Agenda Package: Executive Committee - October 20, 2020

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Via Virtual Meeting

AGENDA

Pursuant to section 28 (e) and 38 of By-Law Number 2,
consideration of item 13 to 15 will take place in camera.

 


CLOSED SESSION

  1. Chair’s Remarks and Orientation
     
  2. Overview of the Academic Discipline Process (for information) +
     
  3. Report of the President
     
  4. Items for Endorsement and Forwarding to the Governing Council
    1. Report of the University Ombudsperson for the period July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 and Administrative Response*

      Be It Resolved

      THAT the Report of the University Ombudsperson for the period July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 and Administrative Response be endorsed and placed on the agenda of the Governing Council meeting of October 28, 2020.

       
    2. Proposed revisions to the Policy and Procedures on Employment Conditions of Part-Time Academic Staff (Part-Time Policy); and amendments to the Policy and Procedures on Academic Appointments (PPAA) and the Policy and Procedures Governing Promotions in the Teaching Stream (PPPTS)*

      (Arising from Report Number 254 of the Business Board (October 6, 2020) and Report Number 229 of the Academic Board (October 8, 2020))

      Be It Resolved

      THAT the following recommendation be endorsed and forwarded to the Governing Council

      THAT the Memorandum of Settlement Between the University of Toronto Faculty Association and the University Administration, dated May 7, 2020, regarding the Policy and Procedures on Employment Conditions of Part-time Faculty be approved, effective immediately; and 

      THAT revisions to Policy and Procedures on Employment Conditions of Part-time Academic Staff be approved, effective January 1, 2021; and 

      THAT the amendments to Policy and Procedures on Academic Appointments be approved, effective January 1, 2021; and 

      THAT the agreement that the ranks and titles of part-time teaching stream faculty members change from the current titles of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer to Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Professor, Teaching Stream be approved, effective immediately. 

      THAT the amendments to Policy and Procedures Governing Promotions in the Teaching Stream be approved, effective January 1, 2021. 

       
    3. Revisions to the UTSC and UTM Campus Council and its Committees Terms of Reference* 

      Be It Resolved

      THAT the following recommendations be endorsed and forwarded to the Governing Council:

      THAT the proposed revised UTM Campus Council and Standing Committees Terms of Reference be approved, effective immediately, replacing the Terms of Reference approved on February 15, 2017;

      and 

      THAT the proposed revised UTSC Campus Council and Standing Committees Terms of Reference be approved, effective immediately, replacing the Terms of Reference approved on June 25, 2014.


CONSENT AGENDA**

  1. Report of the Previous Meeting of the Executive Committee* (for approval)

    Report Number 516 (June 25, 2020)
     
  2. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
     
  3. Minutes of the Governing Council Meeting – September 9, 2020* (for information)
     
  4. Business Arising from the Minutes of the Governing Council Meeting
     
  5. Report on Approvals under Summer Executive Authority* (for information)
     
  6. Reports for Information
    1. Report Number 219 of the University Affairs Board (September 30, 2020)*
    2. Report Number 229 of the Academic Board (October 8, 2020)*
    3. Report Number 254 of the Business Board (October 6, 2020)*
    4. Report Number 43 of the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus Council (October 6, 2020)*
    5. Report Number 43 of the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Council (October 7, 2020)*
    6. Report Number 41 of the Pension Committee (May 27, 2020)*
       
  7. Date of Next Meeting – Tuesday, December 8, 2020 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
     
  8. Other Business
    1. Governing Council meeting


IN CAMERA SESSION

  1. Items for Approval
    1. External Appointments: University of Toronto Press Board of Directors 2020-21+ 
    2. Establishment of a Judicial Board+
    3. Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters: Recommendations for Expulsion+
    4. Review of the Office of the Ombudsperson, 2020-21+ 
       
  2. Committee Members with the President
     
  3. Committee Members alone

*    Documentation is attached.
**    Documentation for consent item included.  This item will be given individual consideration by the Committee
only if a member so requests.  Members with questions or who would like the consent item to be discussed by the
Committee are invited to notify the Secretary, Mr. Anwar Kazimi, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by
telephone at 416-978-8427 or by email at anwar.kazimi@utoronto.ca 
***    Documentation is to follow
+    Confidential documentation is attached for members only.
++    Confidential documentation to follow for members only.