Terms of Reference

The following Terms of Reference define the engagement of the External Reviewer for Toronto Metropolitan University (“TMU”):

Part A: Investigation

1. On November 5, 2025, an event, “Triggered: From Combat to Campus”, organized by a student group and held external to TMU’s campus, was disrupted (the “Off-Campus Disruption”).

2. On November 12, 2025, TMU received a complaint under the Student Code of Non-academic Conduct (the “Code”) and the Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Policy (the “Policy”), concerning the Off-Campus Disruption (the “Complaint”).

3. The External Reviewer may be designated under the Code, the Policy, or both to consider the Complaint in accordance with the applicable Procedures and make recommendations under applicable TMU policies (collectively, the “Investigation”).

4. The External Reviewer shall provide any findings and recommendations to the Vice Provost, Students (the “Decision Maker”).

5. The Decision Maker may extend the timelines set out in the Code and Policy, as provided for in s.15 of the Code, if requested to do so by the External Reviewer, and if doing so is appropriate in the Decision Maker’s judgment.

Part B: External Review Report

6. On September 19, 2025, a Dais Democracy Forum event at the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre was disrupted (the “On-Campus Disruption”). During the On-Campus Disruption, TMU Community Safety and Security made an arrest of a TMU Student (the “Arrest”).

7. The External Reviewer shall be appointed to consider the On-Campus Disruption and the Arrest, and provide to the Vice President, Administration and Operations, a fair, accurate and impartial account of the events in the External Review Report (as defined below).

8. Upon completion of any Investigation under Part A and the fact-finding described in Paragraph 7 the External Reviewer shall make a report to the Vice President, Administration and Operations, concerning the Off-Campus Disruption and the On-Campus Disruption, as well as TMU’s policies, procedures, and practices with respect to expression, campus safety and security, in particular in relation to events and activities on and off campus, and the External Reviewer’s recommendations in respect of the same (the “External Review Report”).

9. The External Reviewer shall have due regard to the confidentiality provisions under the Policy and Code in preparing the External Review Report.

The External Reviewer shall determine, in consultation with the Office of General Counsel, the reasonable legal and other expert support services required for the Fact Finding, any Investigation, and the External Review Report.

At all times the External Reviewer shall endeavour to apply the highest standards of legal reason and respect for TMU’s Mission Statement.