Principals + Vice-Principals

From: Meric Gertler, President Date: January 20, 2016 Re: Call for Nominations – President’s Advisory Committee on the Appointment of a Vice-President, International (PDAD&C #26) Further to my memorandum of January 19, 2016, I will be establishing and chairing an Advisory Committee to advise me on the appointment of a Vice-President, International. It will comprise: 4-5 […]

From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost Date: January 20, 2016 Re: Call for Nominations – Acting Dean, Faculty of Music (PDAD&C #25) As announced on November 4, 2015 (PDAD&C #14), Professor Don McLean will take a one-year administrative leave before commencing his second term as Dean of the Faculty of Music on July 1, 2017. […]

From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost Date: January 20, 2016 Re: Call for Proposals – Provost’s Instructional Technology Innovation Fund I am pleased to announce that the next round of the Provost’s Instructional Technology Innovation Fund (ITIF) is now open and accepting submissions until March 4, 2016. ITIF is a seed fund designed to catalyze initiatives that immediately and […]

From: Meric Gertler, President Date: January 19, 2016 Re: Update on the Vice-President, International, Government and Institutional Relations portfolio (PDAD&C #24) On June 30, 2016, Ms. Judith Wolfson will end her term as Vice-President, International, Government and Institutional Relations. She has served in this role since January 1, 2015. Prior to this, Ms. Wolfson served as […]

From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost Date: January 15, 2016 Re: Truth and Reconciliation Steering Committee Announcement & Call for Nominations (PDAD&C #23) Last month, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its historic final report. Included in the report are 94 Calls to Action, a number of which either directly or indirectly relate […]

From: Scott Mabury, Vice-President, University Operations Adrienne De Francesco, Executive Director, Capital Projects Group Date: January 13, 2016 Re: Reduction in Project Management Fees (PDAD&C #21) Recently, we have been evaluating Project Management fees charged to capital projects. Over the past several years, the number of projects has been increasing. Correspondingly, the dollar value of […]

From: Vivek Goel, Vice-President, Research & Innovation Date: January 8, 2016 Re: Reminder – Information Sessions on U of T’s CFREF Round 2 Submission A reminder that three information sessions will be held in January to enable broader consultation and discussion for our institutional proposal to the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) program, Round 2 competition. The […]

International rankings are only one measure of our excellence. Ranking results should be supplemented with other measures of quality and research output and impact. How do we rank? The following are the five major international rankings of global universities: Times Higher Education World Rankings (THE) QS World University Rankings Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities […]

From: Scott Mabury, Vice-President, University Operations, Co-chair of the Landmark Committee Donald Ainslie, Principal of University College, Co-chair of the Landmark Committee Date: December 9, 2015 Re: Winning Team picked in Landscape of Landmark Quality Competition The University has chosen a consortium to lead work on the Landscape of Landmark Quality initiative. The winning team […]

From: Molly Shoichet, Senior Advisor to the President on Science and Engineering Engagement Date: December 3, 2015 Re: Call for Applications – Science Leadership Program The Science Leadership Program (SLP) is a transformational 2+ day workshop designed to give faculty members the tools they need to be better communicators and more effective leaders, both on and off […]