Academic Board Teaching Staff Seats in the 2023 Election

The Academic Board is composed of 123 people. Of the elected members of the Academic Board who are not also members of the Governing Council, 51 members are elected from the Teaching Staff and 2 members are elected from the Librarians.

Of those 51 seats, 18 will be available in the upcoming 2023 election.

The term of office for a Teaching Staff member of the Academic Board begins on July 1st in the year in which the member is elected and ends 3 years later on June 30th.

Nominations will be accepted for 18 Teaching Staff between Monday, January 9, 2023 starting 12:00 P.M. and Thursday, January 19, 2023 by 5:00 P.M.

For constituencies with more than one elected member on the Academic Board, including the Faculties of Applied Science and Engineering, Arts and Science, Medicine, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the University of Toronto Scarborough, the University of Toronto Mississauga, the School of Graduate Studies, and Librarians, no more than one person shall be elected from each department or equivalent unit within the particular constituency. Accordingly:

  • nominations for a nominee from the same department or equivalent unit as a current member of the Academic Board, whose term will not expire in 2023, will be rejected, unless the nominee is also appointed in another department or equivalent unit which will not already be represented on the Academic Board in the 2023-2024 academic year by another member of the Academic Board, in which case the nominee shall declare on their nomination form that the nominee is seeking nomination on the basis of their appointment in the latter department; and
  • if there is more than one candidate from a particular department or equivalent unit, only the candidate receiving the most votes of the candidates from the same department or equivalent unit will be eligible to fill any vacancy on the Academic Board; the other candidates within that same department or equivalent unit will be eliminated from consideration for any vacancy on the Academic Board, notwithstanding that these candidates may have received more votes than other candidates in other departments or equivalent units within the same constituency.
  • Constituency: Applied Science and Engineering
    • One (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry; Materials Science & Engineering
  • Constituency: Arts and Science
    • Five (5) Seats
    • Ineligible Departments: Philosophy; Economics; Geography and Planning; English; Psychology; Religion; French; Physics; History of Art
  • Constituency: Information
    • One (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: N/A
  • Constituency: Law
    • One (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: N/A
  • Constituency: Medicine
    • Four (4) Seats
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology; Physical Therapy; Paediatrics; Surgery; Medicine; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
  • Constituency: Nursing
    • One (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: N/A
  • Constituency: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
    • Two (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: Leadership, Higher and Adult Education
  • Constituency: Public Health
    • One (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: N/A
  • Constituency: University of Toronto Mississauga
    • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​One (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: Anthropology; Management
  • Constituency: University of Toronto Scarborough
    • ​​​​​​​One (1) Seat
    • Term: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
    • Ineligible Departments: Biological Sciences; Centre for Teaching and Learning​​​​​​​​​​​​​​