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  • RG 57
  • Fonds

Instructor Course Evaluation (ICE)

  • RG 57.1
  • File
  • 1983
  • Part of Senate

"Characteristics of ICE Questionnaires in the Ryerson Environment" was prepared by Dr. John Roth of the Psychology Department and submitted to the ICE Committee of Academic Council in May 1983. The aim of the report was to examine the feasibility of developing a reliable and valid student questionnaire to be used for instructor and course evaluations and to develop such an instrument should it prove feasible.

Election records

  • RG 57.10
  • File
  • 1973-
  • Part of Senate

The file contains email notices of upcoming elections, candidate profiles or platform statements, posters, and election results. Candidates are faculty, student, and alumni representatives. Ryerson staff are not eligible to stand as a representative.

Academic Steering Committee on the Credit System

  • RG 57.11
  • File
  • 1968-1969
  • Part of Senate

For several years Academic Council had been interested inconsidering the feasibility of a credit system but no serious study was undertaken because of the volume of work it represented and the complexity of the situation. In the Spring of 1969 the consulting firm, Woods, Gordon & Co. was engaged to study the problem. As a result a Steering Committee was formed under the chairmanship of Dean Charles Temple and a number of sub-committees, including one on policy chaired by Dorothy Rowles.The records received through this accession have been arranged under one collection record but have been placed in separate files according to committee: Credit System Steering Committee; Records Steering Committee; and the Scheduling Steering Committee who made recommendations to a sub-committee (The Policy Committee) for presentation to Academic Council and the Board of Govenors.

Ryerson Ceremonial Mace

  • RG 57.18
  • File
  • 1992-1994
  • Part of Senate

File contains correspondence, proposals, clippings, photographs dealing with the proposed design, funding, background history, miscellaneous documents and photographs of the final creation of a formal Ryerson Ceremonial Mace.

Recommendations and rationale for the encouragement and management of applied research and technical/creative services at Ryerson

  • RG 57.2
  • File
  • 1979
  • Part of Senate

The Committee on Applied Research at Ryerson was established by the Academic Council (later called the Senate) to review examine the benefits and negatives of applied research, look at other university research as reported in the media, and make recommenations for Ryerson to proceed. The report is dated November 6, 1979.

Housing Task Force

  • RG 57.24
  • File
  • 1974-1977
  • Part of Senate

File contains correspondence, minutes, reports, briefs, surveys, etc., pertaining to the Ryerson Housing Task Force and the Joint York/Ryerson/Toronto Task Force On Student Accommodation.

Academic Council/Senate meetings minutes and agenda

  • RG 57.3
  • File
  • 1968-2012
  • Part of Senate

An incomplete set of minutes, agendas, miscellaneous correspondence, and documentation pertaining to Academic Council meetings and later Senate meetings. Course related appendices from the earlier years have been removed and filed in the respective department documentation file. Many records created by Academic Council during the course of its business (policies, by-laws, committee and departmental/divisional council reports, course changes, membership lists, etc., can be found in this file.
Agenda and Minutes from 1994 to present can be found at https://www.torontomu.ca/senate/senate-meetings/agendas-meetings/agenda-minutes-archive/

Appeals committee records

  • RG 57.35
  • File
  • 1983-1985
  • Part of Senate

File contains minutes, reports and documentation regarding some appeals filed by students during this period of time.

Research Ethics Board

  • RG 57.38
  • File
  • 1994-2004
  • Part of Senate

Formerly the "Ethics Review Board". File contains: Application Form & Guidelines E-Mail messages.
A decision was made to close this file off because indications suggested that the REB became the responsibility of the Associate Vice-President, Academic (Research and International Development). See Collection Record 654.01.03

Applied Research Committee

  • RG 57.48
  • File
  • 1979-1980
  • Part of Senate

Committee appointed by and responsible to the Academic Council of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.

Miskilc University degree inquiry

  • RG 57.49
  • File
  • 1984-1992
  • Part of Senate

These files contain some undated background and historical information about the University of Miskolc and material forwarded by the Dean of Engineering, the Director of CATE and the Director of RIDC and other areas to Academic Council regarding the University of Miskolc - Ryerson relationship and other Ryerson international activities. The material is arranged in chronological order. A chronology of events from January 1988 - 1991 regarding the Agreement is included.This material was reviewed by the A. Wargo (Ass't. to V.P. Academic, Secretary of Academic Council and Secretary of the Committee of Inquiry) and the Committee before drafting a final report.

Academic Integrity Office

  • RG 57.52
  • File
  • 2005-
  • Part of Senate

File contains posters for the Academic Integrity Office, scripts for various episodes of the illustrated guide, and an email.

Fall Reading Week

  • RG 57.63
  • File
  • 2011
  • Part of Senate

The file contains the announcement and report to Senate from the Ad Hoc Committee on Fall Reading Week, as well as an announcement regarding the implementation committee.

Task Force on Interdisciplinary Programs final report to the Senate

  • RG 57.65
  • File
  • 2013-12-03
  • Part of Senate

The task force was estabilished in January 2013 with the purpose of:
1) Identify issues which were problematic to the operation of Interdisciplinary programs
2) Consult widely with the Ryerson Community
3) Make recommendations to Senate by the Fall of 2013

Academic Council Statutes and Procedures

  • RG 57.8
  • File
  • 1988-1995
  • Part of Senate

This file contains Statutes And Procedures for the years 1988 and 1995. See Collection Record RG 57.3 (Minutes/Agendas - September or October) for documents prior to 1988 and after 1995.