People on the Move

Nipissing University announced the appointment of Kevin Wamsley as its new president and vice-chancellor. Dr. Wamsley currently serves as vice-president, academic, and provost of St. Francis Xavier University and will begin his new role at Nipissing on Aug. 1. He also served as St. FX’s interim president, and spend 18 years at Western University in […]

Brandon University announced that Senator Mary Jane McCallum has been appointed the university’s next chancellor. Dr. McCallum is a citizen of the Barren Lands First Nation in Manitoba and attended Guy Hill Residential School in The Pas for 11 years. After earning a doctor of dental medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1990, she […]

York University has reappointed Rhonda Lenton for an additional five-year term as its president and vice-chancellor. Her new term begins on July 1, 2022. During her first appointment, which began in 2017, Dr. Lenton guided the university through a series of major initiatives, which included growing strengths in interdisciplinary research and innovation, new health sector […]

Murray Sinclair, commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a former member of the Canadian Senate, has been appointed chancellor of Queen’s University. He will begin the role on July 1. Mr. Sinclair is a leading advocate for Indigenous peoples in Canada and served as the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba and second Indigenous […]

Beverly Jacobs will serve as acting dean in the faculty of law at the University of Windsor until June 30. Dr. Jacobs is pausing her work as associate dean, academic, at the university while serving in the acting position. She is an associate professor in the faculty of law and practices part-time in her home […]

The University of Windsor announced that Bill Van Heyst will be the new dean of its faculty of engineering. Dr. Van Heyst is currently a professor in the School of Engineering and associate dean for external relations in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Guelph. He has been teaching at […]

Joseph Wong has been appointed the University of Toronto’s vice-president, international, for a five-year term. Dr. Wong was appointed the interim vice-president, international, last summer and is a professor of political science and the Roz and Ralph Halbert professor of innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. While serving as interim vice-president, Dr. Wong worked […]

The University of Victoria announced that Aaron Devor will continue his work as the world’s first chair in transgender studies for a second five-year term. In his first five years on the job, Dr. Devor worked with the university, students, research colleagues and the community, secured research grants, advised and collaborated with visiting scholars and […]

Robin Bradasch was named associate vice-president, Indigenous engagement and partnerships, at Yukon University. Ms. Bradasch, a citizen of Kluane First Nation, has served three terms as a councillor of her nation and served on the Council of Yukon First Nations chiefs committee on education. She spent 15 years working for the federal government for Crown […]

Music scholar Ellie Hisama has been named dean of the University of Toronto’s faculty of music. Dr. Hisama begins her new five-year appointment on July 1. She comes to U of T from Columbia University in New York, where she served most recently as chair of the academic review committee in the faculty of arts […]

Carleton University reappointed alumna Yaprak Baltacioğlu for a three-year term as chancellor, beginning in November. Before becoming Carleton’s chancellor in 2018, Ms. Baltacioğlu served in the federal public service as the secretary of the Treasury Board from 2012-2018. After completing a law degree at Istanbul University, Ms. Baltacioğlu moved to Canada from Turkey to pursue […]

Vivek Goel was named the next president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo for a five-year term that begins on July 1. Dr. Goel is currently helping to guide the University of Toronto’s COVID-19 planning efforts as a special advisor to the president and provost, and is a professor at the Dalla Lana School […]

The University of Guelph will soon have a new vice-president, finance and operations. Sharmilla Rasheed, a certified financial accountant, will assume the position on Dec. 3. Ms. Rasheed is currently vice-president financial and information services and chief financial officer at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, and oversees finance, environmental services, information technology, risk and performance management […]

Mike DeGagné, formerly the president and vice chancellor of Yukon University, has taken on a new role as the president and CEO of Indspire, a national Indigenous-led charity that provides postsecondary education funding for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Canada. Before taking on the president role at Yukon U on July 1 this year, Dr. DeGagné served as the president and vice chancellor of Nipissing University for seven […]

Vancouver Island University welcomes Judith Sayers as its next chancellor. Ms. Sayers, a sustainable development advocate, is president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, a non-profit that works to provide services and supports to 14 First Nations with about 10,000 members. She spent 14 years as chief of Hupacasath First Nation, and in that time oversaw […]

Carleton University professor Joy Mighty has been awarded the 2020 Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education for her over 40 years of educational development. Dr. Mighty served as the associate vice-president, teaching and learning, at Carleton from 2012 to 2018, while also holding a joint appointment in the Sprott School of Business and […]

Ry Moran, the founding director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba, is taking on a new position as the University of Victoria’s inaugural associate university librarian, reconciliation. The role is the first of its kind at a Canadian university and will aim to further educate Canadians about the importance of […]

Malinda Smith has been appointed the inaugural vice-provost, equity, diversity and inclusion, at the University of Calgary, effective Aug. 1. Dr. Smith comes to U of C from the University of Alberta, where she is a professor in the department of political science and serves as a provost fellow in equity, diversity and inclusion policy […]

Acadia University announced Reverend Marjorie Lewis has been named the university’s chaplain. She began her new role on March 2. Dr. Lewis most recently worked as a spiritual and religious care chaplain with the Nova Scotia Health Authority and has taught online courses about gender, church community development and health programs. She has also worked […]

Nadine Caron is the holder of the founding First Nations Health Authority Chair at the University of British Columbia. In her new role, she will examine the unique needs of Indigenous cancer patients, survivors and their families and work to better understand the health–care system’s responsiveness to Indigenous cancer needs. Dr. Caron is Canada’s first female Indigenous general surgeon and has taught in UBC’s faculty of medicine.  Algoma University announced Craig Fowler as the new […]