Agenda Package: Academic Board - May 29, 2025

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AGENDA
ACADEMIC BOARD (CYCLE 6)

THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025

OPEN SESSION
 

  1. Chair’s Remarks
  2. Report of the Vice-President and Provost
  3. Final Report of the Working Group on Civil Discourse and Administrative Response (for information)*
  4. Semi-Annual Report on the Reviews of Academic Programs and Units (for information)*
  5. Academic Plans (for information)*
    1. Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
    2. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
    3. Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Presentation)
  6. Review of the Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment (for information)*
  7. Revisions to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters (for recommendation)*

    Be it approved subject to confirmation by Executive Committee, 

    THAT the proposed revisions to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters, dated May 12, 2025, be approved, effective July 1, 2025.
  8. New Program Proposal: Master of Management (MMgt), Rotman School of Management (for approval)*

    Be it approved subject to confirmation by Executive Committee, 

    THAT the proposed degree program, Master of Management as described in the proposal from the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management dated April 15, 2025 be approved effective May 25, 2026.
  9. Program Closure: Master of Health Science (MHSc) in Clinical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (for approval)*

    Be it approved subject to confirmation by Executive Committee,

    THAT the proposed closure of the Master of Health Science in Clinical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, dated March 26, 2025, to which admissions were administratively suspended on January 1, 2021, be approved with an anticipated program closure date of August 31, 2025.

CONSENT AGENDA**
 

  1. Academic Appeals Committee (AAC) Revisions
    1. Revisions to the AAC Terms of Reference (for recommendation)*

      Be it Recommended to the Governing Council

      THAT the proposed revised Academic Appeals Committee Terms of Reference be approved, effective immediately, replacing the Terms of Reference previously approved on February 17, 2011.
       
    2. Academic Appeal Committee ("AAC") Rules of Practice and Procedure (for information)*

  2. Name Change of Academic Unit – Change in the Name of the Department of Psychology to the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UTM (for approval)*

    Be it approved subject to confirmation by Executive Committee,

    THAT the name of the Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, be changed to the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, effective July 1, 2025.

  3. Report of the Previous Meeting: Report Number 256 – April 24, 2025 (for approval)**

  4. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
  5. Items for Information**
    1. Status Changes Report (May 29, 2025)
    2. Annual Report: Council of Ontario Universities Academic Colleague, 2025
    3. Semi-Annual Report: Academic Appeals Committee, Individual Reports, Spring 2025
    4. Semi-Annual Report: University Tribunal, Information Reports, Spring 2025
    5. Report Number 315 of the Agenda Committee (May 20, 2025)
    6. Report Number 217 of the Planning and Budget Committee (May 14, 2025)
    7. Report Number 229 of the Committee on Academic Policy and Programs (May 13, 2025)
  6. Quarterly Report on Donations of $250,000 or more to the University of Toronto - February 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025 (for information)*
  1. Date of Next Meeting – October 9, 2025, 3:10 – 5:10 p.m.
  2. Other Business

IN CAMERA SESSION

  1. Annual Report: Striking Committee – Academic Board, 2025 (for approval)+

IN CAMERA CONSENT AGENDA

  1. Appointments: University Professors Recipients (for approval)+
  2. Appointments: President’s Teaching Award Recipients (for approval)+
  3. Annual Report: Nominating Committee for the University of Toronto Tribunal and Academic Appeals Committee – 2025-2026 (for approval)+

*Documentation is attached.
**Documentation for consent item included. This item will be given individual consideration by the Board only if a member so requests. Members with questions or who would like the consent item to be discussed by the Board are invited to notify Miranda Edwards, Governance Coordinator, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by email at: miranda.edwards@utoronto.ca.
***Documentation is to follow
+Confidential documentation is attached for members only.