People on the Move

Artist and fifth-year women’s studies student Belen Blizzard is Concordia’s first-ever 2SLGBTQIA+ student coordinator. Funded by the equity office, and situated within the Simone de Beauvoir Institute (SdBI), this new role will include mobilizing undergraduate students to organize a conference slated for May 2025. Blizzard will further develop and amplify resources available to 2SLGBTQIA+ students […]

As of Aug. 1, Peter Donahue is the University of Manitoba’s dean of the faculty of social work. Previously, Dr. Donahue was the director and graduate program chair of the school of social work at King’s University College at Western University. He has also held positions at the University of Calgary as well as Renison […]

Janet Antonio joined the University of the Fraser Valley on Aug. 6 as the director of relationship and fund development. Before joining UFV, Ms. Antonio was the executive director of the Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation. She has also previously worked at Simon Fraser University and the BC Institute of Technology. Peter Hickey joined Brandon […]

Saint Mary’s University has appointed Ayo Makanjuola as its new vice-president, finance and administration, effective Sept. 1. Prior to joining Saint Mary’s, Mr. Makanjuola served as the chief financial officer for the Millbrook First Nation and as CFO of the Black Business Initiative of Nova Scotia. A board member at the YMCA and the NSCC […]

Annette Trimbee has been reappointed for a second term as president and vice-chancellor of MacEwan University. Prior to joining MacEwan in 2020, Dr. Trimbee served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. Before that, Dr. Trimbee worked for the Government of Alberta for 25 years, where she held several senior leadership positions, including deputy […]

Laurie Schnarr has been reappointed as vice-provost (students) at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Schnarr joined the UM in 2019 from the University of Guelph where she was director, student experience and interim director, experiential learning. During her tenure, she has led three departments within student affairs: office of the registrar and enrolment services, student […]

Shelagh Rogers has been named the new chancellor at Queen’s University, starting July 1. Previously, she served as chancellor at the University of Victoria for two terms spanning from 2015 to 2021. A former Queen’s student, Ms. Rogers is best known for her broadcast career on CBC radio, having worked on notable programs like Morningside, […]

Capilano University has appointed Brian Storey to the inaugural role of associate vice-president, Squamish, effective May 6. Dr. Storey joins CapU from Douglas College, where he most recently served as director of global engagement and international student services. He holds a master’s degree in educational psychology and special education from the University of British Columbia […]

Mount Allison University has named Ian Sutherland as its 16th president and vice-chancellor. Dr. Sutherland has worked for over a decade in academic leadership in Atlantic Canada and internationally. He currently serves as vice-president of Memorial University, where he is primarily responsible for leading its Grenfell Campus. He has an interdisciplinary background, rooted in the […]

Angie Bruce has been appointed as vice-president (Indigenous) at the University of Manitoba. A proud Red River Métis woman, Ms. Bruce joins the university after serving as assistant deputy minister of Natural Resources Canada’s Nòkwewashk sector. Previously, she was deputy minister in Manitoba’s Indigenous and Northern relations and municipal relations departments. Ms. Bruce has a […]

David C. Malloy has been reappointed president of King’s University College, for a second term. The appointment is effective July 1, 2024, for a five-year term. Dr. Malloy was named the principal of King’s, which is affiliated with Western University, in 2019. His title was changed to president in 2021. He moved from the University […]

Vancouver Island University has named Sungchul Choi as dean of the faculty of management. Prior to joining VIU, he was a professor in the University of Northern British Columbia’s school of business, where he had also served as chair since 2017. Dr. Choi holds a PhD in marketing from the University of Alberta and an […]

Michelle Helstein has been appointed provost and vice-president, academic, at the University of Lethbridge. Dr. Helstein holds a PhD in physical education and recreation from the University of Alberta and began her career at U of Lethbridge as a researcher in 2003. She was most recently interim deputy provost. Clinton Beckford is acting as the […]

Shalene Jobin is the new vice-president, academic, at First Nations University of Canada. She was most recently an associate professor in the faculty of native studies at the University of Alberta, where she held the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous governance and was the founding director of the Indigenous governance program. Robert Aguirre has been […]

Lorie Kloda has been appointed vice-dean of McGill University’s library. Dr. Kloda most recently served as associate university librarian for planning and community relations at Concordia University. Prior to that she was a health sciences librarian and assessment librarian at McGill, where she also received her PhD in information studies in 2012. Isabella Dostaler began […]

Queen’s University has reappointed Fahim Quadir as vice-provost and dean of the school of graduate studies and postdoctoral affairs for a five-year term. Dr. Quadir has held academic positions at universities in the U.S., Canada and Bangladesh. He is president-elect and vice-president of the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies. Ashok Mathur has been appointed vice-president, […]

Toronto Metropolitan University has appointed Cynthia Holmes dean of the Ted Rogers School of Management. Dr. Holmes was previously TRSM’s associate dean, faculty and academic, and in 2022, served as the university’s interim vice- provost, academic. Western University has named Lily Cho vice-provost and associate vice-president, international, effectively July 1. She joins Western from York […]

Penny Pexman has been named Western University’s new vice-president, research, starting Sept. 1. She is currently associate vice-president, research, at the University of Calgary, where she is also a professor of psychology. Dr. Pexman is a co-founder of Women in Cognitive Science Canada. Zena Mitchell has been named vice-president, students, at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Ms. […]

Shannon Wagner has been appointed Thompson Rivers University’s first vice‑president of research. She steps into the role after serving as TRU’s associate vice‑president, academic. She served as the inaugural dean of the faculty of human and health sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia before joining TRU in 2021. Mark Robertson has been named […]

Brad Clarke has been appointed interim associate vice-president, equity, at Brock University, where he currently serves as associate vice-president, students (a role he will continue to hold). Mr. Clarke has held a number of senior administration roles throughout his time at Brock, including as the long-serving co-chair of the president’s advisory committee on human rights, […]