University of Manitoba President David Barnard elected as vice-chair of AUCC

Ottawa  – Members of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada this week elected David Barnard, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manitoba, as vice-chair and chair-elect of the Board of Directors.

Dr. Barnard has led the University of Manitoba since 2008 and also served as president at the University of Regina from 1998-2005. He has served as chair of the Association’s Finance Committee since October 2010, and is a member of the Board’s Standing Advisory Committee on University Research. He also served on the AUCC Board from 2003-05.

Three new directors were also elected to AUCC’s Board:

• Dominic Giroux, president of Laurentian University in Sudbury, ON;
• Ramona Lumpkin, president of Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, NS; and
• Patrick Deane, president of McMaster University in Hamilton, ON;

AUCC’s is led by a 13-member board of directors made up of 12 university presidents and the president of the association. The other current members are:

• Stephen Toope, Chair of the Board of Directors and President, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC;
• Yves Beauchamp, director general of the École de technologie supérieure in Montreal, QC;
• Robert Campbell, president of Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB;
• Paul Davidson, president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada;
• Elizabeth Cannon, president of the University of Calgary in Calgary AB;
• Colin Dodds, president of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, NS;
• George Iwama, president of the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC;
• Luce Samoisette, rector of the Université de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, QC; and
• Alastair Summerlee, president of the University of Guelph in Guelph, ON.

AUCC’s board is assisted in voice, but not vote, by the chairs of five committees:

• Paul Gooch, president of Victoria University in Toronto, ON, who was elected this week as chair of the Standing Advisory Committee on the Act and By-Laws;
• Ray Ivany, president of Acadia University in Wolfville, NS, chair of the Standing Advisory Committee on Educational Issues and Funding;
• Daniel Woolf, principal of Queen’s University in Kingston, ON, chair of the Standing Advisory Committee on International Relations;
• Heather Munroe-Blum, principal of McGill University in Montreal, QC, chair of the Standing Advisory Committee on University Research; and
• Dr. Barnard, who continues to chair the Finance Committee.

For more information on AUCC’s board of directors and biographies of its members, please visit the AUCC website.

AUCC is the national voice of Canada’s universities, representing 95 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities across the country.

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For more information contact:

Helen Murphy
AUCC Communications Manager
hmurphy@aucc.ca
613-563-1236 ext. 238 or cell: 613-608-8749

Nadine Robitaille
AUCC Communications Officer
nrobitaille@aucc.ca
613-563-3961 ext. 306 or cell: 613-884-8401