# School of Graduate StudiesFaculty & Staff

**Source**: https://facultyandstaff.sgs.utoronto.ca/sgs-councils-and-committees/admissions-programs-committee/
**Parent**: https://facultyandstaff.sgs.utoronto.ca/sgs-councils-and-committees/graduate-academic-appeals/gdaac/

## Overview

​The [Non-Standard Admissions and Programs (NSA&P) Committee (PDF)](https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SGS-GEC-ByLaw-2-13Apr2021.pdf) is a standing committee of [Graduate Education Council (GEC)](https://facultyandstaff.sgs.utoronto.ca/sgs-councils-and-committees/graduate-education-council/) and is governed by a by-law. **The Committee has the power to waive, or modify in individual student cases, the application of:**

- a General Regulation of the School, where it concerns admissions standards and procedures, registration policies and procedures, enrolment policies and procedures, and policies on good academic standing and satisfactory academic progress;
- a Degree Regulation of the School; or
- a program requirement governing a graduate program.

**In addition, the Committee will consider requests from graduate units on other cases requiring exemptions, including, but not limited to:**

- non-standard admissions;
- leaves of absence that do not fall within the provisions of the School’s leave policy;
- the School’s deadlines for course extensions;
- grade revisions and grade reporting procedures;
- the School’s time limits for the completion of program requirements; the School’s time limits for the completion of degrees; and
- posthumous degrees.​

## Committee members

The membership of NSA&P consists consist of eight members, plus an alternate student member, the secretary to the committee (non-voting), and the Director, Student Academic Services (non-voting), as follows (members listed below having voting privileges unless otherwise noted):

| Membership | Name | Term |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vice-Dean, Students, School of Graduate Studies | Professor John Peever Vice-Dean, Students, School of Graduate Studies | *Ex Officio* (Chair) |
| Vice-Dean, Research and Program Innovation, School of Graduate Studies | Professor Sarah Sharma Acting Vice-Dean, Research and Program Innovation, School of Graduate Studies | *Ex Officio* |
| Division I | Professor Alison Keith Department of Classics | October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024 |
| Division II | Professor Charmaine Williams Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work | October 1, 2023–September 30, 2026 |
| Division III | Professor Tobin Filleter Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering | October 1, 2023–September 30, 2026 |
| Division IV | Professor Howard Mount Department of Physiology | October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024 |
| Student Member | *To be confirmed* Graduate student representative |  |
| Student Member | Anne Katherine Dionne Division I (alternate graduate student representative) | October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024 |
| Dean, School of Graduate Studies | Professor Joshua Barker Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Research and Education | *Ex Officio* |

*NSA&P Committee Members (Voting)*

The Associate Director, Graduate Academic Services will serve as secretary to the Committee (non-voting) for the purpose of annually establishing the committee and its schedule of meetings and any other general business.

## Contact

****John Peever****\
Vice-Dean, Students\
Chair of the Non-Standard Admissions & Programs Committee\
[sgs.vdeanstudents@utoronto.ca](mailto:sgs.vdeanstudents@utoronto.ca)\
Tel: [416-978-5986](tel:4169785986)\
Fax: [416-971-2327](tel:4169712327)\
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**Ed Baluyut**\
Associate Director, Graduate Academic Services\
Secretary to the Admissions and Programs Committee\
[ed.baluyut@utoronto.ca](mailto:victoria.hurlihey@utoronto.ca)\
Tel: [416-978-2657](tel:4169782657)

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