Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
The following individuals are members of the Selection Committee for the position of Provost and Vice President (Academic). The appointments were approved by the Senate on June 5, 2024, and by the Board of Governors on June 6, 2024.
Board of Governors Representative
Brad Merkel
Faculty of Business
Elkafi Hassini
Professor, Operations Management
Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Business
Faculty of Engineering
Cheryl Quenneville
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Chair, Undergraduate, Department of Mechancal Engineering
Faculty of Health Sciences
Sonia Anand
Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease
Associate-Vice President, Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Bonny Ibhawoh
Professor, History
Senator William McMaster Chair in Global Human Rights
Vice-Provost, International Affairs
Faculty of Science
Hans Boden
Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Social Sciences
Vanessa Watts
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies and Sociology
Paul R. MacPherson Chair in Indigenous Studies
Staff Representative
Arlene Fajutrao Dosen
Executive Director and Assistant Dean, Student Success
Undergraduate Student Representative
Jovan Popovic
President, McMaster Students Union
Undergraduate student, Commerce
Graduate Student Representative
Xiaobing Li
Faculty of Science
Consultants to the Committee (non-voting)
Barrington Walker
Professor, History
Vice-Provost, Equity and Inclusion
Rob Walters
Senior Advisor to the President and Chief of Staff
Vice-President, Research
The following individuals are members of the Selection Committee for the position of Vice-President, Research. The appointments were approved by the Senate on June 5, 2024, and by the Board of Governors on June 6, 2024.
Board of Governors Representative
Wayne Purboo
Faculty of Business
Catherine Connelly
Professor, Human Resources and Management
Canada Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour
Faculty of Engineering
Todd Hoare
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Engineered Smart Materials
Faculty of Health Sciences
Jeffrey Weitz
Professor, Department of Medicine, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Deputy Chair, Research, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute
Faculty of Humanities
Faiza Hirji
Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Media Arts
Faculty of Science
Alison Sills
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Faculty of Social Sciences
Michelle Dion
Professor, Political Science
Senator William McMaster Chair in Gender & Methodology
Academic Director, Spark Centre for Innovation in Social Research
Indigenous Colleague
Savage Bear
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies
Director, McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI)
Staff Representative
Gay Yuyitung
Executive Director, McMaster Industry Liaison Office (MILO)
Undergraduate Student Representative
Jonathan Goberdhan
Faculty of Science
Graduate Student Representative
Joseph Antwi-Boasiako
Faculty of Social Sciences
Consultants to the Committee (non-voting)
Barrington Walker
Professor, History
Vice-Provost, Equity and Inclusion
Rob Walters
Senior Advisor to the President and Chief of Staff