2019 to 2020

  • Call for Nominations – 2020 SSHRC Impact Awards (PDAD&C #30)

    From: Vivek Goel, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and Strategic InitiativesDate: December 19, 2019Re: Call for Nominations – 2020 SSHRC Impact Awards (PDAD&C #30) The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has released its call for nominations for the 2020 Impact Awards. I encourage you to share this information widely and consider preparing nominations of your […]

  • Extension of Professor Wendy Duff as Dean, Faculty of Information (PDAD&C #29)

    From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & ProvostDate: December 16, 2019 Re: Extension of Professor Wendy Duff as Dean, Faculty of Information (PDAD&C #29) I am pleased to announce that the Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved an eighteen-month extension of Professor Wendy Duff as Dean of the Faculty of Information from January 1, 2020 to […]

  • Institutional Strategic Initiatives – Funding and Supports

    From: Christine Allen, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Strategic Initiatives Date:  December 12, 2019 Re: Institutional Strategic Initiatives – Funding and Supports The University of Toronto values the pursuit of interdisciplinary and cross-divisional research and collaboration. Such path-breaking scholarship addresses the complex questions that lead to transformational impact in society. Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISI) at the […]

  • Appointment of Professor Reinhart Reithmeier as Special Advisor on the Healthy Labs Initiative

    From: Joshua Barker, Vice-Provost, Graduate Research & Education and Dean, School of Graduate StudiesDate: December 11, 2019Re: Appointment of Professor Reinhart Reithmeier as Special Advisor on the Healthy Labs Initiative I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Reinhart Reithmeier as Special Advisor to the Dean, Healthy Labs Initiative, from November 1, 2019 to […]

  • Response to the Report on Librarians and Gender-Based Salary Equity: University of Toronto, November 28, 2019 (PDAD&C #28)

    From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & ProvostDate: December 6, 2019 Re: Response to the Report on Librarians and Gender-Based Salary Equity: University of Toronto, November 28, 2019 (PDAD&C #28) Background In the spring of 2019, I received a report from the Provostial Advisory Group on Faculty Gender Pay Equity. This report was the product of a […]

  • Appointment of Shannon Simpson as Director, Indigenous Initiatives (PDAD&C #29)

    From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President and ProvostKelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, HR & EquityDate: December 5, 2019Re: Appointment of Shannon Simpson as Director, Indigenous Initiatives (PDAD&C #29) We are delighted to announce that Shannon Simpson, member of the Mississaugas of Alderville First Nation, has been appointed to the role of Director, Indigenous Initiatives as of January 13, 2020. Shannon is […]

  • Announcing the Review of the Role of the Colleges on the St. George Campus (PDAD&C #27)

    From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost Date: November 28, 2019 Re: Announcing the Review of the Role of the Colleges on the St. George Campus (PDAD&C #27) As noted in the 2008 Statement on the Roles of the Constituent and Federated Colleges, “The college system is one of the distinctive features of the St. George campus… The […]

  • University of Toronto eTranscript Launch

    From: Richard Levin, Executive Director, Enrolment Services and University RegistrarDate:   November 21, 2019Re: University of Toronto eTranscript Launch On November 19, 2019, the University of Toronto Electronic Transcript (eTranscript) was launched, after extensive collaboration between Enrolment Services and Enterprise Applications and Solutions Integration (EASI).  Students and alumni can now order official PDF transcripts through ACORN. The new University […]

  • Appointment of Professor Jamie Stafford as Provostial Advisor on Data Sciences (PDAD&C #25)

    From:  Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & ProvostDate:   November 20, 2019Re: Appointment of Professor Jamie Stafford as Provostial Advisor on Data Sciences (PDAD&C #25) I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Jamie Stafford as Provostial Advisor on Data Sciences at the University of Toronto. Professor Stafford’s appointment is from January 1 to December 31, 2020. Professor […]

  • Appointment of Michael Sabia as Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (PDAD&C #24)

    From:    Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & ProvostMelanie Woodin, Dean, Faculty of Arts & ScienceDate:     November 12, 2019Re:  Appointment of Michael Sabia as Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (PDAD&C #24) We are pleased to announce that the Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved the appointment of Michael Sabia as Director of […]