Dr. Janice Deakin, Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Dr. Janice Deakin is Western's Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
and was appointed to the position for a five-year term beginning August
1, 2010. Dr. Deakin also presently serves Western as Acting Vice-President (Research).Explore Dr. Deakin's website: http://president.uwo.ca/vpacademic/
Prior to her current position, Janice served as Associate Vice-Principal (Academic) and Dean of Graduate Studies at Queen's University, where she has held various academic and administrative appointments since 1986.
Janice holds three undergraduate degrees from Queen’s in psychology, physical education and education. She earned her Master of Science degree at McMaster University and her doctorate in kinesiology at the University of Waterloo.
As one of Canada’s foremost researchers in evaluating the determinants of expert performance in such sports as figure skating, the martial arts, basketball and volleyball, Janice has published extensively within her field and has provided technical reports to such agencies as the Department of National Defence, NATO and Sport Canada.
She has served as president of the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology, president of the Canadian Council of University Physical Education and Kinesiology Administrators, Vice-Chair of the Ontario Council of Graduate Schools and was a member of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities joint task force on graduate expansion through the Reaching Higher initiative.
In addition, she has long been recognized as one of the country’s premier basketball referees and was the first woman to referee both World Championship and Olympic medal games.
Western's Provost & Vice-President (Academic) portfolio includes: academic units, Faculty Relations, the Office of the Registrar, student recruitment, Institutional Planning & Budgeting, the University library system, and Information Technology Services.
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