REPORT NUMBER 272 OF THE AGENDA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto
Your Committee reports that it met virtually on Wednesday, January 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
The Meeting was held in Closed Session
- Chair’s Remarks
The Chair welcomed members to the first meeting of 2021 and proceeded directly to the agenda items.
- Academic Board – Review and Approval of Agenda – Thursday, January 28, 2021
The Committee reviewed and confirmed the agenda for the Thursday, January 28, 2021 Academic Board meeting.
- Approval of the Reports of the Previous Meetings
Report 270 from the meeting of December 11, 2020, and Report 271 of the Special Meeting held January 5, 2021, were approved.
- Business Arising from the Reports of the Previous Meetings
There was no business arising from the Reports of the previous meeting
- Date of the Next Meeting – Tuesday, March 2, 2021
The Chair reminded members that the Committee would meet next on Tuesday, March 2, 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 Shyon Baumann Chair
Department of Sociology
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2027
[includes one year of blended leave]ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION
Associate Professor Clare Brett Chair & Graduate Chair
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
[extension]TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Associate Professor Alison Freeland Associate Dean, Medical Education (Regional)
February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2026
[renewal]UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH
Professor Jessica Fields Interim Vice-Dean, Faculty Affairs, Equity & Success
January 21, 2021 to June 30, 2021Associate Professor Joseph Hermer Chair
Department of Sociology
July 1, 2021 to July 31, 2026Associate Professor Michelle Silver Acting Chair
Department of Health and Society
January 21, 2021 to June 30, 2021Associate Professor Kenneth Welch Acting Chair
Department of Biological Sciences
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Professor Gretchen Kerr Dean
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026JOHN H. DANIELS FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, AND DESIGN
Professor Juan Du Dean
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026
(pending tenure approval from the President)
THE COMMITTEE RETURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.
The meeting adjourned at 3:22 p.m.
January 20, 2021