NEW PROVOST, VICE-PRESIDENT (ACADEMIC) ‘SEASONED LEADER’
Friday, September 3, 2010
A Canadian expert in sport performance and authority on Ontario graduate programs is the new Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at The University of Western Ontario.Janice Deakin, formerly Associate Vice-Principal (Academic) and Dean of Graduate Studies at Queen’s University, assumed Western’s top academic position for a five-year term beginning August 1.
Western President Amit Chakma describes Deakin as “a high-energy, seasoned, academic leader.”
“Her track record shows her to be a strategic thinker and an extremely capable leader who can build eff ective teams and networks.” Deakin says Western held a strong draw for her. She was impressed with the commitment to student accomplishment inside and outside the classroom.
“I look forward to a process of listening to and learning about the people, the programs, the opportunities and the challenges that face Western as a community of students, faculty,
staff and alumni,” says Deakin.
Deakin holds three undergraduate degrees from Queen’s - education, psychology and physical education. She earned a Master of
Science degree at McMaster University and a
doctorate in kinesiology at the University of
Waterloo.
Science degree at McMaster University and a
doctorate in kinesiology at the University of
Waterloo.
Deakin will succeed Fred Longstaff e who
has served as Provost and Vice-President
(Academic) since 2005.
Th e Provost portf olio includes
academic units, Faculty
Relations, the Offi ce of the
Registrar, student recruitment,
Institutional Planning &
Budgeting, the university
library system, and Information
Technology Services.
As for what lies ahead,
Deakin says her fi rst step will
be to watch and listen.
“It will in fact be the people of Western who
collectively set the course for the successes of
the future. I look forward with great enthusiasm
to becoming part of the Western community.”
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