Announcement: Advisory Committee – Vice-Dean Strategic & Call for Nominations

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.

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