Governance
Governance Sections
NSCAD University is a public institution governed in accordance with the University Act of Nova Scotia. It operates with a bicameral governance system, with two senior governance bodies: a duly constituted Board of Governors and a Senate, both of which include representation from faculty, staff, administration, and students.
Click here to reach NSCAD University’s Board bylaws.
NSCAD Standing Committees
ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE
The Advancement Committee supports the NSCAD Board of Governors’’ stewardship responsibilities relating to strategic planning and advancement, and provides active leadership in support of the Advancement Office’s efforts in such areas as fundraising and friend-raising.
AUDIT AND RISK OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Committee supports the NSCAD Board of Governors in the fulfillment of its stewardship responsibilities in the following areas: financial oversight, risk oversight and monitoring the integrity of internal controls and management information systems.
FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
The Financial and Physical Resources Committee supports the NSCAD Board of Governors in the fulfillment of its stewardship responsibilities in the following areas: oversight of NSCAD’s financial planning and policy framework including multi-year financial plans and annual budgets; monitoring NSCAD’s ongoing financial performance and needs; oversight of NSCAD’s investments; and oversight of NSCAD’s short and long-term plans for its physical facilities.
GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
The Governance and Human Resources Committee supports the NSCAD Board of Governors in its efforts to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its governance of NSCAD and in the oversight of NSCAD’s management of its human resources.

NSCAD Ad Hoc Committees
PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE
The Presidential Search Committee is responsible for conducting the search for NSCAD University’s president, and for carefully evaluating and recommending the most suitable candidate to the Board of Governors.
For more information on the current search, click here.
Board of Governors
To learn more about our Board members,
including our life governors, click here.
Senate
To learn more about Senate,
including its members, click here.
Meeting Schedule
Advancement Committee
- September 1, 2022
- October 13, 2022
- December 1, 2022
- February 23, 2023
- April 6, 2023
- May 18, 2023
Financial and Physical
Resources Committee
- September 7, 2022
- October 20, 2022
- January 12, 2023
- March 16, 2023
- April 27, 2023
- June 8, 2023
Audit and Risk Oversight Committee
- September 13, 2022
- November 3, 2022
- January 26, 2023
- March 2, 2023
- April 13, 2023
- June 13, 2023
Governance and Human
Resources Committee
- September 8, 2022
- October 27, 2022
- January 19, 2023
- March 9, 2023
- April 20, 2023
- June 1, 2023
Board of Governors
- September 22, 2022
- November 24, 2022
- February 9, 2023
- March 23, 2023
- May 4, 2023
- June 22, 2023
- September 21, 2023
Senate
- January 24, 2022
- February 14, 2022
- March 14, 2022
- April 25, 2022
- May 16, 2022