Report: Agenda Committee - January 21, 2025

Report Number 312 Of The Agenda Committee

JANUARY 21, 2025

To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto,

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on January 21, 2025 with the following members present:

PRESENT: Douglas McDougall (Chair), Donald Ainslie (Vice-Chair), Trevor Young (Vice-President and Provost), Nicholas Rule (Vice-Provost, Academic Programs), Catherine Amara, Charles Jia, Sergio Tenenbaum

REGRETS: Mark Lautens, Edwin Thomas

SECRETARIAT: Miranda Edwards, Acting Secretary, Agenda Committee

IN ATTENDANCE: Archana Sridhar (Assistant Provost)

The meeting was held in Closed Session

CLOSED SESSION

1. Chair’s Remarks
   
   The Chair welcomed members to the Cycle 3 meeting. He thanked members for their timely cooperation with the e-ballot that was conducted in December, 2024 for approval of a time-sensitive Academic Administrative Appointment.
2. Review and Approval of Academic Board Agenda – January 30, 2025
   
   The Committee reviewed and approved the agenda for the Cycle 3 meeting of the Academic Board scheduled for January 30, 2025.
   
   The Committee confirmed that the agenda would include the Report of the Vice-President and Provost, Revisions to the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Procedures Manual for the Policy for Clinical Faculty (for information), the Faculty of Information’s Academic Plan 2025-2029 (for information and feedback), and the Debt Financing for Deferred Maintenance Program proposal (for approval).
   
   The Committee confirmed that the Consent Agenda would consist of Report Number 253 of the Academic Board (for approval), Report Number 311 of the Agenda Committee, Report Number 312 of the Agenda Committee, Report Number 214 of the Planning and Budget Committee, and the Quarterly Report on Donations of $250,000 or more to the University of Toronto.
   
   The Committee further confirmed that the agenda would include an in camera session to hear the In Camera Reports of the Administrative Assessors and to further discuss the Debt Financing for Deferred Maintenance Program.
3. Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting
   
   Report 311 of the Agenda Committee meeting of December 11, 2025 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
   
   The Chair advised members that the Committee would next meet on February 25, 2025 from 2:10 to 3:00 p.m. The Chair changed the scheduled start time of the meeting to accommodate teaching schedules.
6. Other Business
   
   There were no items of other business.

The Committee moved IN CAMERA.

IN CAMERA AGENDA

7. Academic Administrative Appointments
   
   On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried,
   
   YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED
   
   the following academic administrative appointments.

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING  

JOSEPH L. ROTMAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

ONTARIO INSITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION

FACULTY OF MUSIC

SPECIAL ELECTRONIC BALLOT

On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried by ELECTRONIC BALLOT ON DECEMBER 18, 2025

YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED

the following academic administrative appointment

FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

The meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.

January 22, 2025