Report Number 292 Of The Agenda Committee
November 3, 2022
To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto
Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on November 3, 2022, 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, Jan Mahrt-Smith
Regrets:
Aarthi Ashok, Maryanna Diab,
Secretariat:
Tracey Gameiro, Secretary, Agenda Committee
In Attendance:
Andrea Russell, Acting 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 meeting, offering brief remarks.
- Academic Board – Review and Approval of Agenda – November 17, 2022
The Committee reviewed and approved the agenda for the November 17, 2022 Academic Board meeting.
The Chair reminded members that the Review of Academic Programs and Units which generally came forward to the Agenda Committee and Academic Board semi-annually in Cycles 2 and 5, would instead come forward in one larger annual presentation in Cycle 5 of the 2022-2023 governance year.Semi-Annual reporting would resume in 2023-2024.
It was determined that further to the recommendations made in the Report of the University Ombudsperson, the Provost’s Annual Report on Cases of Academic Discipline would be removed from the Consent Agenda and presented in open session as part of the regular agenda.The Consent Agenda would include the Semi-Annual Reports of the University Tribunal and Academic Appeals Committee,as well as the reports of the Standing Committees, and the Membership of the Advisory Committee on the University of Toronto Library System.
- Approval of the Reports of the Previous Meetings
Report 290 from the meeting of September 28, 2022, and Report 291 from the Special Meeting held October 26, 2022, were approved.
- Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
There was no business arising from the Report of the previous meeting
- Date of the Next Meeting – December 13, 2022
The Chair stated that the next meeting would be held on December 13, 2022, 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.
ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION
Professor Njoki Wane
Chair & Graduate Chair
Department of Social Justice Education
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
(extension)
TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Professor Sherif El-Defrawy
Chair
Department of Opthalmology and Vision Services
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
(extension)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH
Professor Anne-Emmanuelle Birn
Acting Chair
Department of Global Development Studies
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Professor Thy Phu
Chair
Department of Arts, Culture and Media
November 1, 2022 to June 30, 2028
The Committee returned to CLOSED SESSION
The meeting adjourned at 3:27 p.m.
November 4, 2022