Agenda Package: Governing Council - December 11, 2025

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AGENDA

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025

Pursuant to section 28 (e) and 38 of By-Law Number 2,
items 16, 17 and 18 will take place in camera.

OPEN SESSION

1. Chair’s Remarks
2. President’s Report
3. Presentation: International Students (for information)
4. Presentation: University of Toronto Press* (for information)
5. Revisions to the Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment* (Presentation) (for approval)
   (Arising from Report Number of 249 of the University Affairs Board (November 25, 2025))
   
   Be It Resolved,
   
   THAT the proposed revisions to the Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment, dated November 25, 2025, be approved, effective January 1, 2026.
6. Agreement between the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association regarding proposed revisions to the Policy and Procedures on Employment Conditions of Part-time Faculty, 2021* (for approval)
   (Arising from Report Number 259 of the Academic Board (November 13, 2025))
   
   Be It Resolved,
   
   THAT the amendments to the Policy and Procedures on Employment Conditions of Part-Time Faculty, as agreed to by the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association, on October 9, 2025, be approved, effective January 1, 2026.
7. Review of the Statement on Prohibited Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment* (Presentation) (for information)
8. Annual Report: Complaints of Prohibited Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment at the University of Toronto* (Presentation) (for information)

CONSENT AGENDA**

9. Revision: Terms of Reference of the Audit Committee* (for approval)
   
   Be It Resolved,
   
   THAT the proposed revised Audit Committee Terms of Reference be approved, effective December 12, 2025, replacing the Terms of Reference previously approved on December 15, 2022.
10. Minutes of the Previous Meeting of the Governing Council – November 6, 2025* (for approval)

11. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meetings

12. Reports for Information

    1. Review of Academic Programs and Units – Part 1*
       (Arising from Report Number 259 of the Academic Board (November 13, 2025)

    2. Report Number 71 of the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Council (November 11, 2025)*
    3. Report Number 74 of the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus Council (November 12, 2025)*
    4. Report Number 287 of the Business Board (November 26, 2025)*
    5. Report Number 259 of the Academic Board (November 13, 2025)*
    6. Report Number 249 of the University Affairs Board (November 25, 2025)*
    7. Report Number 563 of the Executive Committee (December 1, 2025)*

13. Date of the Next Meeting - Thursday, March 26, 2026, 4:30 p.m. (UTSC)
14. Question Period
15. Other Business

IN CAMERA SESSION

16. Report Number 69 of the Committee for Honorary Degrees+ (for approval)
17. Appointment: Assistant Secretary to the Discipline Appeals Board+ (for approval)
18. Senior Appointment++ (for approval)

* Documentation is attached.
**Documentation for consent items included.  These items will be given individual consideration by the Governing Council only if a member so requests.  Members with questions or who would like the consent item to be discussed by the Governing Council are invited to notify the Secretary, Ms Sheree Drummond, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by telephone at 416-978-2118 or by email at sheree.drummond@utoronto.ca  
***Documentation is to follow.
+Confidential documentation is attached for members only.
++Confidential documentation to be distributed to members at the meeting.