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Senior Executive Officer Selection Committees

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.

Chair

David Farrar
President & Vice-Chancellor
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Ex Officio

Saher Fazilat
Vice-President (Operations & Finance)

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 Mechanical 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

Faculty of Science

Hans Boden
Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Faculty of Social Sciences

Vanessa Watts
Associate 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

Andrea Thyret-Kidd
University Secretary and Chief Governance and Privacy Officer

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.

Chair

David Farrar
President & Vice-Chancellor
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Ex Officio

Susan Tighe
Provost & Vice-President (Academic)

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

Andrea Thyret-Kidd
University Secretary and Chief Governance and Privacy Officer