Report: Agenda Committee - June 23, 2026

-
Via Virtual Meeting room

Report Number 325 Of The Agenda Committee

THURSDAY, June 23, 2026


To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto,

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on June 23, 2025 with the following members present:

PRESENT: Donald Ainslie (Chair), Laurent Bozec (Vice-Chair), Trevor Young (Vice-President and Provost), Zoraida Beekhoo, Ankita Goyat, Walid Houry, Charles Jia,


REGRETS: Nicholas Rule (Vice-Provost, Academic Programs), Sali Tagliamonte

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 thanked members for attending the last meeting of the governance year.
  2. Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting – Report 324 (June 9, 2026)

    Report 324 from the meeting of June 9, 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 – September 29, 2026

    The Chair stated that the Committee’s next meeting would be held on September 29, 2026 from 2:10 p.m. 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  

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Dawn Kilkenny Rocheleau

Vice-Dean, First Year  
November 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 

(extension) 

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 

Professor Shyon Baumann

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

Professor Paul Hess

Chair  
Department of Geography and Planning  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029

Professor, Teaching Stream Ebba Kurz

Associate Dean, Unit-Level Reviews  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
 

Professor Enrica Piccardo

Acting Chair and Graduate Chair  
Department of Germanic Languages and Literature 
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

Professor Sarah Sharma

Interim Director  
Women and Gender Studies Institute  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

Professor Kimberly Strong

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

Professor John Veugelers

Interim Chair  
Department of Sociology  

July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES  

Associate Professor Derek Denis

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

Associate Professor Michael Mack

Acting Graduate Chair  
Department of Psychology  

January 1, 2027 to June 30, 2027

TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE  

Professor Yana Yunusova

Director  
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute 
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARIES 

Constantia Constantinou

University Chief Librarian  
September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2033

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA  

Associate Professor Brett Caraway

Interim Director  
Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology

July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Vivienne Luk

Associate Dean, Experiential Learning  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031

Professor Soo Min Toh

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

Professor Tara Vinodrai

Interim Director  
Institute for Management and Innovation  

July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH  

Professor April Franco

Chair and Graduate Chair  
Department of Management  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2032

(renewal; includes one year of administrative leave)

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Connie Guberman

Acting Chair  
Department of History and Cultural Studies

July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

Associate Professor Andrew Wilson McDougall (as of July 1, 2026)

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

Professor Mark Schmuckler

Interim Vice-Principal and Dean  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
 

FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION  

Professor Gretchen Kerr

Dean  
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 

(renewal)


The meeting adjourned at 2:46 p.m.


June 23, 2026