Deans

From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & ProvostDate: January 21, 2020 Re: Advice on Vice-Provostial Appointments (PDAD&C # 34) On June 30, 2020, Professor Susan McCahan will end her current terms as Vice-Provost, Academic Programs, and Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education. Professor McCahan is eligible for reappointment.  The Vice-Provost, Academic Programs holds responsibility for academic quality assurance and curricular […]

From: Meric S. Gertler, PresidentCheryl Regehr, Vice-President & ProvostDate: January 15, 2020Re: Task Force on Student Mental Health: Final Report and Administrative Response (PDAD&C #33) The following email was sent to all students, faculty and staff on January 15, announcing the release of the Final Report of the Task Force on Mental Health and the Administrative […]

From: Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, Human Resources & EquityHeather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic LifeDate: January 9, 2020Re: Speaking Out! Employee Engagement Survey Launches January 13 (PDAD&C #32) We are writing to provide you with advanced notice of the University’s employee engagement survey, Speaking Out!. Confidential invitations will be sent to appointed faculty, staff, and librarians by […]

From: Sandy Welsh, Vice-Provost, StudentsSusan McCahan, Vice-Provost, Academic Programs & Innovations in Undergraduate EducationDate: January 9, 2020Re: National Survey of Student Engagement 2020 (PDAD&C #31) In the coming weeks, the University of Toronto, along with all Ontario universities and Canadian peer institutions, will participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). We are writing to […]

From: Andrea Russell, Director, Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice-President & Provost Date: January 9, 2020Re:  Workshop on Academic Appeals Faculty and staff who work on student academic appeals processes within their division are invited to join a Workshop on Academic Appeals processes, hosted by the Provost’s Office. Members of academic appeals committees or boards, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]