The Advisory Board meets five or six times during each academic year. Its purpose is to advise the Director on major questions of orientation and vision for the Jackman Humanities Institute, including policies, programs, and general oversight on all activities. The Advisory Board connects the Jackman Humanities Institute with the humanities departments and their faculty and students across the University of Toronto. This committee is composed of senior faculty members and department chairs from the humanities disciplines, representatives from the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), the Faculty of Arts & Science, and other faculties. Members are usually appointed for three-year terms.
- Alison Keith, Director, Jackman Humanities Institute
- Ryan Balot, Chair, A&S Political Science
- Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Chair, A&S Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
- James Cahill, A&S French and Cinema Studies
- Brenda Cossman, Associate Dean of Research, Jackman Faculty of Law
- Alan Galey, Faculty of Information
- Kathleen Gallagher, Director, A&S CDTPS
- Tara Goldstein, OISE CTL
- Marla Hlady, UTSC Arts, Culture & Media
- Pamela Klassen, Chair, A&S DSR
- Naomi Morgenstern, Chair, A&S English
- Naomi Nagy, Chair, A&S Linguistics
- Nasim Niknafs, Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Music
- Jill Ross, A&S Comparative Literature and Medieval Studies
- Natalie Rothman, Chair, UTSC Historical & Cultural Studies
- Sarah Sharma, Director, UTM CCIT
- Luca Somigli, Chair, A&S Italian, Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies
- Caitlin Tillman, Associate Chief Librarian, Collections and Materials Management
- Karina Vernon, Chair, UTSC English
- Jane Wolff, DAN Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design