Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Students
Under policy, GP29, Dilson Rassier, provost and vice-president academic, is forming a search committee to appoint a new vice-provost and associate vice-president, students.
The postition description and candidate profile is available here.
The Opportunity Profile can be found here.
To Apply
Please email a cover letter & resume (PDF or Word Document only) to Vancouver@leadersinternational.com and indicate the role title in the subject line.
Search Committee
| MEMBERS | CONDITIONS | NAME |
| Provost or Designate | Chair | Kris Magnusson, Senior Advisor to the Provost and VPA |
| Deans (2) | Selected by Deans | Dan Laitsch, EDUC |
| Naomi Krogman, FENV | ||
| Faculty Members (2) | Elected jointly by faculty members | Vance Williams, Professor, Chemistry |
| Melek Ortabasi, Associate Professor, World Languages and Literatures |
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| President of Faculty Association or designate | Kumari Beck, President, SFUFA | |
| One SFSS or GSS representative | Selected by SFSS and GSS | Emmanuel Adegboyega, President, SFSS |
| Support Staff (1) | Elected by support staff within AVPS | Carolyn Hanna, Senior Director, International Services for Students |
| Additional Members (up to 3) | Christopher Lacroix, Director, Academic Relations, GSS | |
| Jessica La Rochelle, Director, Indigenous Student Services |
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| Sean McKenna, Director, Business Analysis & Assessment |
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| Search Support | Tara Smith, Manager, Office of the Provost and VPA |
Search Committee Timeline
| Meeting | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting 1 (search planning) | September 5, 2024 | 2:30-4:30 PM (in person) |
| Open Forum | September 11, 2024 | 2:30-3:30 PM (zoom) |
| Meeting 2 (candidate profile) | September 17, 2024 | 12:30-2:30 PM (zoom) |
| Meeting 3 (progress report) | October 31, 2024 | 10:30-12:00 PM (zoom) |
| Meeting 4 (interview planning) | November 8, 2024 | 8:00-10:00 AM (zoom) |
| First Round Interviews | November 26, 2024 | 12:30-4:30 PM (zoom) |
| November 29, 2024 | 8:00-10:00 AM (zoom) | |
| Meeting 5 (final interview planning) | December 10, 2024 | 1:00-3:00 PM (zoom) |
| Final Interviews, Candidate Open Forums | January 6, 2025 | 2:00-4:00 PM (in person) |
| January 7, 2025 | 2:00-4:00 PM (in person) | |
| January 8, 2025 | 2:00-4:00 PM (in person) | |
| Meeting 6 | January 20, 2025 | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM (in person) |
Community Consultation
Members of the community are invited to participate in this important process and share with the Search Committee the qualities, attributes and types of experience they feel the successful Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Students candidate should possess. This feedback helps shape the candidate profile, a document that will be used in the recruitment and evaluation of candidates.
How to participate
Written submission
Submit your feedback by emailing vpasrch@sfu.ca before 12:00pm on Monday, September 16, 2024.
Open Forum
The recording for the community open forum held via Zoom on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 from 2:30-3:30pm can be found here.
Community survey
Community members will have the opportunity to share their feedback via survey until Monday, September 16, 2024 at 12:00pm. The survey link can be found here.
Contact
For more information on this opportunity, please contact the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic at vpasrch@sfu.ca.