Reminder - Consultations [PDF]
Memorandum to: University of Toronto community
From: Anna Kennedy
Chair of the Presidential Search Committee and Chair of the Governing Council
Date: September 3, 2024
Re: Reminder - Consultations
The Presidential Search Committee has been busily engaged these last few months in consultations with members of the University community and beyond. The input and advice received to date has been very valuable, with a number of consistent themes emerging across all stakeholder groups.
As we start this new academic year, a reminder about the upcoming virtual Listening Sessions. The dates and times for these are as follows:
- Wednesday, September 4 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Thursday, September 12 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, September 17 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
If you are interested in providing your input at one of these Listening Sessions, please register using the online forms available on the Consultations webpage (registration is required). All participants are asked to review in advance the Protocol for Virtual Listening Sessions.
The Committee is seeking input and advice on:
- the principal strengths upon which the University should build over the next five to ten years;
- the principal challenges that the University will face in that period;
- the implications of those strengths and challenges for the new President, in two senses:
- the President's specific personal priorities in the near and long-term, and
- the specific priorities the President should ensure are achieved by others in the University community; and
- the key strengths and characteristics the Committee should therefore be seeking in a new President.
Please come prepared to provide your input on these questions.
Comments may also be submitted using the online consultation form. The form will be open until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 27. Submissions will be treated as confidential to the Search Committee.
Information about the Presidential Search can be found on the Search webpage. Questions may be directed to presidentialsearch@utoronto.ca.
Thank you again for your interest in this important process.