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Policy Update 2025

Approved by the Senate and/or the Board of Governors

Academic Integrity Policy  May 14, 2025, effective July 1, 2025

Approval and Signing Authority Policy  March 6, 2025

By-Laws – Faculty of Engineering June 11, 2025

By-Laws – Senate

Code of Conduct for Faculty and Procedures for Taking Disciplinary Action  January 1, 2025 (Appendix B: Guidelines Concerning the Appointment and Deportment of Observers at Faculty Disciplinary Hearings section removed)

Faculty Association Observers at Hearings Policy  January 1, 2025

Faculty Grievance Policy  January 1, 2025  (Appendix B: Faculty Observers at Hearings section removed)

Graduate Course Management Policy effective May 1, 2025

Indirect Costs Associated with Research and Related Services and Activities  March 6, 2025

Payment of Plan Administration Expenses from the Salaried Pension Plan Funds, Policy on the  April 24, 2025

Professional Development Allowance (PDA), Clinical Faculty, Faculty of Health Sciences; terminated June 12, 2025

Principles of Responsible Investment  April 24, 2025

Research Integrity Policy  January 1, 2025 (revisions that include the removal of Appendix D: Association Observers at Hearings)

SPS A1 – Recruitment and Selection of Faculty Members  June 11, 2025 / June 12, 2025, effective July 1, 2025

Tenure & Promotion Policy (Section III, clause 11)  June 11, 2025

Undergraduate Course Management Policy  May 14, 2025

Undergraduate Examinations Policy  effective April 1, 2025