REPORT NUMBER 279 OF THE AGENDA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto
Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on Wednesday, June 23, 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), Markus Bussmann, Samantha Chang, Ernest W.N. Lam, Jan Mahrt-Smith, Nicholas Rule
REGRETS: Mark Schmuckler (Vice-Provost, Academic Programs And Innovations In Undergraduate Education)
SECRETARIAT: Tracey Gameiro, Secretary, Agenda Committee
The Meeting was held in Closed Session
- Chair’s Remarks
The Chair thanked members for attending the last Committee meeting for 2020-2021.
- Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting
Report 278 from the meeting of May 31, 2021, was 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 – September 28, 2021
The Chair stated that the next meeting would be held on September 28, 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 Ryan Balot
Interim Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Political Science
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022Professor Virgil Radu Craiu
Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Statistical Sciences
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
(extension)Associate Professor Jill Ross
Director
Centre for Comparative Literature
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
(renewal)Associate Professor Suresh Sivanandam
Acting Director
Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021Professor Luca Somigli
Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Italian Studies
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2026
(includes six months of approved leave)Professor Holly Wardlow
Chair
Department of Anthropology
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025
(includes one year of approved leave)JOHN H. DANIELS FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN
Associate Professor Robert Levit
Associate Dean, Academic
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(extension)Associate Professor Liat Margolis
Associate Dean, Research
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(extension)
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIESAssociate Professor Sarah Finkelstein
Graduate Chair
Department of Earth Sciences
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026Professor Max Friesen
Graduate Chair
Department of Anthropology
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026
(includes one year of approved leave)Professor Melissa Milkie
Graduate Chair
Department of Sociology
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2027
(renewal; includes one year of approved leave)Associate Professor Anthony Charles Ruocco
Interim Graduate Chair
Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Professor Stephane Angers
Director
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026Professor Angela Colantonio
Director
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026
(renewal)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGAProfessor GW Kent Moore
Vice-Principal, Research
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023
(extension; includes five months of approved leave)Associate Professor Ajay Rao
Vice-Dean Graduate
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025
(includes one year of approved leave)Associate Professor Steven Short
Acting Vice-Principal, Research
August 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022Professor Bryan Stewart
Acting Vice-Dean Graduate
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Connie Guberman
Acting Chair
Department of Historical and Cultural Studies
September 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022Associate Professor Sonia Sedivy
Chair
Department of Philosophy
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
(extension)Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Lynn Catherine Tucker
Associate Dean, Experiential & Global Learning
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025THE COMMITTEE RETURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.
The meeting adjourned at 3:18 p.m.
June 24, 2021