It is with great pleasure that I inform colleagues from across the University that the Board of Governors has approved the re-appointment of Lisa Philipps as Provost & Vice-President Academic for an additional five-year term, commencing July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2027.

Professor Philipps has provided outstanding leadership as Provost & Vice-President Academic for the past four and a half years. She has led institutional initiatives including development of the University’s third Strategic Mandate Agreement with the province; collaborating with the Academic Policy, Planning, and Research Committee of Senate to craft the University Academic Plan 2020–2025: Building a Better Future; preparing to launch distinctive new academic programs at the Markham Campus; advancing pedagogical innovation across the University; implementing the University’s first Faculty Complement Renewal Strategy; and positioning 91ŃÇÉ« as a leader in advancing the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Since March 2020, Professor Philipps and her team have played a central role in coordinating the University’s pandemic planning and response efforts. She has remained a strong champion of 91ŃÇɫ’s commitments to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and an advocate for our values and vision in the broader University sector.

Professor Philipps joined 91ŃÇÉ« in 1996 and is a Professor of Law in Osgoode Hall Law School. She holds an LLB from the University of Toronto and an LLM from 91ŃÇÉ«, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1988. Her research encompasses taxation law and policy, fiscal policy, higher education policy, and feminist legal theory.

Prior to her appointment as Provost, Professor Philipps held a number of key positions here at 91ŃÇÉ«, including Assistant Dean (First Year) and Associate Dean (Research, Graduate Studies & Institutional Relations) at Osgoode Hall Law School. At the institutional level, in 2014, as part of the Academic and Administrative Program Review process, she chaired the Academic Task Force, which offered important recommendations on the quality and sustainability of academic and research programs, thereby providing guidance to academic planners across the University. She has also served as Chair of the (then) Senate Academic Policy and Planning Committee (2005–2006), and from 2011 to 2014 was Associate Vice-President Research, with responsibility for supporting research intensification across the University and for liaising with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and community research partners.

Beyond 91ŃÇÉ«, Professor Philipps has provided expert legal advice to a range of bodies, including the Ontario Ministry of Finance as Special Counsel in 2015. In 2015–16, she served as Interim Dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University, a new law school with a mandate to strengthen the Indigenous bar and prepare lawyers to practice in northern and rural communities.

Please join me in congratulating Professor Philipps on her re-appointment.

Professor Lisa Philipps

Sincerely, 

Rhonda L. Lenton, PhD 
President and Vice-Chancellor 

Chers collègues,

J’ai l’immense plaisir d’informer mes confrères et mes consĹ“urs de l’UniversitĂ© que le Conseil d’administration a approuvĂ© le renouvellement du mandat de Lisa Philipps en tant que doyenne et vice-prĂ©sidente aux affaires acadĂ©miques pour un autre mandat de cinq ans commençant le 1^er juillet 2022 et prenant fin le 30 juin 2027.

Lisa Philipps a fait preuve d’un leadership exceptionnel en tant que rectrice et vice-prĂ©sidente aux affaires acadĂ©miques au cours des quatre dernières annĂ©es et demie. Elle a dirigĂ© des initiatives institutionnelles, notamment l’élaboration de la troisième Entente de mandat stratĂ©gique de l’UniversitĂ© avec la province; elle a collaborĂ© avec le ComitĂ© du SĂ©nat sur la politique de la planification et de la recherche universitaires pour Ă©laborer le Plan acadĂ©mique de l’Université 2020-2025 : Bâtir un avenir meilleur; elle a prĂ©parĂ© le lancement de nouveaux programmes universitaires propres au campus Markham; elle a promu l’innovation pĂ©dagogique Ă  l’échelle de l’UniversitĂ©; elle a mis en Ĺ“uvre la première stratĂ©gie de renouvellement des effectifs du corps professoral de 91ŃÇÉ«; et elle a positionnĂ© l’UniversitĂ© en tant que chef de file de la promotion des 17 objectifs de dĂ©veloppement durable des Nations Unies. Depuis mars 2020, Lisa Philipps et son Ă©quipe jouent un rĂ´le central dans la coordination des efforts de planification et de rĂ©ponse Ă  la pandĂ©mie de l’UniversitĂ©. Par ailleurs, la professeure Philipps dĂ©fend ardemment les engagements de 91ŃÇÉ« en matière d’équitĂ©, de diversitĂ© et d’inclusion, ainsi que ses valeurs et sa vision dans le secteur universitaire au sens large.

Lisa Philipps s’est jointe Ă  91ŃÇÉ« en 1996 et est professeure de droit Ă  la Osgoode Hall Law School. Titulaire d’un LL. B. de l’UniversitĂ© de Toronto et d’une LL. M. de 91ŃÇÉ«, elle a Ă©tĂ© admise au Barreau de l’Ontario en 1988. Ses recherches portent sur le droit et la politique de l’imposition, la politique fiscale, la politique de l’enseignement supĂ©rieur et la thĂ©orie juridique fĂ©ministe.

Avant sa nomination au poste de doyenne, la professeure Philipps a occupĂ© plusieurs postes clĂ©s Ă  91ŃÇÉ«, notamment celui de vice-doyenne (Premières annĂ©es) et de doyenne associĂ©e (Recherche, Études supĂ©rieures et Relations institutionnelles) Ă  la Osgoode Hall Law School. Au niveau institutionnel, dans le cadre du processus de rĂ©vision des programmes acadĂ©miques et administratifs, elle a prĂ©sidĂ© en 2014 le groupe de travail Academic Task Force qui a formulĂ© d’importantes recommandations au sujet de la qualitĂ© et de la durabilitĂ© des programmes acadĂ©miques et de recherche, fournissant ainsi des orientations aux planificateurs acadĂ©miques de toute l’UniversitĂ©. Elle a Ă©galement Ă©tĂ© prĂ©sidente du comitĂ© de planification et de politique acadĂ©mique du SĂ©nat (2005-2006) et, de 2011 Ă  2014, vice-prĂ©sidente associĂ©e Ă  la recherche, chargĂ©e d’appuyer l’intensification de la recherche dans toute l’UniversitĂ© et d’assurer la liaison avec le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines et des partenaires de recherche communautaires.

Au-delĂ  de l’UniversitĂ© 91ŃÇÉ«, la professeure Philipps a fourni des conseils juridiques spĂ©cialisĂ©s Ă  une sĂ©rie d’organismes, notamment au ministère des Finances de l’Ontario en tant que conseillère spĂ©ciale en 2015. En 2015-2016, elle a Ă©tĂ© doyenne par intĂ©rim de la FacultĂ© de droit Bora Laskin de l’UniversitĂ© Lakehead, une nouvelle Ă©cole de droit dont le mandat est de renforcer le barreau autochtone et de prĂ©parer les avocats Ă  exercer dans les communautĂ©s nordiques et rurales.

Veuillez vous joindre à moi pour féliciter la professeure Philipps pour son renouvellement.

Veuillez agréer mes sincères salutations.

Rhonda L. Lenton, Ph. D.
présidente et vice-chancelière

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I am delighted to inform colleagues in our Division of Advancement and across the University that, following an extensive national and international search process, 91ŃÇÉ« has selected a new Vice-President of Advancement. The Board of Governors has accepted the recommendation of the search committee that Susana Gajic-Bruyea be appointed for an initial five-year term commencing January 1, 2022.

Susana Gajic-Bruyea has twenty-five years’ experience in higher education advancement, most recently as the Associate Vice-President, Alumni Relations and Development at Western University in London, Ontario. Prior to her time at Western, Susana served at two universities in California — first as Executive Director, Advancement, University of California (Merced), and then as Vice-President for University Advancement at California State University (Stanislaus). She also spent ten years working in advancement at the University of Toronto, where she played a key role in the success of their first $1 billion fundraising campaign.

Susana is a graduate of the University of Toronto and has an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University. She is a member of and has volunteered with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE), and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). She is also a proud mentor with the Women in Leadership Foundation.

Please join me in welcoming Susana into the 91ŃÇÉ« community.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank E. Louise Spencer for the vision and leadership she has brought to the role of Acting Vice-President, Advancement since her appointment in April 2021.

Sincerely, 

Rhonda L. Lenton, PhD 
President and Vice-Chancellor 

Susana Gajic-Bruyea

Chers collègues,

J’ai le plaisir d’informer mes collègues de la Division de l’avancement et mes confrères et consĹ“urs qu’à la suite d’un vaste processus de recherche national et international, l’UniversitĂ© 91ŃÇÉ« a sĂ©lectionnĂ© sa nouvelle vice-prĂ©sidente de l’avancement. Le ComitĂ© exĂ©cutif du Conseil d’administration a acceptĂ© la recommandation du comitĂ© de sĂ©lection de nommer Susana Gajic-Bruyea pour un mandat initial de cinq ans Ă  compter du 1^er janvier 2022.

Susana Gajic-Bruyea possède 25 ans d’expĂ©rience dans le domaine de l’avancement au niveau de l’enseignement supĂ©rieur. Elle Ă©tait tout rĂ©cemment vice-prĂ©sidente associĂ©e, Relations avec les diplĂ´mĂ©s et dĂ©veloppement, Ă  l’UniversitĂ© Western Ă  London, en Ontario. Avant de se joindre Ă  Western, Susana a travaillĂ© dans deux universitĂ©s californiennes, d’abord comme directrice principale de l’avancement de l’UniversitĂ© de Californie (Merced), puis comme vice-prĂ©sidente de l’avancement de l’UniversitĂ© de Californie (Stanislaus). Elle a Ă©galement travaillĂ© pendant 10 ans dans le domaine de l’avancement Ă  l’UniversitĂ© de Toronto, oĂą elle a jouĂ© un rĂ´le clĂ© dans le succès de leur première campagne de collecte de fonds d’un milliard de dollars.

Susana est diplômée de l’Université de Toronto et possède une MBA de la Ivey Business School de l’Université Western. Elle est membre — et a fait du bénévolat auprès — du Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), du Conseil canadien pour l’avancement de l’éducation (CCAE) et de l’Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Elle est également fière de faire du mentorat au sein de la fondation Women in Leadership.

Veuillez vous joindre Ă  nous pour souhaiter la bienvenue Ă  Susana dans la communautĂ© de 91ŃÇÉ«.

J’aimerais également profiter de cette occasion pour remercier E. Louise Spencer pour la vision et le leadership qu’elle a apportés au rôle de vice-présidente intérimaire, Avancement, depuis sa nomination en avril 2021.

Sincères salutations,

Rhonda L. Lenton, Ph. D.
présidente et vice-chancelière

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We are delighted to announce that the search for the Deputy Provost to lead our Markham Campus realization has reached a successful conclusion. 

This is an important and exciting time in 91ŃÇɫ’s evolution as we bring to fruition plans for innovative teaching and research programs, physical space, and partnerships for our new Markham Campus in 91ŃÇÉ« Region, which will welcome its first cohort of students in September 2023. The new campus is situated in the fastest growing region in Ontario, and will offer students innovative, relevant, job-ready academic programming and research opportunities focused on digital media arts, engineering and technology, entrepreneurship, management, new media and communications.

Following an extensive search which attracted outstanding candidates, the search committee recommended the appointment of Dr. Gordon Binsted to the position of Deputy Provost Markham. We are very pleased that Dr. Binsted has accepted our invitation to take up a five-year term, commencing January 1, 2022.

Dr. Binsted joins us from University of British Columbia, where he has most recently served as Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Development at the Okanagan Campus. During his time as Dean, which began in 2011, he has additionally served as Associate Provost, Strategic Health Initiatives; interim Dean, Faculty of Education; interim Vice-Principal Research for UBC Okanagan Campus, and interim Vice-Principal Academic and Provost for UBC Okanagan Campus. His extensive academic leadership experience at UBC has included a role as Founding Director of that university’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences, the development of new degree programs and the re-design of curricula, all while working to focus faculty time and resources on research intensification. Dr. Binsted’s efforts at UBC have included developing a campus-wide co-op program and a campus-industry incubator, as well as advancing supportive admissions for Indigenous learners. Prior to these leadership roles, Dr. Binsted taught at the Universities of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, and held roles as Research Fellow at University of Aberdeen and the Beckman Institute in Illinois. 

Having made faculty and student renewal a top priority during his time as Founding Director and then Dean, Dr. Binsted shepherded a ten-fold increase in faculty and student cohorts. He has built substantial international profile and recognition for his Faculty and Department in part by establishing formal mechanisms for mentorship and support of faculty as they move through their careers, including teaching, research and grant mentorship. In doing so, divisional research grant success increased by a factor of five, and research output by a factor of 10 in a decade. With extensive experience in collegial governance across the university system, Dr. Binsted is strongly committed to offering opportunities to students to expand their world view and see themselves as responsible to become leaders in their communities. 

An advocate for diversity and inclusion in the widest sense, he supports 91ŃÇÉ« taking on a national leadership role on reconciliation and the decolonization of the institution and sees the new Markham Campus as an opportunity to further strengthen the University’s contributions to the social and economic well-being of communities in surrounding 91ŃÇÉ« Region and beyond. 

Dr. Binsted holds degrees from University of British Columbia, McMaster University and University of Alberta, where he completed his PhD in Experimental Psychology. His research explores ways in which the human brain controls movement by detecting and using sensory information. He has published dozens of articles in the top journals in his field and has contributed book chapters and conference proceedings to significant publications and societies. He has received numerous research grants, including several from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. He has given more than 200 presentations at conferences and as a keynote speaker. 

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Binsted into the 91ŃÇÉ« Community. 

Sincerely, 

Rhonda L. Lenton, PhD 
President and Vice-Chancellor 

Lisa Philipps 
Provost and Vice-President Academic

Nous sommes ravies d’annoncer l’aboutissement fructueux de la recherche d’un vice-recteur pour diriger notre campus Markham Centre.

Nous vivons une pĂ©riode importante et passionnante dans l’histoire de 91ŃÇÉ«; nos plans se concrĂ©tisent en vue de programmes d’enseignement et de recherche innovants, d’un espace physique et de partenariats pour notre nouveau campus Markham dans la rĂ©gion de 91ŃÇÉ«, qui accueillera sa première cohorte d’étudiants en septembre 2023. Le campus est situĂ© dans une rĂ©gion de l’Ontario qui connaĂ®t une expansion fulgurante. Il offrira Ă  la population Ă©tudiante des programmes universitaires innovants et pertinents qui prĂ©parent Ă  l’emploi ainsi que des possibilitĂ©s de recherche axĂ©es sur les arts mĂ©diatiques numĂ©riques, l’ingĂ©nierie et la technologie, l’entrepreneuriat, la gestion, les nouveaux mĂ©dias et les communications.

Ă€ l’issue d’une recherche approfondie qui a attirĂ© des candidatures exceptionnelles, le comitĂ© de recherche a recommandĂ© la nomination du D^r Gordon Binsted au poste de recteur adjoint du campus Markham. Nous nous rĂ©jouissons que le D^r Binsted ait acceptĂ© un mandat de cinqans, Ă  compter du 1^er janvier 2022.

Le D^r Binsted nous arrive de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique (UBC) où il occupait tout récemment le poste de doyen de la Faculté de santé et de développement social du campus Okanagan. Au cours de son mandat de doyen qui a débuté en 2011, il a également occupé les fonctions de vice-recteur des Initiatives stratégiques en matière de santé, de doyen intérimaire de la Faculté d’éducation, de vice-principal intérimaire de la recherche pour le campus Okanagan de l’UBC et de vice-principal intérimaire aux affaires académiques et recteur du campus Okanagan de l’UBC. Dans le cadre de sa vaste expérience en leadership pédagogique à l’UBC, il a fait partie des fondateurs de l’École des sciences de la santé et de l’exercice. Par ailleurs, il a élaboré de nouveaux programmes menant à un diplôme et a joué un rôle important dans la refonte des programmes d’études, tout en axant le temps et les ressources du corps professoral sur l’intensification de la recherche. Les efforts du D^r Binsted à l’UBC incluent le développement d’un programme coopératif à l’échelle du campus et d’un incubateur campus-industrie, ainsi que la promotion d’admissions favorisant les apprenants autochtones. Avant d’occuper ces postes au sein de la direction, le D^r Binsted a enseigné à l’UBC, dans des universités de la Saskatchewan et à l’Université de l’Illinois à Urbana-Champagne. Il a occupé des postes de chercheur à l’Université d’Aberdeen et à l’Institut Beckman, en Illinois.

Ayant fait du renouvellement du corps professoral et de la communauté étudiante une priorité absolue d’abord en tant que fondateur puis en tant que doyen, le D^r Binsted a mené à bien la multiplication par dix des effectifs. Il a établi un profil international et une reconnaissance considérables pour sa Faculté et son Département, notamment grâce à la mise en place de mécanismes formels de mentorat et de soutien des professeurs tout au long de leur carrière, tout particulièrement en matière d’enseignement, de recherche et de subventions. Ce faisant, le succès des subventions de recherche de la division a quintuplé, et les résultats de la recherche étaient dix fois plus élevés au bout d’une décennie. Fort d’une vaste expérience en gouvernance collégiale dans le système universitaire, le D^r Binsted est déterminé à offrir aux membres de la communauté étudiante des occasions d’élargir leur vision du monde et d’assumer leur responsabilité afin de devenir des leaders dans leurs communautés.

DĂ©fenseur de la diversitĂ© et de l’inclusion au sens le plus large, il appuie l’engagement de 91ŃÇÉ« de jouer un rĂ´le de chef de file national en matière de rĂ©conciliation et de dĂ©colonisation. Il considère le nouveau campus Markham Centre comme une occasion de renforcer davantage les contributions de l’UniversitĂ© au bien-ĂŞtre social et Ă©conomique des communautĂ©s de la rĂ©gion de 91ŃÇÉ« et au-delĂ .

Le D^r Binsted est diplĂ´mĂ© de l’UniversitĂ© de la Colombie-Britannique, de l’UniversitĂ© McMaster et de l’UniversitĂ© de l’Alberta oĂą il a obtenu son doctorat en psychologie expĂ©rimentale. Ses recherches explorent les moyens par lesquels le cerveau humain contrĂ´le le mouvement en dĂ©tectant et en utilisant des informations sensorielles. Il a publiĂ© des dizaines d’articles dans les meilleures publications de sa discipline et a rĂ©digĂ© des chapitres de livres et des travaux de congrès pour des publications et des sociĂ©tĂ©s renommĂ©es. Il a reçu de nombreuses subventions de recherche, dont plusieurs du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en gĂ©nie du Canada et de la Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation. Il a donnĂ© plus de 200 prĂ©sentations lors de congrès, notamment en tant qu’orateur principal.

Veuillez vous joindre Ă  nous pour souhaiter la bienvenue au D^r Binsted dans la communautĂ© de 91ŃÇÉ«.

Sincères salutations,

Rhonda L. Lenton, Ph. D.
présidente et vice-chancelière

Lisa Philipps
rectrice et vice-présidente aux affaires académiques

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On behalf of the Board of Governors of 91ŃÇÉ«, I am delighted to announce that after an extensive search process that began in December 2015, Dr. Rhonda Lenton has been appointed 91ŃÇɫ’s eighth President and Vice-Chancellor.

President Designate Rhonda Lenton

Most of you know Professor Lenton. She joined 91ŃÇÉ« in 2002 and most recently serves as the University’s Vice-President Academic and Provost, a position she has held since 2012. A respected sociologist, she has taught and published broadly in the areas of gender, health, sexual violence and higher education. Professor Lenton sits on the Boards of the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) and eCampus Ontario.

Professor Lenton is a proven and skilled leader, possessing the qualities, skills and experience required to meet 91ŃÇɫ’s needs now—and into the future. She will continue to foster 91ŃÇɫ’s commitment to innovative learning environments, diverse experiential learning, unique cross-disciplinary programs and community-engaged research opportunities.

Professor Lenton is committed to achieving the highest levels of excellence for 91ŃÇÉ« as a leading comprehensive university and to building on 91ŃÇɫ’s mission to deliver new ways of thinking that drive teaching, learning and research excellence. A champion of higher education and of 91ŃÇÉ«, she will continue to engage all members of our outstanding community of faculty, staff, alumni and partners in supporting our students and providing them with the education they need to succeed in a global economy.

This is an important day for 91ŃÇÉ« and a dynamic time as we continue to build on our reputation as a progressive university. Together, let’s celebrate the successes that have created this remarkable institution as we look forward to an exciting future under Professor Lenton’s leadership.

Professor Lenton commences her duties as President on July 1, 2017. In the coming months, she will begin planning with the Board of Governors and Dr. Shoukri to ensure a smooth transition of duties and responsibilities, including succession for the position of Vice-President Academic and Provost.

Regards,

Rick Waugh
Chair, 91ŃÇÉ« Board of Governors

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