Report: Agenda Committee - September 30, 2025

Report Number 318 Of The Agenda Committee

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

To the Academic Board,
University of Toronto,

Your Committee reports that it held a virtual meeting on September 30, 2025, with the following members present:

PRESENT: Donald Ainslie, (Chair), Laurent Bozec, (Vice-Chair), Nicholas Rule, (Vice-Provost, Academic Programs), Ankita Goyat, Walid Houry, Charles Jia, Sali Tagliamonte

REGRETS: Trevor Young, (Vice-President and Provost), Zoraida Beekhoo

SECRETARIAT: Tracey Gameiro, Secretary, Agenda Committee

IN ATTENDANCE: Archana Sridhar, (Assistant Provost), Sandy Welsh (Vice-Provost, Students)*

* For Item 4

The meeting was held in Closed Session

1. Chair’s Remarks
   
   The Chair welcomed members to the first meeting of the Committee, and introduced himself, the Vice-Chair and Secretary.  
   
   The Chair then provided an overview of the Committee membership, function, and procedures.  He noted that background materials were available on the Committee’s Resources section of the governance portal, as well as on the Committee’s website.
2. Report on Approvals Under Summer Executive Authority
   
   The Chair reminded members that on June 27, 2024, the Council approved the annual delegation of authority to the President to act on behalf of the Governing Council during the summer months. The Chair reported that the following academic administrative appointments had been approved under the Agenda Committee’s Summer Executive Authority by means of electronic ballot.
   
   TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

   Professor Simone Vigod

   Chair Department of Psychiatry September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030

3. Agenda Committee Calendar of Business and Terms of Reference
   
   The Committee reviewed the 2025-2026 Agenda Committee Calendar of Business.  The Chair then reviewed the Committee’s Terms of Reference.  He noted that much of the work undertaken by the Agenda Committee involved confirmation of the Academic Board agenda and approval of Academic Administrative Appointments.  He encouraged members to review the Terms of Reference if they had not already done so.
4. Academic Board – Review and Approval of Agenda – October 9, 2025
   
   The Committee reviewed and confirmed the agenda for the October 9, 2025 Academic Board meeting.
5. Approval of the Report of the Previous Meeting
   
   Report 317 from the meeting of June 25, 2025 was approved.
6. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
   
   There was no business arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting.
7. Date of the Next Meeting – November 4, 2025
   
   The Chair advised members that the Committee would meet next on November 4, 2024, from 2:10 to 3:10 p.m.

8. Other Business
   
   There were no items of other business.

The Committee moved IN CAMERA.

IN CAMERA AGENDA

9. Membership of the 2025-2026 Academic Board Striking Committee
   
   On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried 
   
   YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED 
   
   THAT the following members of the Academic Board be appointed to the 2025-2026 Striking Committee of the Academic Board for a term effective immediately to June 30, 2026.   
   
   Ben Liu, administrative staff member   
   Amanda Bartley, alumnus
   Sandeep Gill, student
10. Academic Administrative Appointments
    
    On a motion duly moved, seconded and carried,
    
    YOUR COMMITTEE APPROVED
    
    the following academic administrative appointments.

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

TEMERTY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCARBOROUGH

The meeting adjourned at 3:12 p.m.

September 30, 2025