Sr. Academic Administrative Appointment Terms

(At February 24, 2021)

Note: Review & Selection Committees are to be established at least 12 months, but no more than 20 months, prior to the end of the appointment term. Terms of more than five years include a leave provision.

Position

Incumbent

Term

Appoint Selection Committee 

President & Vice-Chancellor

Alan Shepard

Term 1: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2024

Apr 2023

Acting Provost & Vice-President (Academic)

Sarah Prichard

Term 1: Jan 1, 2021 – 

Committee Active
Vice-President (Research) Lesley Rigg Term 1: Aug 1, 2020 -- June 30, 2025  Apr 2024

Vice-President (Operations & Finance)

Lynn Logan

Appointed June 22, 2017 (indefinite term)

N/A

Vice-President (University Advancement)

Jeff O'Hagan

Appointed April 1, 2021 (indefinite term)

N/A

(Acting) Vice-Provost (Academic Planning, Policy & Faculty)

Margaret McGlynn

Acting Term: July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021

Committee Active

Vice-Provost (Academic Programs) 

John Doerksen

Term 1: Sept 1, 2008 – Aug 31, 2013 
Term 1 extended to June 30, 2014
Term 2: July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2019
Term 3: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2022

Apr 2021

Vice-Provost (Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies)

Linda Miller 

Term 1: July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2013
Term 2: July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2019
Term 3: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2022

Apr 2021

Vice-Provost & Associate Vice-President (International)

Britta Baron

Term 1: Aug 1, 2020 – June 30, 2025

Apr 2024

Vice-Provost & Chief Librarian

Catherine Steeves

Term 1: Aug 18, 2014 – June 30, 2019
Term 2: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2024

Apr 2023

(Acting) Vice-Provost & Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Initiatives)

Candace Brunette-Debassige

Term 1: May 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
Term 2: Jan 1, 2021 -- Mar 1, 2021

N/A

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

Christy R. Bressette

Term 1: Mar 1, 2021 -- Mar 1, 2026

Apr 2025

Associate Vice-President
(Student Experience)

Jennie Massey

Term 1: Aug 13, 2018 – Aug 13, 2023

Apr 2022

University Registrar

Glen Tigert

Term 1: Mar 1, 2014 – June 30, 2019
Term 2: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2024

Apr 2023

Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Michael Milde

Acting Term: Jan 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Term 1: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2017
Term 2: Sept 1, 2017 – Aug 31, 2023

Apr 2022

Dean, Don Wright Faculty of Music

Betty Anne Younker

Term 1: Aug 1, 2011 – June 30, 2016
Term 2: Sept 1, 2016 – Aug 21, 2022
(stepping down effective July 31, 2021)

Committee Active

Dean, Faculty of Education

Donna Kotsopoulos

Term 1: January 1, 2021-- Dec 31, 2025

Apr 2025

Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Ken Coley

Term 1: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2024

Apr 2023

Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

Jayne Garland

Term 1: Jan 1, 2016 – June 30, 2021
Term 2: July 1, 2021 -- June 30, 2026

Apr 2025

Dean, Faculty of Information & Media Studies

Lisa Henderson

Term 1: Jan 1, 2019 – June 2024

Apr 2023

Dean, Ivey Business School 

Sharon Hodgson

Term 1: May 6, 2019 – June 30, 2023

Apr 2022

Dean, Faculty of Law

Erika Chamberlain

Term 1: May 1, 2017 – June 30, 2022

Apr 2021

Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

John Yoo

Term 1: May 1, 2020 -- June 30, 2025

Apr 2024

Dean, Faculty of Science

Matt Davison

Term: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2023

Apr 2022

(Acting) Dean, Faculty of Social Science


Dean-Elect

Joan Finegan



Nicholas Harney

Acting Term: Jan 1, 2020 -- June 30, 2020
Extension: July 1, 2020 -- Aug 31, 2020
 Extension: Sept 1, 2020 -- July 31, 2021

August 1, 2021 -- Jun 30, 2026

N/A



Apr 2025

Acting University Secretary

Amy Bryson

July 20, 2020 -- 

Committee Active