Agenda Package: Academic Board - January 30, 2020

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Simcoe Hall, 27 King’s College Circle, Governing Council Chamber 2nd Floor

AGENDA

Pursuant to section 38 of By-Law Number 2,
consideration of items 17 and 18 will take place in camera.

OPEN SESSION

  1. Chair’s Remarks
  2. Report of the Vice-President and Provost
  3. Report of the Presidential & Provostial Task Force on Student Mental Health and Administrative Response (for information)*
  4. Update on the Tri-Campus Review (for information)
  5. New Graduate Program Proposal: Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), Dalla Lana School of Public Health  (for approval)* (Arising from Report Number 200 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs, January 14, 2020)  

    Be it Resolved:

    THAT, subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee

    THAT the proposed degree program, Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), as described in the proposal from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health dated November 28, 2019 be approved effective September 1, 2021.
  6. New Graduate Program Proposal: Master of Environment and Sustainability (MES), Faculty of Arts & Science (for approval)* (Arising from Report Number 200 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs, January 14, 2020)

    Be it Resolved:

    THAT, subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee

    THAT the proposed degree program, Master of Environment and Sustainability (MES), as described in the proposal from the Faculty of Arts and Science dated December 4, 2019 be approved effective September 1, 2021.
  7. Program Closure: Conjoint Doctor of Theology, Toronto School of Theology (for approval)* (Arising from Report Number 200 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs, January 14, 2020)

    Be It Resolved:

    THAT subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee

    THAT the proposed closure of the conjoint Doctor of Theology (ThD), Toronto School of Theology dated August 29, 2019, to which admissions were administratively suspended in November 20, 2014, be approved with an anticipated program closure date of December 31, 2024.
  1. Program Closure: Bachelor of Physical and Health Education, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (for approval)* (Arising from Report Number 200 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs, January 14, 2020)

    Be It Resolved:

    THAT subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee

    THAT the proposed closure of the THAT the proposed closure of the Bachelor of Physical and Health Education (BPHE), Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education dated October 31, 2019, to which admissions were administratively suspended in March 2015, be approved with an anticipated program closure date of August 31, 2025.
  1. Academic Plan (Extension): Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s Creating Capacity, Cultivating Change: 2018-2022 Academic Plan Extension (for information and feedback)* (Arising from Report Number 190 of the Planning and Budget Committee – January 9, 2020)
  1. Education Presentation: Experiential Learning Hub (for information)

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. Constitutional Amendments: Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (for approval)**

Be it Resolved

THAT, subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee

THAT the proposed amended Constitution of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Council, which was recommended for approval by the Council on October 31, 2019 be approved, effective July 1, 2020.

  1. Report of the Previous Meeting: Report 224 – November 21, 2019 ( for approval)**
  1. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
  2. Reports for Information**
     
    1. Report Number 259 of the Agenda Committee – December 13, 2019
    2. Report Number 260 of the Agenda Committee – January 21, 2020
    3. Report Number 190 of the Planning and Budget Committee – January 9, 2020
    4. Report Number 200 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs – January 14, 2020
       
  3. Date of the Next Meeting – March 12, 2020, at 4:10 to 6:10 p.m.
  1. Other Business

IN CAMERA SESSION

  1. Capital Project: Fitzgerald Building Revitalization located at 150 College Street  – Revised Total Project Cost and Sources of Funding+ (for recommendation)
  1. Capital Project: Science Building at the University of Toronto Mississauga – Revised Total Project Cost and Sources of Funding + (for recommendation)

*     Documentation attached
**   Documentation for consent item included. This item will be given individual consideration by the Board only if a member so requests. Members with questions or who would
like a consent item to be discussed by the Board are asked to notify the Secretary, Ms. Tracey Gameiro, at least 24 hours before the meeting, by telephone (416-978-8425) or
by email (tracey.gameiro@utoronto.ca).
*** Documentation forthcoming 
+     Confidential documentation for members only