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Agendas and Minutes

2023-2024

Meeting Dates

Meeting Agenda 

Minutes and Approved Motions
September 12, 2023 Senate Orientation  (external link)  N/A 
October 3, 2023 Agenda  (external link) 

 (google doc) Minutes (external link) 

Approved Motions:

Academic Standards Report (ASC) #F2023-1:

  • Program name change for the Image Arts: Photography Studies Program to Photography Media Arts Program – The Creative School
  • Program name change for the Entrepreneurship Major to Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major – Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Honours Designation for the Business Technology Management Program – Ted Rogers School of Management

Academic Governance and Policy Committee (AGPC) #F2023-1

  • Chang School Council Bylaws
  • Department Name Change: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering – Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
November 7, 2023  (Virtual Only) Agenda (external link) 

 (google doc) Minutes (external link) 

Approved Motions:

Academic Standards Report (ASC) #F2023-2:

  • New course proposals for addition to the Liberal Studies elective tables
  • Curriculum modifications to include direct admission to the Co-Operative Education Programs at the Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Creative Writing Concentration proposed by the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts
  • Minor in Indigenous Thought proposed by the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts
  • Grade Variation for the Early Childhood Studies Program in the Faculty of Community Services
  • Curriculum modifications to the Geographic Analysis Program to be a direct admission only to a Co-Operative Education Program in Geographic Analysis in the Faculty of Arts
  • Grade variation for the Computer Science Program in the Faculty of Science
  • Curriculum modifications to the CE Certificate in Full Stack Developer at the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education

Academic Governance and Policy Committee (AGPC) #F2023-2

  • Policy 175: Standards of Professional Conduct for Students in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program
  • Revisions to Policy 168: Grade and Standing Appeals (to incorporate Undergraduate Medical Education) 
  • Policy 170 (d): Doctor of Medicine (MD) Grading, Progression and Academic Standing
  • Policy 174: Attendance and Absence for Students in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program
December 5, 2023 (Virtual Only)  Agenda (external link) 

 (google doc) Minutes  (external link) 

Approved Motions:

Academic Standards Report (ASC) #F2023-3:

  • Major curriculum modifications to the Interior Design program in The Creative School

Academic Governance and Policy Committee (AGPC) #F2023-3

  • Revisions to Policy 45: Governance Councils (to incorporate the School of Medicine)
  • Proposal regarding the establishment of Departments and Divisions within the School of Medicine
  • Department of English – Updated Bylaws

Senate Priorities Committee (SPC) #F2023-1:

  • Amendments to the Toronto Metropolitan University Senate Bylaw #1 to include Senator Emeritus
  • David Checkland be conferred Senator Emeritus status upon approval of item 6.4.3.1. at Toronto Metropolitan University

Report of the Secretary

  • Eric Da Silva as Designated Decision Makers’ Council (DDMC) Chair, as described in Policy 60: Academic Integrity

Members' Business 

  • Given the significant changes involved in the recently announced administrative Naming Policy from the predecessor Benefactor Naming Policy, and in the interests of better ensuring well-informed decisions regarding the benefactor naming of academic units, the Senate of TMU hereby strongly recommends:

i) that the Procedures accompanying the new Naming Policy be amended; 

ii) that the amendment be to require, in all cases of a proposed naming of an academic unit, that consultation be undertaken with all stakeholders, including, faculty, staff, and students;

iii) and that such consultation include, but not be limited to, discussion regarding the consistency of the proposed naming with the central values of the disciplines within the academic unit.

January 23, 2024 Agenda  (external link, opens in new window) 

 (google doc) Minutes  (external link) 

Approved Motions:

Academic Standards Report (ASC) #W2024-1:

  • Periodic Program Review for the School of Performance: Acting – The Creative School
  • Periodic Program Review for the School of Performance: Dance – The Creative School
  • Periodic Program Review for the School of Performance: Production – The Creative School
  • Curriculum modifications to include Co-Operative Education to the Psychology program – The Faculty of Arts
  • Curriculum modifications to include Co-Operative Education to the Language and Intercultural Relations program – The Faculty of Arts

Academic Governance and Policy Committee (AGPC) #W2024-1

  • Undergraduate Medical School Education (UGME) – School of Medicine Council Bylaws
  • Undergraduate Medical School Education (UGME) - Education Section Council Terms of Reference & Bylaws
  • School of Performance, The Creative School – Updated Bylaws
  • School of Fashion, The Creative School – Updated Bylaws
  • Proposed YSGS Media & Design Innovation PhD Graduate Program Council Bylaws
  • Proposal to rename the Yeates School of Graduate Studies to the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Yeates School of Graduate Studies (YSGS) Report #W2024-1:

  • Periodic Program Review for the MScM in Management
March 5, 2024 Agenda (external link) 

Minutes (to be posted on April 3, 2024)

Approved Motions:

Academic Standards Report (ASC) #W2024-2:

  • Periodic Program Review for Image Arts: Photography Media Arts Program – The Creative School
  • Periodic Program Review for Image Arts: Film Studies Program – The Creative School
  • Periodic Program Review for the Social Work Program – Faculty  of Community Services
  • Periodic Program Review for the Health Services Management Program – Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Curriculum modifications to admission requirements for Interior Design – The Creative School
  • Curriculum modifications to admission requirements for Journalism– The Creative School
  • Curriculum modifications to admission requirements for New Media – The Creative School
  • Curriculum modifications to include Co-Operative Education to the Criminology Program – The Faculty of Arts

Academic Governance and Policy Committee (AGPC) #W2024-2

  • Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services – Updated Bylaws
  • RTA School of Media, The Creative School - Updated Bylaws
  • Retirement of Policy 37: Dealing with Disputes Over Grades Between a Chair and Faculty
April 2, 2024 Agenda  Minutes (to be posted on May 8, 2024)

May 7, 2024 

(Virtual Only) 

Agenda  Minutes (to be posted on May 29, 2024)

May 28, 2024 

(Virtual Only)

Agenda  Minutes (to be posted October 2024)