Report: Agenda Committee - May 17, 2022

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Via Virtual Meeting room

REPORT NUMBER 287 OF THE AGENDA COMMITTEE

May 17, 2022

To the Academic Board, 
University of Toronto 

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on May 17, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. with the following members present:  
 

PRESENT:
Salvatore Spadafora, (Chair), Douglas McDougall, (Vice-Chair), Cheryl Regehr, (Vice-President and Provost), Linda Johnston, Ernest W.N. Lam, Jan Mahrt-Smith, Susan McCahan, Nicholas Rule, Evan Tang

REGRETS

SECRETARIAT:
Tracey Gameiro, Secretary, Agenda Committee

IN ATTENDANCE
Daniella Mallinick (Director, Academic Programs, Planning & Quality Assurance, Office 
of the Vice-Provost, Academic Programs), Archana Sridhar (Assistant Provost, Office of the Vice-President and Provost)

The Meeting was held in Closed Session     
 


  1. Chair’s Remarks

    The Chair welcomed members and guests to the meeting and thanked them for their attendance. 
     
  2. Academic Board – Review and Approval of Agenda – May 26, 2022

    The Committee reviewed and confirmed the agenda for the last meeting of the Academic Board for the 2021-2022 governance year, scheduled for May 26, 2022.
     
  3. Approval of the Reports of the Previous Meeting

    Report 286 from the Committee’s meeting on April 19, 2022, 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 – May 31, 2021

    The Chair stated that the next meeting would be held on Monday, May 31, 2021, from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 
     
  6. Other Business

    There were no items of other business. 


The Committee moved IN CAMERA.
 

  1. Appointments: 2022-2023 Nominating Committee for the University Tribunal and Academic Appeals Committee

    On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried

    YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED

    THAT the following individuals be appointed to the 2022-2023 Nominating Committee for the University Tribunal and the Academic Appeals Committee for a term from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023:

    Professor Jutta Brunnée, Chair and President’s designate  
    Professor Ben Alarie, teaching staff member of the Academic Board  
    Mr. Peng Fu, alumni member of the Academic Board  
    Ms Emily Hawes, student member of the Academic Board  
     
  2. Academic Administrative Appointments

    On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried

    YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED

    The following academic administrative appointments.

FACULTY OF ARTS & SCIENCE 

Professor Ryan Balot 

Chair  

Department of Political Science 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027 

[includes a year of approved leave, to be taken in six month blocks at separate times]  

Associate Professor Alana Boland  

Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning 

July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 

[extension]  

Associate Professor Susan Hill 

Director 

Centre for Indigenous Studies  

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2028 

[renewal, including one year of approved leave]  

Professor Franco Pierno  

Acting Chair & Graduate Chair   
Department of Italian Studies  

July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022  

Associate Professor Dale Turner  

Acting Director 

Centre for Indigenous Studies  

July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 

[pending the approval of the Director’s renewal]  

 FACULTY OF INFORMATION (iSCHOOL) 

Professor Marsha Chechik  

Acting Dean 

July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022  

 FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY & PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Ashley Stirling 

 

Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 

[extension, including six months approved leave]  

Professor Timothy Welsh 

Interim Associate Dean, Research 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 

[extension]  

 TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE  

Professor Carol Swallow 

Chair  

Department of Surgery 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027  

 ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION 

Associate Professor Angela Pyle 

Interim Director  
Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023  

 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA 

Professor Salvatore Bancheri 

Interim Chair 

Department of Language Studies 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023  

Associate Professor Steven Short  

Chair  

Department of Biology 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027  

 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH 

Professor Georgios Archontitsis 

Chair  

Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences  

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 

[renewal]  

Professor Rene Harrison  

Vice-Dean, Graduate & Postgraduate Studies 

July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025  

THE COMMITTEE RETURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.

The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

May 17, 2022