People on the Move
Michael Phair, an educator, LGBTQ activist, anti-poverty campaigner and former municipal politician, has been named chair of the board of governors at the University of Alberta. The Government of Alberta has appointed Mr. Phair for an initial term of up to three years. From 1992 to 2007, Mr. Phair was elected to Edmonton’s city council […]
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has named Victoria Kaspi, a professor of astrophysics and director of the Space Institute at McGill University, winner of the 2016 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. Dr. Kaspi’s study of neutron stars – the ancient remnants of the most massive stars in […]
Angelique EagleWoman is set to become the first Aboriginal woman to head a law school in Canada. A practising attorney, law professor, legal scholar and a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe, Ms. EagleWoman will take up the role of dean at Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law in May. She is currently […]
Bioethics researcher Eric Meslin is the new president and CEO of the Council of Canadian Academies, effective Feb. 1. Dr. Meslin is the founding director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and associate dean of bioethics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto, […]
Memorial University’s Gerald Anderson was appointed vice-president, indigenous, at the University of the Arctic, a co-operative network of about 150 universities, colleges and other organizations committed to higher education and research in the North. He will provide strategic oversight of UArctic’s contributions to the well-being of northern indigenous communities while continuing as director, development and […]
Ali Dastmalchian was appointed dean of the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. His appointment at SFU will begin Jan. 1, 2016. Dr. Dastmalchian is currently professor of organization studies and international business at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business. From 2002 to 2012, he was dean of the Gustavson School, […]
Ecologist Madhur Anand has been appointed interim director of the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation, based at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Anand, a poet and professor in the school of environmental sciences at the University of Guelph, specializes in complex modelling and analysis and is a past Canada Research Chair in Global Ecological […]
J. Douglas Willms, education professor and co-director of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy at the University of New Brunswick, was installed as president of the International Academy of Education this summer in Melbourne, Australia. The Academy is an organization based out of the Royal Academy of Science, Literature and Arts in Belgium dedicated […]
The University of Alberta appointed Heather McCaw to the position of vice-president, advancement, effective Sept. 15. Ms. McCaw is currently co-director of the University of British Columbia’s $1.5-billion fundraising and alumni engagement campaign and associate vice-president, development. Previously, she was vice-president of Give Canada Fundraising Corporation and Spectrum Marketing Corporation. Molecular biologist Philip Barker was […]
Effective July 1, Deborah Hurst is the new dean for the faculty of business at Athabasca University. She served as acting dean for two years. In 2008, Dr. Hurst became MBA program director and, in 2009, associate dean of the faculty of business. Carleton University has named Jill Lahn Stoner director of the Azrieli School […]
William Robins was appointed president of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. A professor of English and Medieval Studies, Dr. Robins has been a fellow of Victoria College since 1996. In 2009, he served as acting principal of Victoria College and in 2013 served as acting vice-dean, faculty and academic life. He also served […]
Katherine Roos has been named executive director of Imagination Catalyst, OCAD U’s incubator for creative entrepreneurship and commercialization. Prior to joining OCAD U, Ms. Roos held management roles in the division of economic development and culture division at the City of Toronto and at the Toronto Business Development Centre. She also serves on the boards […]
The Canada Council for the Arts announced the 2015 winners of the prestigious Killam prizes and Killam research fellowships. Each of the five Killam prize winners will receive $100,000 in recognition for an exceptionally rich career in the humanities, engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences, or interdisciplinary studies within these fields. Killam fellowships are […]
The University of Waterloo named Sandra G. Banks its new vice-president, university relations. Currently the CEO of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Ms. Banks joins the university April 6. She spent 15 years at Coca-Cola Canada as vice-president, public affairs and communications. Before that she was the assistant deputy minister in the food industry division […]
Ted Hewitt has been named the next president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The announcement came from the federal government on Feb. 12. Dr. Hewitt has served as SSHRC’s executive vice-president since 2012. He joined the agency from Western University, where he was vice-president of research and international relations from […]
University of British Columbia dentistry professor David Sweet was awarded in November the Medallion of Distinguished Service, the highest Canadian Armed Forces medal for civilian service. Dr. Sweet, who serves as associate dean of students in UBC’s faculty of dentistry, was bestowed the award for his work in training Canadian police and military pathologists in […]
Concordia University College of Alberta appointed Paul McElhone dean of the Mihalcheon School of Business. He comes to the school after serving for nearly 17 years as executive director of the school of retailing at the University of Alberta. He also brings to the role more than 25 years in the retail sector, where he […]