Report: Agenda Committee - May 19, 2026

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Via Virtual Meeting room

Report Number 323 Of The Agenda Committee

TUESDAY, May 19, 2026


To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto,

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on May 19, 2026 with the following members present:

PRESENT: Donald Ainslie, (Chair), Laurent Bozec, (Vice-Chair), Trevor Young, (Vice-President and Provost), Nicholas Rule, (Vice-Provost, Academic Programs), Zoraida Beekhoo, Ankita Goyat, Walid Houry, Sali Tagliamonte


REGRETS: Charles Jia

SECRETARIAT: Tracey Gameiro, (Secretary, Agenda Committee)

IN ATTENDANCE: Meg Connell, Assistant Provost

The meeting was held in Closed Session


  1. Chair’s Remarks

    The Chair welcomed members and guests and thanked them for their attendance.


    Approvals by Electronic Ballot

    The Chair noted that prior to the Committee’s meeting there had been a need, because of time constraints, to consider an appointment by means of electronic ballot. He read the resolution of April 21, 2026.

    YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED 

    THAT Professor Mason White be appointed Dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, for a term effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031.
  2. Review of the Academic Board Agenda for May 28, 2026

    The Committee reviewed and confirmed the agenda for the meeting of the Academic Board scheduled for May 28, 2026.
  3. Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting
     
    Report 322 from the meeting of April 9, 2026 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 – June 9, 2026

    The Chair advised members that the Committee would meet next on June 9, 2026 from 2:10 to 3:10 p.m.
  6. Other Business

    There were no items of other business

The Committee moved IN CAMERA.


IN CAMERA AGENDA

  1. Appointments: 2026-2027 Nominating Committee for the University Tribunal and the Academic Appeals Committee

    On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried  

    YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED  

    THAT the following individuals be appointed to the 2026 - 2027 Nominating Committee for the University Tribunal and the Academic Appeals Committee for a term from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.  

Professor Christopher Essert, Chair and President’s designate  
Professor Ron Levi, teaching staff member of the Academic Board  
Mr. Peng Fu, former alumni member of the Academic Board 
Mr. Cameron Miranda-Radbord, student and former member of the Governing Council

  1. 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 Rafael Gomez

Director
Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

(extension)

Professor Ana Teresa Perez-Leroux

Interim Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

Associate Professor Andrei Swidinsky

Chair
Department of Earth Sciences
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

Associate Professor Guillaume Thomas

Chair
Department of Linguistics
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029

Professor Stephen Wright

Dean
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

FACULTY OF MUSIC

Professor Ryan McClelland

Dean
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

Professor Lorna Macdonald

Associate Dean, Performance & Public Events
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029

HENRY NR JACKMAN FACULTY OF LAW

Professor Brenda Cossman

Associate Dean, Research
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

(extension)


INNIS COLLEGE

Professor Charlie Keil

Principal
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028

(extension)

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Associate Professor Andrei Swidinsky

Graduate Chair
Department of Earth Sciences
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

Professor Mary Forhan

Chair and Graduate Chair
Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy

September 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
(extension)

Associate Professor Shirley Lee

Interim Chair
Department of Family and Community Medicine
June 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA

Associate Professor Boris Chrubasik

Chair
Department of Historical Studies
July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2029
(extension; includes one year of approved leave)

Professor Bill Gough

Vice-Principal (Academic) and Dean
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031
(includes one year of administrative leave)

Professor Gurpreet Rattan

Chair
Department of Philosophy

July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031
(renewal; includes one year of approved leave)


UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH

Professor Mary Teresa Silcox

Acting Chair
Department of Anthropology
January 1, 2027 to June 30, 2027

Associate Professor Christopher Brian Cochrane

Acting Vice-Dean, Faculty Affairs, Equity, and Success
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027


The meeting adjourned at 2:53 p.m.


May 20, 2026