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Giardini becomes SFU Chancellor
Business leader, lawyer, author, arts patron, SFU alumna assumes role as SFU prepares to enter its 50th year.
Simon Fraser University's Board of Governors has announced that forestry executive, lawyer and writer Anne Giardini, Q.C., will become the university's 11th chancellor in June, 2014.
Ms. Giardini will be installed as chancellor on June 13, when the term of the current chancellor, Dr. Carole Taylor, concludes. Dr. Taylor has served as SFU chancellor since June, 2011.
"I am very honoured to have been selected for this prestigious position, and am tremendously energized by SFU's vision to be Canada's most community engaged research university,"; says Ms. Giardini. "A chancellor plays a unique role, and I plan to be a tireless advocate for SFU's students and alumni, and the vital contributions they make to B.C.'s economic prosperity and social well-being.";
"We are exceptionally fortunate to have a leader of Anne's stature and reach across industry, community service and the arts join SFU in this capacity,"; says chair of SFU's board of governors, Lynda Brown-Ganzert, who led the university's chancellor search committee. "Anne's deep knowledge of SFU, coupled with her keen understanding of how a university education prepares graduates for success in today's dynamic economy, will be significant assets to SFU as it approaches its 50th anniversary in 2015, and beyond.";
Simon Fraser University is consistently ranked among Canada's top comprehensive universities and is one of the top 50 universities in the world under 50 years old. With campuses in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., SFU engages actively with the community in its research and teaching, delivers almost 150 programs to more than 30,000 students, and has more than 125,000 alumni in 130 countries.
Simon Fraser University's Board of Governors has announced that forestry executive, lawyer and writer Anne Giardini, Q.C., will become the university's 11th chancellor in June, 2014.
Ms. Giardini will be installed as chancellor on June 13, when the term of the current chancellor, Dr. Carole Taylor, concludes. Dr. Taylor has served as SFU chancellor since June, 2011.
"I am very honoured to have been selected for this prestigious position, and am tremendously energized by SFU's vision to be Canada's most community engaged research university,"; says Ms. Giardini. "A chancellor plays a unique role, and I plan to be a tireless advocate for SFU's students and alumni, and the vital contributions they make to B.C.'s economic prosperity and social well-being.";
"We are exceptionally fortunate to have a leader of Anne's stature and reach across industry, community service and the arts join SFU in this capacity,"; says chair of SFU's board of governors, Lynda Brown-Ganzert, who led the university's chancellor search committee. "Anne's deep knowledge of SFU, coupled with her keen understanding of how a university education prepares graduates for success in today's dynamic economy, will be significant assets to SFU as it approaches its 50th anniversary in 2015, and beyond.";
Simon Fraser University is consistently ranked among Canada's top comprehensive universities and is one of the top 50 universities in the world under 50 years old. With campuses in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., SFU engages actively with the community in its research and teaching, delivers almost 150 programs to more than 30,000 students, and has more than 125,000 alumni in 130 countries.
Submitted on June 15, 2014 in By David.
