Terms of Reference

The Planning and Priorities Committee of University Council is responsible for:

1. Conducting and reporting to Council on university–wide planning and review activities in consultation with the Provost and Vice-President Academic.

2. Evaluating college and unit plans and reporting the conclusions of those evaluations to Council.

3. Recommending to Council on academic priorities for the University.

4. Recommending to Council on outreach and engagement priorities for the University.

5. Seeking advice from other Council committees to facilitate university-wide academic planning.

6. Undertaking the review and recommending to Council on the establishment, disestablishment or amalgamation of any college, school, department or any unit responsible for the administration of an academic program, with the advice of the academic programs committee.

7. Undertaking the review and recommending to Council on the establishment, disestablishment, or review of any institute or centre at the University in accordance with the Centres Policy and with the advice of the Research, Scholarly and Artistic Works committee.

8. Undertaking the review and recommending to Council on proposed or continuing affiliation or federation of other institutions with the University, in consultation with APC.

9. Balancing academic and fiscal concerns in forming its recommendations.

10. Providing advice to the President on budgetary implications of government funding requests and reporting to Council.

11. Considering the main elements of the comprehensive budget and financial reports and reporting to Council.

12. Integrating and recommending to Council on matters referred to it from other Council committees.

13. Advising the President and senior executive on operating and capital budgetary matters, including infrastructure and space allocation issues, referred from time-to-time by the President, providing the advice is not inconsistent with the policies of Council. The Planning and Priorities Committee will report to Council on the general nature of the advice and, where practicable, obtain the guidance of Council. However, the committee need not disclose to Council matters the disclosure of which would be contrary to the interests of the University.

14. Designating individuals to act as representatives of the Committee on any other bodies, when requested, where such representation is deemed by the Committee to be beneficial.

15. Proactively supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion in all processes and matters coming before the committee.

September 20, 2018
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Membership 2022-2023

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2022-2023 Meeting Schedule

Meetings are held 9:30am-11:20am

• September 14, 2022
• September 28, 2022
• October 12, 2022
• October 26, 2022
• November 9, 2022
• November 23, 2022
• December 7, 2022
• January 11, 2023
• January 25, 2023
• February 8, 2023
• March 1, 2023
• March 15, 2023
• March 29, 2023
• April 12, 2023
• April 26, 2023
• May 10, 2023
• May 24, 2023
• May 31, 2023

 

Terms of reference

(from Section 8, Policy on Centres, as approved by Council December 2003)

The mandate of the PPC Standing Subcommittee on Centres is:

• To facilitate the creation of new centres
• To monitor adherence to the Policy
• To develop and review the Centres Policy and Guidelines
• To oversee the establishment and disestablishment of centres
• To maintain a list of active centres
• To report on and bring recommendations on these issues to PPC

Membership on this Subcommittee will be drawn from the Academic Programs, Planning and Priorities, and Research, Scholarly and Artistic Works Committees of Council, the offices of the provost, vice-president finance, and vice-president research, centre directors, and will be supported by the Governance Office.