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AGENDA
Pursuant to section 38 of By-Law Number 2,
consideration of items 21-25 will take place in camera.
Open Session
- Chair’s Remarks
- Report of the Vice-President and Provost
- Review of Academic Programs and Units – Part 2 (for information)*
Follow-Up report on Reviews- Edward S. Rogers St. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering)
- Cinema Studies Institute (Faculty of Arts and Science)
- The David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (formerly the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics), the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics (Faculty of Arts and Science)
- Semi-Annual Report on the reviews of Academic Units and Programs, October 2019 – March 2020 (for information)* (Arising from Report Number 203 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs – May 6, 2020)
- Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Trinity College in the University of Toronto New Student Residence & Academic Building – The Lawson Centre for Sustainability (for recommendation)*
Be It Recommended
THAT the Report of the Project Planning Committee for Trinity College in the University of Toronto New Student Residence & Academic Building - The Lawson Centre for Sustainability, dated April 16, 2020, be approved in principle; and,
THAT the project totaling 9,229 net assignable square metres (nasm) and 14,068 gross square metres (gsm), be approved in principle, to be funded by Trinity College by means of a combination of institutional investments, fundraising, and external loans.
CONSENT AGENDA
- Amendment to the University Assessment and Grading Practices Policy (for approval)**(Arising from Report Number 203 of the Committee on Academic Policy & Programs - May 6, 2020)
Be it Resolved
THAT the proposed amendment to the University Assessment and Grading
Practices Policy 2012, be approved, with the retroactive effective date of January 1, 2020.
- Proposal to Establish a Department: Centre for French and Linguistics (EDU:A) to the Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough (for recommendation)**
Be It Recommended
THAT, the Centre for French and Linguistics (EDU:A) be converted to the Department of Language Studies, at the University of Toronto Scarborough, as described in the proposal recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, and dated April 17, 2020, be approved to be effective as of July 1, 2020.
- Proposal to Establish a Department: Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society (EDU:B) to the Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough (for recommendation)**
Be It Recommended
THAT, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society (EDU:B) be converted to the Department of Health and Society, at the University of Toronto Scarborough, as described in the proposal recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, and dated April 17, 2020, be approved to be effective as of July 1, 2020.
- Proposal to Establish an Extra-Departmental Unit A (EDU:A): Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP), University of Toronto Mississauga (for recommendation)**
Be it Recommended
THAT the proposal to establish the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP), at the University of Toronto Mississauga, as an EDU: A, as described in the Proposal for the Establishment of an EDU:A, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP), University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), dated April 16, 2020, be approved, effective July 1, 2020.
- Annual Report: Vice-President, Research and Innovation, 2019 (for information)**
- Academic Plan: Faculty of Arts and Science’s Academic Plan, 2020-2025: Leveraging Our Strengths (for information)** (Arising from Report Number 193 of the Planning and Budget Committee - May 7, 2020)
- Constitutional Amendments: John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design (for approval)**
Be it Resolved
THAT subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee
THAT the proposed amended Constitution of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design Council, which was recommended for approval by the Council on February 26, 2020 be approved, effective July 1, 2020.
- Name Change of Academic Unit: Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering to change the name of the EDU:A Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering to Institute of Biomedical Engineering (for approval)**
Be It Resolved
THAT subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee,
THAT the name of the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, be changed to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1, 2020.
- Report of the Previous Meeting: Report Number 227 – April 23, 2020 (for approval)**
- Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
- Reports for Information**
- Annual Report: Council of Ontario Universities Academic Colleague, 2020
- Semi-Annual Report: Academic Appeals Committee, Individual Reports, Spring 2020
- Semi-Annual Report: University Tribunal, Information Reports, Spring 2020
- Report Number 264 of the Agenda Committee – May 14, 2020 (Special Meeting)
- Report Number 265 of the Agenda Committee – May 19, 2020
- Report Number 203 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs – May 6, 2020
- Report Number 193 of the Planning and Budget Committee – May 7, 2019
- Date of the Next Meeting: Thursday, October 8, 2020,**3:10 – 5:10 p.m.**
- Other Business
IN CAMERA SESSION
- Annual Report: Striking Committee – Academic Board, 2020 (for approval)+
- Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Trinity College in the University of Toronto New Student Residence & Academic Building – The Lawson Centre for Sustainability – Total Project Costs and Sources of Funding (for recommendation)+
IN CAMERA CONSENT AGENDA
- Appointments: University Professors Recipients (for approval)+
- Appointments: President’s Teaching Award Recipients (for approval)+
- Annual Report: Nominating Committee for the University of Toronto Tribunal and the Academic Appeals Committee – 2020-2021 (for approval)+
- Quarterly Report on Donations: February 1- April 30, 2020 (for information)+***
* 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
elephone (416-978-8425) or by email (tracey.gameiro@utoronto.ca).
*** Documentation forthcoming
+ Confidential documentation for members only