Agenda Package: Governing Council - June 27, 2023

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Council Chamber, Simcoe Hall

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AGENDA

TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023

Pursuant to section 28 (e) and 38 of By-Law Number 2,  
items 15 and 16 will take place in camera. 

OPEN SESSION

  1. Chair’s Remarks 
     
  2. President’s Report
     
  3. Strategic Presentation: Entrepreneurship (Presentation)
     
  4. Audited Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year ended April 30, 2023* (Presentation)
    (Arising from Report Number 273 of the Business Board (June 20, 2023))

    Be It Resolved  

    THAT the University of Toronto audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023, be approved. 
     

  5. External Auditors: Appointment for 2023-2024*
    (Arising from Report Number 273 of the Business Board (June 20, 2023))

    Be It Resolved 

    THAT Ernst & Young LLP be re-appointed as external auditors of the University of Toronto for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2024.

CONSENT AGENDA ** 

  1. Amendments to the Discipline Appeals Board Terms of Reference ("Terms of Reference")
    (Arising from Report Number 246 of the Academic Board (May 25, 2023))

    Be It Resolved

    THAT the proposed amendments to the Discipline Appeals Board Terms of Reference, 1995, as outlined in the Memorandum dated May 18, 2023, from Professor Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President and Provost, be approved, effective July 1, 2023.
     
  2. New Academic Unit: Proposal to Establish an Extra-Departmental Unit B (EDU:B): Centre for African Studies, Faculty of Arts & Science
    (Arising from Report Number 246 of the Academic Board (May 25, 2023))

    Be It Resolved 

    THAT the proposal to establish the African Studies Centre as an EDU:B, as described in the Proposal to establish the African Studies Centre (ASC) as an Extra-Departmental Unit B, dated March 23, 2023, be approved effective July 1, 2023.
     
  3. Summer Executive Authority**

    Be It Resolved

    1. THAT until the next regular meeting of the Governing Council or its appropriate committee or board, authority be granted to the President for:

      1. decisions on other matters the urgency of which does not permit their deferral until the next regular meeting of the Governing Council or its appropriate standing committee or board,

      2. appointments to categories 2,[1] 3,[2] and 5[3] of the Policy on Appointments and Remuneration approved by the Governing Council of the University of Toronto, dated May 30, 2007;[4]

      3. approval of such additional curriculum changes as may arise for the summer and September 2023; and

    2. THAT all actions taken under this authority be approved by the Chair of the Governing Council prior to implementation and reported to the appropriate committee or board for information.
       

  4. Minutes of the Previous Meeting of the Governing Council – May 18, 2023** (for approval)
     
  5. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
     
  6. Reports for Information
    1. Report Number 60 of the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus Council (May 23, 2023)**
    2. Report Number 58 (May 24, 2023)** and Report Number 59 (June 21, 2023)** of the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Council
    3. Report Number 235 of the University Affairs Board (May 31, 2023)**
    4. Report Number 246 of the Academic Board (May 25, 2023)**
    5. Report Number 273 of the Business Board (June 20, 2023)**
    6. Report Number 542 of the Executive Committee (May 9, 2023)**
    7. Report Number 543 of the Executive Committee (June 15, 2023)**
  1. Date of Next Meeting – Wednesday, September 6, 2023 from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m.  
     
  2. Question Period 
     
  3. Other Business 

IN CAMERA SESSION 

  1. Council on Student Services (COSS) –  Chair Appointment, 2023-24 (for information) +
     
  2. Senior Appointment (for approval) ++


[1] Category 2 includes the positions of Vice-President, Secretary of the Governing Council, and University Ombudsperson, which are subject to the approval of the Governing Council.
[2] Category 3 includes the positions of Deputy Provost, Associate and Vice-Provosts, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Legal Counsel and Deputy Secretary of the Governing Council, which are subject to the approval of the Executive Committee, and are reported for information to the Governing Council.
[3] Category 5 includes the head of Internal Audit (approved by the Business Board) and the Warden of Hart House (approved by the University Affairs Board); such appointments are reported for information to the Governing Council.
[4] Approval of Academic Administrative Appointments until the next regular meeting of the Agenda Committee of the Academic Board shall be approved by electronic ballot and shall require the response of at least five members of the Agenda Committee.

*      Documentation is attached. 
**    Documentation for consent item included.  This item will be given individual consideration by the Committee only if a member so requests.  Members with questions or who would like the consent item to be discussed by the Committee are invited to notify the Secretary, Ms Sheree Drummond, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by telephone at 416-978-8425 or by email at sheree.drummond@utoronto.ca.  
***  Documentation is to follow. 
+      Confidential documentation is attached for members only. 
++   Confidential documentation to be distributed at the meeting to members only. 
+++ Confidential documentation to follow.