The Future of Post Pandemic ‘WorkSpace’ Planning: Tri-Campus Working Group

From: Scott Mabury, Vice-President, Operations & Real Estate Partnerships
Date: November 17, 2022
Re: The Future of Post Pandemic ‘WorkSpace’ Planning: Tri-Campus Working Group

The future of Post Pandemic ‘WorkSpace’ Planning: Tri-Campus Working Group endeavours to propose guidelines and best practices that help direct the University in decision-making on the types of space(s) to build, renovate and rehabilitate that will be most beneficial to the broader institution over the long-term. In the short-term, the Group provides guidelines and best practices meant to be in effect throughout the remainder of the 2022-2023 academic year, after which they will be thoroughly re-evaluated as to what to maintain and what to adjust moving forward. A document providing the Group’s Context, Objectives, and the proposed Guidelines & Best Practices can be downloaded here.

The Group’s efforts around WorkSpace planning have been in parallel to other divisions that focus on the technical and operational planning critical to supporting our spaces.

Working Group Membership:

  1. Scott Mabury, Vice-President Operations and Real Estate Partnerships (OREP) (co-Chair)
  2. Christine Burke, Assistant Vice-President, University Planning (co-Chair)
  3. Tom St Ivany, Director, Facilities and Instructure, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
  4. Vince Tropepe, Vice-Dean, Research, Faculty of Arts & Science
  5. Mary Lyne, Chief Administrative Officer, Rotman School of Management
  6. Denis Bourguignon, Chief Administrative Officer, Faculty of Medicine
  7. Helen Huang, Chief Administrative Officer, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
  8. Aldo DiMarcantonio, Chief Administrative Officer, Faculty of Pharmacy
  9. Deborah Brown, Chief Administrative Officer, University of Toronto Mississauga
  10. Andrew Arifuzzaman, Chief Administrative Officer, University of Toronto Scarborough
  11. Trevor Rodgers, Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services Department
  12. Heather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty of Academic Life
  13. Ron Saporta, Chief Operating Officer, OREP
  14. Bo Wandschneider, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Services
  15. Andrea Foster, Manager, HR Policy & Compliance, Vice President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture