The General Faculty of the University shall consist of the members of the Faculty Councils, the members of the Libraries Council, the Deans of Schools of the University, the Vice President Administration and Finance, the Registrars, the Comptroller, the Assistant Comptrollers, the Dean of Libraries and such other members or class or classes of members, subject to such conditions of membership, as the Senates, subject to the approval of the Board, shall determine.
The General Faculty may inquire into all matters tending to enhance the usefulness of the University and may report upon and make recommendations in respect of the same to the Board, or to the Senates, or to the Board of Deans, or to the Libraries Council, or to the Faculty Councils, as may be appropriate.
The General Faculty may make rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and transactions, provided that the President may summon meetings whenever the President may deem it necessary to do so.
The President is the chair of the General Faculty and, in the absence of the President at a meeting of the General Faculty, the Provost and Vice President Academic shall act as chair.
The Secretary of the General Faculty shall be appointed by the General Faculty.
The Board, subject to the laws of the Province, may establish any institute, institution, organization or society for or in connection with the purposes or objects, or any of them, of the University, subject to the consent and approval of the appropriate Senate when the creation of any such body is in relation to a matter within the powers of that Senate, and the Board may make provision for the maintenance thereof, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board and the appropriate Senate may confer upon any such body such powers and assign such duties, subject to such restrictions and conditions, as to the Board and that Senate may seem meet. 1986, c.83, s.34
Any teachers’ college or normal school or teacher-training school in existence or established hereafter, organized by the Department of Education for the instruction and training of teachers in the science of education and the art of teaching, may be affiliated with the University, upon such terms and conditions, not repugnant to any law or system of education in force in the Province, as the Board may deem meet, but the terms and conditions of the affiliation of any such teachers’ college, normal school or teacher-training school shall be subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
Any college or university in the Province may be affiliated with the University, upon such terms and conditions, not repugnant to any law or system of education in force in the Province, as the Board may think fit, but the terms and conditions of the affiliation of any such college or university shall be subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
Nothing contained in this Act shall interfere with the right
(a) of any affiliated college or university to make such provision in regard to religious instruction and religious worship for its own students as it may deem proper, and to require the same to be observed as part of its own discipline; and
(b) of any affiliated theological college to grant and confer degrees in theology, including honorary degrees and certificates of proficiency.
1986, c.83, s.36; 2025, c.36, s.43
The Board, subject to the provisions of this subsection, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as it shall determine to govern the election or appointment to the Board of the members to be elected or appointed within paragraph 23(1)(n) and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the Board may determine the manner of selection and whether by election or appointment, the constituency for an election or appointment and the class or classes of students to be excluded from or included therein, the time and manner and conduct of an election or appointment, the commencement of and the term of office and the conditions of vacation of office and the filling of a vacancy, the eligibility for re-election or re-appointment and the qualifications for office, provided that the persons eligible for office shall be in good academic standing in the University and provided further that the term of office, subject to such provision as may be made for continuance in office until a successor is elected or appointed, shall not exceed three years.
A member of the Board elected or appointed under subsection (1) shall hold office thereon subject to and in accordance with the provisions expressed in and made under that subsection.
A Senate, in accordance with such rules and regulations as it shall determine or approve, subject to subsection 42(2), may provide for student representation, or appoint such representation to, the Senate.
A Faculty Council, in accordance with such rules and regulations as it shall determine or approve, subject to subsection 42(2), may provide for student representation on, or appoint such representation to, the Faculty Council.
The Libraries Council, in accordance with any rules and regulations that it determines or approves, subject to subsection 42(2), may provide for student representation on, or appoint such representation to, the Libraries Council.
The Board and the Senates, in accordance with such rules and regulations as each shall determine, may provide for student representation on or appoint such representation to advisory committees, whether joint or separate, constituted under the Board and the Senates respectively, and, in addition thereto or otherwise, a Senate, in accordance with such rules and regulations as it shall determine or approve, may provide for student representation on or appoint such representation to advisory committees constituted under a Faculty Council on the appropriate campus or the Libraries Council.
A student within the provision or appointment made under subsection (3), (4) or (5) shall, subject to the rules and regulations made under the subsection, be a member of the body within the provision or appointment, except that a student shall not be a member of any such body for the purpose of subsection 27(9) or 70(1) and shall not be a member of any such body for any purpose in relation to the determination of examination results and the award of degrees, certificates and diplomas in course.
A Senate may make provision for enabling the students of the appropriate campus and of the affiliated institutions and colleges of that campus to appoint a representative committee of themselves, to be chosen in such manner as shall be approved by the Senate, which shall be the recognized official medium of communication on behalf of such students between them and the Senate and which shall have the right to make communications through the President to the Senate upon any subject in which they are or may deem themselves to be interested, and the Senate may give to any such committee such powers of government with respect to the conduct of the students it represents as to the Senate shall seem meet, subject always, as provided in this Act, to the control of the Board, the appropriate Senate, the President and the Board of Deans.
Nothing expressed in subsection (7) shall be construed to take away or impair the right of any student of the University or of an affiliated institution or college to make complaint to the governing bodies thereof in respect of any matter as to which they are or may deem themselves to be entitled to complain; every such complaint shall be transmitted through the President to the proper governing body and nothing in that subsection shall be construed to impair or affect the right of control which an affiliated institution or college possesses over its students.
The Board, the Senates, the Libraries Council and the Faculty Councils, in providing for student representation under this section, may consult with representatives of the recognized student bodies.
With the consent of the Board, and subject to the powers of the Senates, any person may found such and so many faculties, schools, professorships, lectureships, fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes, loan funds, or other rewards in the University, not inconsistent with the spirit and provisions of this Act, as the person may think proper, by providing a sufficient endowment therefor in money, land or other property. 1986, c.83, s.37; 2025, c.36, s.44
There shall be in the University five scholarships in the general undergraduate courses to be known as “University Scholarships” of such value as the Board may determine and awarded annually under such regulations as the Board may prescribe.
Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed to limit the power of the Board to create other fellowships or scholarships, whether undergraduate or graduate, of like or different amounts.
Section 29 of Chapter 64 of the Consolidated Statutes of 1877, re-enacted as section 29 of Chapter 49 of the Consolidated Statutes of 1903 and continued, as amended, as section 77 of Chapter 12 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1968, is hereby continued, viz:
The Board may admit, at its discretion, into the undergraduate courses or the graduate courses of the University free of fees, such persons as it may deem deserving of such gratuitous instruction, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by it.
All students proceeding to any degree, except in cases for which special provision is made on the authority of the Board and the appropriate Senate, shall be enrolled in the University. 1986, c.83, s.38
A person who has not received instruction in the University, or in any affiliated college or institution, may be admitted as a candidate for examination for standing, or for any degree, honour, fellowship, scholarship, diploma or certificate of proficiency authorized to be granted or conferred by the University, on such conditions as the Board and the appropriate Senate may determine. 1986, c.83, s.39; 2025, c.36, s.45
The Board may make rules and regulations relative to the physical examination of the students, or any of them, of the University.
The Board may make rules and regulations relative to approval of the accommodations of the students, or any of them, of the University.
The Board and the Senates respectively, in addition to the powers conferred to prescribe or approve rules and regulations in respect to the meetings of any body, including the Board and Senates, constituted by or under this Act, may make rules and regulations to provide for the validation of the proceedings of any such body when any defect arises in relation to any omission to give notice or any defect in the form of notice or any defect in the calling of a meeting and, in addition thereto or otherwise, the Board may make such provision in relation to the Board of Deans and to meetings of the General Faculty. 1986, c.83, s.40
1986, c.83, s.41; 2025, c.36, s.46
Whenever a body constituted by or under this Act is authorized or empowered to take action by rule or by regulation, or by both, the action may be taken by the body in that manner or, subject to subsection (2), by resolution as the body may determine, provided that when any such action is subject to approval, and such action is taken by resolution, the resolution shall be subject to approval as if a rule or regulation.
The Board and each Senate respectively may prescribe that action taken by a body constituted under the Board and that Senate, or taken by a body when the action is subject to the approval of the Board and that Senate respectively, be taken in the manner prescribed for action by the body.
The Board and each Senate respectively may prescribe the manner of authentication of any rule or regulation or resolution made or adopted by the Board and that Senate, or by a body constituted thereunder, and, in addition thereto or otherwise, a Senate may make such provision in relation to the Libraries Council or the appropriate Faculty Councils, and the Board may make such provision in relation to the Board of Deans and to the General Faculty, and it shall not be essential to the validity of any rule or regulation or resolution made or adopted by the Board that it be under the corporate seal of the Board if it is authenticated in the manner prescribed by the Board.
1986, c.83, s.42; 2003, c.28, s.6; 2025, c.36, s.47
Subject to the provisions of this Act, any act or thing done by the majority of the members present at a meeting of a body constituted by or under this Act shall be deemed to have been done by the body as long as the members present at that meeting constitute a quorum and the body is otherwise constituted in accordance with this Act.
Except as expressly provided in this Act, in the case of the absence of the chair and an acting chair as provided in this Act, at a meeting of any body constituted by or under this Act, the President may designate a member of the body to act as chair pro tempore and, in the absence of such designation, the body may appoint one of its members to act as chair pro tempore and the person so designated or appointed shall act as and have all the powers of the chair.
The chair of a body constituted by or under this Act, subject to the provision made in subsection 19(6) and to the restrictions expressed in subsection 23(4), shall have the same right of voting as other members of the body and a question, in the case of an equality of votes on a motion, shall be deemed to be resolved in the negative.
There shall be no professorship of theology in the University, nor shall any religious test whatever be required of or imposed upon any member of the Board, any member of the teaching or administrative staff, student, or other person in any way connected with the University.
Every graduate of the former College of New Brunswick or of the former King’s College shall be deemed to be a graduate of The University of New Brunswick.
No action shall be brought against any member of the Board on account of anything done or omitted by the member in the execution of their office except with the written consent of the Attorney General. 2025, c.36, s.48
No person shall assume or use the crest or coat of arms of the University or any design in imitation of the same except upon and in accordance with the consent of the Board or except as may be authorized under and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Board.
Whenever in any Act, prior to the commencement of this Act, or in any document, reference is made to the Senate of the University or to the University Council, the same shall be construed, unless the context and the provisions of this Act otherwise require, as a reference to the Board or to the appropriate Senate or the Senates, respectively, as constituted under this Act. 1986, c.83, s.43
Whenever in any Act, prior to October 1, 1986, or in any document, reference is made to The University Senate, the same shall be construed, unless the context and the provisions of this Act otherwise require, as a reference to the appropriate Senate or the Senates as constituted under this Act. 1986, c.83, s.44