Welcome
Each year, members of the Governing Council are asked to indicate which
Boards and Committees they would like to serve on in the coming year.
Please complete the online Board and Committee Selection Form
indicating the Committees and/or Boards on which you would like to
serve in 2008-09, keeping in mind the following guidelines:
- Normally, members serve on no more than two Boards or standing committees, including the Executive Committee.
- Members
of the Executive Committee are nominated by the various estates on
Governing Council, and members will be notified separately on the
nomination process for these seats.
- Members who wish to
serve on only one Board or standing committee should so indicate, but
should still list more than one choice, in order of preference.
- Chairs of Boards are not normally expected to undertake any other Governing Council Committee assignments.
- Members of the Academic Board may be asked to undertake at least one Committee assignment.
- You
need not be a member of a Board to be a member of one of its Committees. (The exception to this rule is the Agenda Committee of the
Academic Board.)
- Members interested in serving on the
Committee for Honorary Degrees should so indicate but should be aware
that assignment to the Committee may be in addition to service on two
standing Committees or Boards.
- The Elections Committee
meets at least twice between September and November to develop
the Election Guidelines for the election of administrative staff,
teaching staff and students to the Governing Council. The Committee may
also meet as Election Overseers between February and April to hear
appeals concerning the election process.
- Teaching Staff
and Student Governors will automatically be assigned to the Academic
Appeals Committee. Governors from other constituencies are welcome to
select the Academic Appeals Committee if they are interested in
participating in the Committee's policy meetings. The Academic Appeals
Committee meets when there is an appeal to be heard or a policy issue
to be considered.
- There are about 7 meetings of Committees, Boards and Governing Council each year, from September to
June. The 2008-09 meeting schedule is currently being developed and will be approved by the Governing
Council. The dates and times for the 2007-08 meeting schedule may be viewed here.
If you have no strong
preference regarding which Board(s) or Committee(s) on which you would
like to serve and if you do not provide a ranking, the Chair will
recommend your assignment(s) after trying to accommodate individuals
who have ranked their preferences.
Information
on the various Boards and Committees, including the various
Terms of Reference and the distribution of seats, is available online here.
Thank you.
Office of the Governing Council, 2008 |
governing.council@utoronto.ca |
416.978.6576