Welcome to Western!
It is a privilege and honour to join Western University as its new Provost & Vice-President (Academic).
Western is ranked among the top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide, and it is a founding member of the U15 which is comprised of Canada’s most distinguished research universities. We rank highly among Canada’s research-intensive universities and have earned a strong reputation for the high quality of our student experience.
Western University attracts outstanding students from across Canada and abroad into an incredible range of undergraduate, post-graduate, and professional programs. Currently, 40,000 students from 128 countries attend Western. Our national and international reach and impact is reflected in a global network of more than 330,000 alumni, our award-winning faculty, and our world-class academic and research programs.
Western University is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Chonnonton Nations, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum. As a public institution, we are deeply committed to contributing toward correcting the knowledge that universities have proliferated about Indigenous peoples in the past and we will work to renew respectful relationships with Indigenous communities through our teaching, research and community service.
Western University is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. It means that we as a community respect and take care of one another, that we treat each other and our respective backgrounds and worldviews with respect and empathy and that we embrace members of our campus community of all races, nationalities, sexes, ages, gender identities and expressions, affectional and sexual orientations, socioeconomic statuses, spiritual practices, abilities, and other dimensions of personal lifestyle. Western aspires to provide all students, faculty, and staff with the opportunities to achieve their full potential, with the knowledge to identify and combat racism and prejudice, and with the skills to build a more just society, locally and globally.
I invite you to explore our website to familiarize yourself with all Western has to offerand aspire to achieve. You'll find more on my background here.
Florentine Strzelczyk
Provost's Senior Team

Chris Alleyne
Associate Vice-President (Housing & Ancillary Services) & Acting Associate Vice-President (Student Experience)

Christy Bressette
Vice-Provost & Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Initiatives)

Ruban Chelladurai
Associate Vice-President (Planning, Budgeting & IT)
t. (519) 661-3536
e. rchellad@uwo.ca

John Doerksen
Senior Advisor to the Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
t. (519) 661-3554
e. doerksen@uwo.ca

Matt Mills
Executive Director, Office of the Provost
t. (519) 661-2111 ext. 86684
e. mjmills@uwo.ca

Jeffrey Hutter
Acting Vice-Provost (Academic Programs)

Lise Laporte
Senior Director (Western International)
t. 519-661-2111 x85469
e. lise.laporte@uwo.ca

Margaret McGlynn
Vice-Provost (Academic Planning, Policy & Faculty)
t. (519) 661-2111 x82900
e. mmcglyn@uwo.ca

Linda Miller
Vice-Provost (Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies)
t. (519) 661-2111 x82101
e. lmiller@uwo.ca

Catherine Steeves
Vice-Provost & Chief Librarian
t. (519) 661-3165
e. csteeves@uwo.ca

Glen Tigert
University Registrar
t. (519) 661-5989
e. gtigert@uwo.ca
Updates on COVID-19
- Vaccination policy and masking requirements (April 21, 2022)
Contact Us
Florentine Strzelczyk
Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
t. (519) 661-3110
e. provostvpa@uwo.ca
Gayle Stuebing
Executive Specialist to the Provost & VP (Academic)
t. (519) 661-3109
e. gstuebin@uwo.ca
Matt Mills
Executive Director, Office of the Provost & VP (Academic)
t. (519) 661-2111 ext. 86684
c. (519) 617-0750
e. mjmills@uwo.ca
Key Links
- 2022-23 Operating and Capital Budgets (April 2022)
- Strategic Priorities Fund - Rounds 1 & 2 Allocation (March 2022)
- HEQCO Freedom of Expression Annual Report (August 2021)
- Towards Western at 150: Strategic Plan (June 2021)
- 2020-25 Strategic Mandate Agreement (November 2020)
- Provost's Online Education Task Force Report (June 2020)
- Provost's Open Access Task Force Report (February 2020)
- Quality Assurance
- Planning & Budgeting
- Academic Careers