From: Trevor Young, Vice-President and Provost
Date: May 6, 2026
Re: Appointment of Professor Mariana Mota Prado as Vice-Provost, Strategic Enrolment Management (PDAD&C #38)

I am pleased to announce the Executive Committee of the Governing Council has approved the appointment of Professor Mariana Mota Prado, as Vice-Provost, Strategic Enrolment Management (VPSEM), for a term of three years, effective July 1, 2026. Professor Prado will take over from Professor Dwayne Benjamin, who is ending his term on June 30, 2026.

Professor Prado was appointed Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience (AVP/VP, ISE), on January 1, 2025. In that role, she has made significant contributions on a number of key files, including addressing immigration challenges through advocacy with IRCC, continuing to foster a positive international student experience, enhancing international sponsored graduate funding, and developing international partnerships with a particular focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.  

In the role of VPSEM, Professor Prado will be responsible for recruitment, admissions, registrarial and enrolment services, academic space management, and financial aid. Building on her many achievements as AVP/VP, ISE and collaborations on international recruitment initiatives, Professor Prado will bring valuable continuity and insight to this portfolio, further strengthening the University’s approach to recruitment and enrolment across all three campuses.

Mariana Mota Prado was born and educated in Brazil (LLB, University of Sao Paulo Law School) and completed a LLM and JSD at Yale Law School. She is currently Professor and William C. Graham Chair in International Law and Development in the Henry N. R. Jackman Faculty of Law, where she also served as Associate Dean, Graduate Programs from May 2014 to December 2019. Before being appointed AVP/VP, ISE, Professor Prado worked closely with the Office of the Vice-President, International, serving on the President’s International Council on Latin America and the Caribbean, of which she is now the chair.

Her scholarship focuses on law and development, corruption and comparative law, fields in which she has published extensively, with four co-authored books since 2011, as well as a number of book chapters and 34 journal articles in peer reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Comparative Law, World Development, Hague Journal of the Rule of Law, and the University of Toronto Law Journal, to name a few. Through Professor Prado’s teaching, scholarship and administrative work, she has demonstrated a continued commitment to creative problem solving, to meaningful student engagement, to diversity and to global engagement.

Please join me in thanking Professor Prado for her exceptional work as AVP/VP, ISE, and for taking on the crucial role of VPSEM. We are also deeply indebted to Professor Benjamin for his excellent leadership of the strategic enrolment management portfolio over the past five years. His contributions have built a tremendous foundation for U of T in this area that will support us for years to come.