Report: Agenda Committee - May 16, 2023

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Via Virtual Meeting room

Report Number 297 Of The Agenda Committee

MAY 16, 2023


To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on May 16, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. with the following members present:

PRESENT: Douglas McDougall, (Chair), Ernest W.N. Lam, (Vice-Chair), Cheryl Regehr, (Vice-President and Provost), Susan McCahan, (Vice-Provost, Academic Programs and Innovations in Undergraduate Education), Catherine Amara, Aarthi Ashok,  Jan Mahrt-Smith

REGRETS: Maryanna Diab

Secretariat:
Tracey Gameiro, Secretary, Agenda Committee

In Attendance:
Daniella Mallinick (Director, Academic Programs, Planning & Quality Assurance, Office of the Vice-Provost, Academic Programs), Archana Sridhar (Assistant Provost, Office of the Vice-President and Provost)

The Meeting was held in Closed Session               


  1. Chair’s Remarks

    The Chair welcomed members and guests to the meeting and thanked them for their attendance.
     
  2. Academic Board – Review and Approval of Agenda – May 25, 2023

    The Committee reviewed and confirmed the agenda for the last meeting of the Academic Board for the governance year, scheduled for May 25, 2023.
     

  3. Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting

    Report 296 from the Committee’s meeting on April 18, 2023 was approved.
     

  4. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting

    There was no business arising from the Report of the previous meeting.
     

  5. Date of the Next Meeting – May 30, 2023

    The Chair stated that the next meeting would be held on May 30, 2023, from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
     
  6. Other Business

    There were no items of other business.

The Committee moved IN CAMERA.
 

  1. Appointments: 2023-2024 Nominating Committee for the University Tribunal and Academic Appeals Committee

    On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried

    YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED

    THAT the following individuals be appointed to the 2020-2021 Nominating Committee for the University Tribunal and the Academic Appeals Committee for a term from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024:

    Professor Edward Iacobucci, Chair and President’s designate
    Professor Ben Alarie, teaching staff member of the Academic Board
    Mr. Peng Fu, alumni member of the Academic Board
    Ms Samantha Chang, former student member of the Academic Board
     
  2. 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 George Boys-Stones

Chair
Department of Classics
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2029 

(includes one year of administrative leave)

Associate Professor Suresh Sivanandam

Interim Director
Dunlap Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics

July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024

Professor Stephen Wright

Interim Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023

FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Catherine Amara

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Ashley Stirling

Vice-Dean, Programs
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027 
(renewal; includes one year of approved leave)

Professor Timothy Welsh

Associate Dean, Research
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Associate Professor Suzanne Erb

Acting Graduate Chair
Department of Psychology
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024

TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

Professor Richard Bazinet

Acting Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Nutritional Sciences
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024

Professor Jennifer Gommerman

Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Immunology

October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028

ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION

Professor Douglas McDougall

Interim Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
(extension)

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA

Associate Professor Alison Syme

Acting Vice-Dean, Faculty
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Suzanne Sicchia

Acting Vice-Dean, Teaching, Learning & Undergraduate Programs
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024

THE COMMITTEE RETURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.


The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

May 16, 2023