Agenda Package: Academic Board - November 18, 2020

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AGENDA

Pursuant to section 38 of By-Law Number 2, 
consideration of items 12-16 will take place in camera


Open Session

  1. Chair’s Remarks
     
  2. Report of the Vice-President and Provost
     
  3. Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Academic Wood Tower (for recommendation)*

    Be It Recommended:

    THAT the Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Centre for the Academic Wood Tower dated September 18, 2020 (revised November 10, 2020), be approved in principle; and,

    THAT the the project totaling 5,334 nasm (11,143 gross square metres (gsm)), be approved in principle, to be funded by Divisional Reserves, Operating Budget Contribution, Fundraising, Provostial Funds, Government Funding and Borrowing.
     
  4. Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the New Woodsworth College Academic Building (for recommendation)*

    Be It Recommended:

    THAT the Report of the Project Planning Committee for the New Woodsworth College Academic Building, dated September 17, 2020, be approved in principle; and, 

    THAT the project totaling 2,399 net assignable square metres (nasm) (5,558 gross square metres (gsm)), be approved in principle, to be funded by Future Major Capital Project Reserves, Divisional & College Operating Reserves and Borrowing.
     
  5. Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Indigenous House at the University of Toronto Scarborough (for approval)**

    Be It Resolved:

    THAT subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee,

    THAT the Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Indigenous House at the University of Toronto Scarborough, dated September 18, 2020, be approved in principle; and,

    THAT the project totaling 481 net assignable square metres (nasm) and 962 gross square metres (gsm), be approved in principle, to be funded by UTSC Major Capital Project Reserve, the Major Capital Construction Account, and a fundraising campaign.
     
  6. Review of Academic Programs and Units – Part 1 (for information)* (Arising from report Number 205 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs – October 27, 2020) 
    1. Follow-up Reports from Previous Reviews*
      1. Temerty Faculty of Medicine, MD Program (Provostial Review)
      2. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (Provostial Review)
      3. Health Studies Program (Faculty of Arts and Science)
    2. Semi-Annual Report on the Reviews of Academic Units and Programs, April 2020 – October 2020*

CONSENT AGENDA**

  1. Report of the Previous Meeting: Report 229 – October 8, 2020 ( for approval)**
     
  2. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
     
  3. Items for Information
    1. Provost’s Annual Report on Cases of Academic Discipline, 2019-2020**
    2. Semi-Annual Report: Academic Appeals Committee, Individual Cases, Fall 2020**
    3. Semi-Annual Report: University Tribunal, Individual Cases, Fall 2020**
    4. Report Number 269 of the Agenda Committee – November 5, 2020**
    5. Report Number 205 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs – October 27, 2020**
    6. Report Number 195 of the Planning and Budget Committee – October 28, 2020**
    7. Membership of the Advisory Committee on the University of Toronto Library System for 2020-2021**

  1. Date of the Next Meeting – Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 3:10 to 5:10 p.m. 
     
  2. Other Business 

IN CAMERA CONSENT AGENDA

  1. Quarterly List of Donations of $250,000 or more to the University of Toronto August 1 to October 31, 2020 (for information)+
     

IN CAMERA AGENDA

  1. Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Indigenous House at the University of Toronto Scarborough– Total Project Costs and Sources of Funding (for approval)+
  2. Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Academic Wood Tower – Total Project Costs and Sources of Funding (for recommendation)+
  3. Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the New Woodsworth College Academic Building  – Total Project Costs and Sources of Funding (for recommendation)+
  4. Capital Project: Report of the Project Planning Committee for the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre West/Phase 1 – Further Revised Total Project Cost Increase 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).
+    Confidential documentation for members only.
++     Documentation forthcoming