Placement Agreements

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Placement agreements between the University and placement employers are necessary in order to provide both the University and its students, as well as the placement site, with clear expectations of rights and responsibilities while a student is engaged in unpaid work with a placement site as a condition of an academic program in order to obtain a degree from the University of Toronto. To Assist in this procees, the University has developed a template agreement that can be used.

The Governing Council Policy on Approval and Execution of Contracts and Documents states the following:

Agreements in the normal course of business for educational placements for students off a University campus, pursuant to approved academic programs, may be approved and signed by the Principal, Dean, Director, Chair or other head of the academic unit, or by the program supervisor duly appointed by the Principal, Dean, Director, Chair or other head of the academic unit, provided that the form of the agreement has been approved by the Vice-President and Provost, Deputy Provost or Vice-Provost responsible for the academic unit.

The Vice-President and Provost, Deputy Provost or Vice-Provost responsible for the academic unit will notify the Secretary of the Governing Council of the types of education placements where approval has been given under this clause, the general form of the agreement to be used and the position titles of the officers who have received signing authority.