REPORT NUMBER 275 OF THE AGENDA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto
Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. with the following members present:
PRESENT: Nicholas Terpstra (Chair), Douglas McDougall (Vice-Chair), Cheryl Regehr (Vice-President and Provost), Mark Schmuckler (Vice-Provost, Academic Programs and Innovations in Undergraduate Education), Markus Bussmann, Samantha Chang, Ernest W.N. Lam, Jan Mahrt-Smith, Nicholas Rule
SECRETARIAT: Tracey Gameiro, Secretary, Agenda Committee
IN ATTENDANCE: Archana Sridhar (Assistant Provost, Office of the Vice-President and Provost), Daniella Mallinick (Director, Academic Programs, Planning and Quality Assurance, Office of the Vice- Provost, Academic Programs)
The Meeting was held in Closed Session
- Chair’s Remarks
The Chair welcomed members of the Committee.
- Academic Board – Review and Approval of Agenda – Wednesday, April 28, 2021
The Committee reviewed and approved the (draft) agenda for the Academic Board meeting scheduled for April 28, 2021. It was decided that the Provost’s report would include a presentation of the important access and inclusion work being done at the University of Toronto.
- Approval of the Reports of the Previous Meetings
- Report Number 273 – March 2, 2021
- Report Number 274 – April 6, 2021 (Special Meeting)
Reports 273 and 274 from the meetings of March 2, 2021 and April 6, 2021 respectively, were approved.
- Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
There was no business arising from the Reports of the previous meetings.
- Date of the Next Meeting – Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Chair stated that the next meeting would be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Other Business
There were no items of other business.
The Committee moved IN CAMERA.
- Academic Administrative Appointments
On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried
YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED
The following academic administrative appointments:FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
Professor Thomas Keymer
Interim Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of English
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021Professor Martin Pickave
Chair
Department of Philosophy
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2027
(renewal; including one year leave)FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
Professor Bernhard Ganss
Vice-Dean, Research
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
(renewal)Professor Ernest Lam
Associate Dean, Graduate Education
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023
(renewal)Associate Professor Teaching Stream Jim Yuan Lai
Vice-Dean, Education
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023
(renewal)FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Professor Timothy Welsh
Interim Associate Dean, Research
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATIONProfessor Normand Labrie
Interim DeanJuly 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
[or whenever a new Dean is appointed, whichever is sooner]TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Professor Mary Forhan (pending tenure approval)
Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026Professor Liliana Attisano
Interim Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Biochemistry
May 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022Associate Professor Lisa Richardson
Associate Dean, Inclusion and Diversity
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026Professor James Rutka
Chair
Department of Surgery
June 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(extension)UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA
Professor Ilia Binder
Chair
Department of Mathematical and Computational Science
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024Professor Ruth Childs
Director
Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023Professor Richard Greene
Acting Chair
Department of English and Drama
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022Professor Tanjim Hossain
Chair
Department of Management
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2027
(including one year leave)THE COMMITTEE RETURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.
The meeting adjourned at 3:19 p.m.
April 20, 2021