Report: Agenda Committee - June 24, 2020

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Via Virtual Meeting

REPORT NUMBER 267 OF THE AGENDA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

To the Academic Board, 
University of Toronto 

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., with the following members present:  
 

PRESENT:
Nicholas Terpstra, Chair; Douglas McDougall, Vice-Chair; Markus Bussmann; Samantha Chang; Richard Hegele; Ernest W.N. Lam; Jan Mahrt-Smith; Cheryl Regehr

REGRETS:
Susan McCahan

SECRETARIAT:
Tracey Gameiro, Secretary, Agenda Committee


The Meeting was held in Closed Session                


  1. Chair’s Remarks

    The Chair thanked members for attending the very last meeting of the Governance Calendar for 2019-2020.
     
  2. Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting

    Report 266 from the meeting of June 2, 2020, was approved. 
     
  3. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting

    There was no business arising from the Report of the previous meeting
     
  4. Date of the Next Meeting – Thursday, September 24, 2020

    The Chair stated that the next meeting would be held on Thursday, September 24, 2020, from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 
     
  5. Other Business

    There were no items of other business. 


The Committee moved IN CAMERA.

  1. Academic Administrative Appointments

    On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried

    YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED

    The following academic administrative appointments.
FACULTY OF ARTS & SCIENCE  
Associate Professor Anne-Marie Brousseau Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of French 
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023
Professor Bryan Gaensler Director
Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 [renewal]
Associate Professor Thomas Kierstead  Interim Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of East Asian Studies
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Professor Norman Murray Interim Director
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Professor Nicholas Provart Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025
FACULTY OF MEDICINE  
Associate Professor Heather Colquhoun Interim Chair 
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 [or until a new chair is appointed, whichever is first]
Associate Professor Alison Freeland Associate Dean, Medical Education (Regional)
June 8, 2020 to December 31, 2020 [extension]
Professor Suzan Schneeweiss Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development
November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2025 [renewal]
Professor Yana Yunusova Acting Director
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
JOHN H. DANIELS FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN  
Associate Professor Liat Margolis Associate Dean, Research
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 [extension]
LESLIE DAN FACULTY OF PHARMACY  
Professor Stephane Angers Associate Dean, Research 
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 [renewal]
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA  
Professor Ruth Childs Interim Director
Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Professor Shashi Kant Acting Director
Institute of Management and Innovation
July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(pending approval of Associate Professor Soo Min Toh)
Associate Professor Soo Min Toh Director
Institute of Management and Innovation
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022  [extension; including approved six month leave]
Professor Daniel White Interim Chair
Department of English and Drama
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH  
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Hugh Laurence Acting Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs & Curriculum
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
(pending approval of the appointment of Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Michael Souza)
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Michael Souza Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs & Curriculum
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2024 
[including 1 year of approved research & study leave]

THE COMMITTEE RETURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.


The meeting adjourned at 3:24 p.m.


June 24, 2020