Report: Agenda Committee - June 09, 2026

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Report Number 324 Of The Agenda Committee

TUESDAY, June 9, 2026

To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto,

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on June 9, 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, Charles Jia, Sali Tagliamonte

REGRETS:

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 thanked them for their time.
  2. Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting

    Report 323 from the meeting of May 19, 2026 was approved.
  3. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting

    There was no business arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting.
  4. Date of the Next Meeting – June 23, 2026

    The Chair stated that the final meeting would be held on June 23, 2026 from 2:10 to 3:10 p.m.
  5. Other Business


    There were no items of other business.

The Committee moved IN CAMERA.

IN CAMERA AGENDA

  1. 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  

Professor Tim Barfoot  

Director 
Institute for Aerospace Studies  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031  

Professor Heather MacLean  

 

Vice-Dean, Strategic  
November 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 
(extension) 

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 

Professor James Ginther  

 

Director  
Centre for Medieval Studies  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2030 
(includes approved six month leave) 

Professor Alissa Trotz  

Director  
Centre of Caribbean Studies  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 

FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION  

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Catherine Amara 

 

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education  
July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028  
(extension)  

JOSEPH L ROTMAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT  

Professor Ing-Haw Cheng  

 

Vice-Dean, MBA Programs  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028

TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE  

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Andrea Duncan 

Associate Dean, Mississauga  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 

Professor Jennifer Gommerman 

Vice-Dean, Research and Health Science Education 
(new title: Vice-Dean, Research, Innovation and Health Science Education) 
January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2031

Professor Lucy Osborne  

Director  
Institute of Medical Science  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

Professor Ali Salahpour  

 

Interim Vice-Dean, Research and Health Science Education  
(new title: Vice-Dean, Research, Innovation and Health Science Education) 
July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026  

Associate Professor Leonardo Salmena  

 

Acting Chair and Graduate Chair 
Department of Pharmacology &Toxicology 
July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 
(extension)  

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA  

Professor Ronald Buliung  

Vice-Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Rafael Chiuzi 

Interim Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning 
July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026

Associate Professor Brian Gettler 

 

Acting Chair  
Department of Historical Studies  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Sanja Hinic-Frlog 

Interim Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning  
January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2027

Professor Tanjim Hossain  

Chair  
Department of Management  
July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2032  
(renewal) 

Professor Anna Korteweg  

Associate Dean, Faculty  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2030 

Associate Professor Emily Catherine Nacol  

Acting Chair  
Department of Political Science  
January 1, 2027 to June 30, 2027  

Professor Jennifer Nagel 

Acting Chair  
Department of Philosophy  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027  

Associate Professor David Pettinicchio 

Chair  
Department of Sociology  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031   

Associate Professor Alison Syme  

Vice-Dean, Faculty  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Karen Woodall  

Director  
Institute of Forensic Sciences  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029  

The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.


June 9, 2026