25 April Professor Anthony C. Masi Provost Looking to the future: “McGill’s New Leadership” Leacock April 2007

2 What is a Provost? the Provost is 2IC or “second in command” of the University joint or shared responsibilities with the other VPs –resource allocations –research directions –public policy –fund-raising priorities –academic hospital issues

25 April Academic matters relations with the Deans, Faculties, faculty members, and other academic positions –appointments, renewals, tenure, promotions –admissions and enrolment management –courses and teaching programs, teaching loads, class-sizes –student life and learning –disciplinary matters involving faculty and students –Libraries –teaching support –IST infrastructure

25 April General employment policies Policy on harassment, sexual harassment and discrimination prohibited by law Employment equity Conflicts of interest Safe disclosure

25 April New responsibilities the “budget” is now a planning document the Provost is responsible for preparing the University’s budget so that the academic priorities are: aligned balanced coherent

25 April The Provost’s job expands… new framework for alignment at McGill –HR functions (new AVP-HR, dual reporting) –financial and process auditing and performance indicators (ED-FS, dual reporting) –facilities development (new AVP-US, dual-reporting) creating incentives and leveraging: strategic thinking and actions –proposing to endow the Principal's Awards for Administrative and Support Staff