History

December 13, 2019:  Approved and Effective. This policy replaces the Approval and Signing Authorities and Delegation of Authority Policy effective December 14, 2018. It is similar to the Delegation of Authority Policy that was in place until December 14, 2018.

January 1, 2020:  Editorial Revision. Updated format and links.

February 16, 2021:  Editorial Revision. Amended Appendix A as per resolution of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors on October 5, 2020.

April 15, 2021:  Editorial Revision. Amended Appendix A due to Vice-President (Advancement) vacancy.

August 1, 2021:  Editorial Revision. Amended Appendix A due to Vice-President (Finance & Services) vacancy.

November 1, 2021:  Editorial Revision. Amended Appendix A to move labour relations to the General Counsel.

December 2, 2021:  Editorial Revision.  Amended Appendix A to move real estate from the Interim Vice-President (Finance and Services) – Finance to the Interim Vice-President (Finance and Services) – Services.

January 31, 2022:  Editorial Revision. Amended Appendix A to remove interim roles for Vice-President (Advancement).

April 18, 2022:  Editorial Revision. Amended Appendix A to remove interim roles for the Vice-President (Finance and Services) – Finance and the Vice-President (Finance and Services) – Services and to add the new roles of Vice-President (Services) and Vice-President (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer.

August 17, 2022:  Editorial Revision.  Amended Appendix A to move University Secretary Authority 1 to General Counsel Authority and remove University Secretary from Appendix A as it is part of the General Counsel portfolio.

May 26, 2023:  Revised. Revision to Appendix A to allow for sub-delegation of approval of gift agreements.

June 23, 2023: Revised. Approved redesign of Appendix A, including the use of the approval authority thresholds outlined in the Capital Projects Approval Procedure as a guildeline when a decision does not have a specified financial threshold.

May 24, 2024: Revised. Revision to Appendix A to reflect the change of the Vice-President (Advancement) portfolio into the Vice-President (Development and Alumni) and the Vice-President (Communications and Community Engagement) portfolios.

December 13, 2024: Revised. Revision to Appendix A to reflect the change in the Vice-President (Services) role, moving human resources (now titled People and Culture) to the General Council portfolio and moving two innovation ecosystems responsibilities from the Vice-President (Research) back to the President.

June 13, 2025: Revised. Revision to Appendix A to re-assign authorities assigned to the Vice-President (Communications and Community Engagement), which has been dissolved, to the newly created Vice-President (External Relations) role.