Calendar 2012-2013 - Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

(vi)(vii)Receipt of the appeal will be acknowledged by the Chair of the AcademicAppeals Committee in a formal letter sent by registered mail or otherreceipted delivery.The Chair of the Academic Appeals Committee, along with the Registrar ordesignate, will then set a date and time for the appeal to be heard. Theappellant will be notified of the date, time and place of the meeting byregistered mail or other receipted delivery.General Format for the Conduct of the Academic Appeals Committee Meetings:(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)An appeal to the Academic Appeals Board of Governing Council shall,except in exceptional circumstances, be commenced by filing a notice ofappeal with the Secretary of the Board. Notice may be filed no later thanninety days after the decision from which the appeal is being taken has beencommunicated in writing to the appellant.On entry to the Academic Appeals Committee Meeting, the appellant and/orcounsel are informed that the members of the Committee have read but notdiscussed the appeal and related material.Both parties and/or their counsel have the right to call and examine/crossexaminewitnesses and present their arguments and submissions, includingany new information. The parties are requested however to only highlight,and not repeat points already made in the submitted materials.The Committee members may then wish to raise questions to the appellantabout the evidence presented.If the appellant has had a petition refused by another committee in theFaculty of Nursing that is relevant to the appeal, the chair of that committeewill be asked to present the reasons for refusal. If it is not possible to attendin person the chair will be asked to provide a written statement summarizingthe reasons for the refusal of the petition.If the appeal concerns a Faculty member, that person will be invited to attendthe hearing to respond to the appeal. A written statement from the instructormay be elected as an alternative.The appellant will be ensured the opportunity to make a final statement.After both parties have completed their arguments and the members of theAcademic Appeals Committee have completed the questioning of the parties,the student, his/her counsel, and any other person who has taken part in thishearing shall withdraw and the Academic Appeals Committee shall proceedto consider and determine their decision on the appeal.University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Calendar 2012-2013 90