External Review of the Faculty’s Undergraduate Minors and Certificates and Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office

An external review of the Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office and the Faculty’s under-graduate minors and certificates has been scheduled for November 20-21, 2025. Four eminent colleagues with experience managing cross-disciplinary programs at peer institutions have agreed to form the review team:

  • Wesley Burghardt
    Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering
    Associate Dean, Undergraduate Engineering
    Northwestern University
  • Oscar Dubon
    Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
    Associate Dean of Students
    University of California, Berkeley
  • Ahmad Ghasemloonia
    Professor, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
    Associate Dean, Student Success & Interdisciplinary Academic Programs
    University of Calgary
  • Roni Khazaka
    Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
    Associate Dean, Academic Programs
    McGill University

Members of the Faculty who would like to offer comments toward this review are asked to send them via email to governance.fase@utoronto.ca.

Please circulate this memorandum to any member of the Faculty who may not have received it through the general distribution.

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