In accordance with Section 84 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, Dean Yip has appointed a special committee to advise him on the appointment of a Vice-Dean Strategic.
This is a newly created academic administrative role in the Faculty. Reporting to the Dean, the Vice-Dean Strategic will work closely with the Vice-Deans Research, First Year, Undergraduate and Graduate. The Vice-Dean Strategic provides leadership on all aspects of strategic importance to FASE, including but not limited to, infrastructure, collaboration and institutional initiatives. The Vice-Dean Strategic works collaboratively with all members of the Senior Academic Leadership team, the Registrar, the Faculty administrative units, members of the Faculty Council Standing Committees, and other members of the University community to advance the mission of the Faculty.
The composition of the advisory committee is as follows:
Christopher Yip, Dean (Chair)
Lisa Camilleri, Chief Administrative Officer
Tony Chan Carusone, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brian Coates, Chief Financial Officer
Birsen Donmez, Professor and Associate Chair, Research, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ramin Farnood, Vice-Dean Research
Bryan Karney, Associate Dean, Cross-Disciplinary Programs
Mark Rittinger, Executive Director, Advancement
The Advisory Committee will begin meeting shortly and welcomes comments and nominations from interested persons. These may be sent to the attention of the Dean, by email at dean.engineering@utoronto.ca by Thursday, April 1, 2021.
Communications will be received in confidence and will be anonymized before consideration by the Advisory Committee.