Search for new provost and vice-president (academic) update

March 7, 2024

The search committee has begun consultation process to invite input on the opportunities, challenges and priorities for this executive position, as well as the ideal qualifications that will inform the job description for this search. You are invited to participate in a town hall hosted by the president to provide your input into this important process.  The dates and times of these sessions are below. To register, please click here.  Alternatively, you may also participate by completing a consultation survey.  More information including how to access the survey is available here.

March 14, 1 pm – St. John’s Campus
March 15, 10 am – all students, all campuses
March 20, 11 am – Marine Institute
March 21, 10 am – Grenfell Campus
March 27, 10 am – Labrador Campus


January 23, 2024

Update on the search for provost and vice-president (academic)

The search committee for the next provost and vice-president (academic), which was announced on Dec. 18, 2023, held their first meeting on Jan. 19, 2024. The university community can expect to receive regular updates following each committee meeting.

The search will be supported by the Senior Leadership Recruitment unit in the Office of Human Resources with Kim Blanchard, manager, providing leadership. This decision reflects a commitment by the university’s leadership to move away from the use of external consultants.

Consultations will be conducted with various stakeholders within the university community in the coming weeks to consider priorities for the next provost and the desired qualifications of candidates. These consultations will help to inform the entire process including preparing the position profile, advertisement, shortlisting of candidates and selection of the recommended candidate. Details on the consultations will be shared shortly.

Applications for the position will be invited from internal and external candidates and the position will be broadly advertised nationally and internationally. The last part of the search will be open and candidates who are included on the final shortlist will be invited to participate in presentations to the university community, meetings with stakeholders and will be expected to be available for in-person visits to the St. John’s campus, the Marine Institute, Grenfell Campus and the Labrador Campus. The open nature of the process will be communicated in all advertising.

The committee aims to complete the search over the next six months.

Feedback to the committee is welcome and may be sent to provostsearch2023@mun.ca

Search committee members include:

  • Dr. Neil Bose, president and vice-chancellor pro tempore (chair)
  • Dr. Kirk Anderson, Faculty of Education
  • Jawad Chowdhury, Memorial University of Newfoundland Students’ Union
  • Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo, vice-provost (Labrador Campus) and dean, School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies
  • Dr. Bev Fitzpatrick, School of Pharmacy
  • Dr. Ashrafee Hossain, Faculty of Business Administration
  • Dr. Amy Hurford, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Lee Ann McKivor, university registrar
  • Dr. Michelle Porter, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Md Shaheen Shah, Graduate Students’ Union
  • Dr. Anne-Marie Sullivan, dean, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
  • Dr. Ian Sutherland, vice-president (Grenfell Campus)

December 18, 2023

Update on the search for provost and vice-president (academic)

Work has begun on the search for a new provost and vice-president (academic) for Memorial University.

A committee has been established to begin the search.

Search committee members include:

  • Dr. Neil Bose, president and vice-chancellor pro tempore (chair)
  • Dr. Kirk Anderson, Faculty of Education
  • Jawad Chowdhury, Memorial University of Newfoundland Students’ Union
  • Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo, vice-provost (Labrador Campus) and dean, School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies 
  • Dr. Bev Fitzpatrick, School of Pharmacy
  • Dr. Ashrafee Hossain, Faculty of Business Administration
  • Dr. Amy Hurford, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Lee Ann McKivor, university registrar
  • Dr. Michelle Porter, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Md Shaheen Shah, Graduate Students’ Union
  • Dr. Anne-Marie Sullivan, dean, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
  • Dr. Ian Sutherland, vice-president (Grenfell Campus)

The committee will meet early in the new year to begin the search.

Representatives on the committee were selected in accordance with the Memorial University of Newfoundland Procedures Governing the Appointment, Review, Promotion and Tenure of Academic Administrators, April 2, 2014.

Updates and all public information regarding the search will be shared on the president’s website. An ad and position profile will be finalized by the committee in the new year. It is anticipated that there will be opportunities for the university community to provide input to the committee at various stages of the search. 


June 7, 2023

A message from the president: Search for provost and vice-president (academic)
 
I am committed to prioritizing searches for positions that are currently filled in an interim or acting capacity and am pleased to announce that Memorial has started the search process for a new provost.
 
The search process is being guided by The Policies and Procedures Governing the Appointment, Review, Promotion and Tenure of Academic Administrators (April 2014), which vests the authority for the search for the provost and vice-president (academic) with the president, and further provides for the composition of the search committee.
 
The search committee is being established and is chaired by the president. The structure of the committee is determined by the procedures noted above.
 
The interim Secretary of Senate has been asked to conduct elections for three faculty members to sit on the committee. As president, I will appoint two faculty members and will consult with deans to appoint decanal representatives. The vice-president (administration and finance) will facilitate the nomination of an administrative staff member representing all campuses. Student representatives have been asked to nominate representatives as well.
 
Due care will be given to ensuring membership on the committee aligns with the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion.
 
Confirmation that the search will be open, in that candidates invited for interviews will also participate in consultations with members of the university community, will be determined during the first search committee meeting.
 
The search will be supported by the Department of Human Resources and a senior representative will work with the search committee and the President’s Office to execute the search.
 
Members of the university community will be invited to provide input to the committee once it has been established. Updates will be provided and posted here on a regular basis for the duration of the search.
 
I look forward to working with the search committee and the university community in this process to appoint Memorial’s next provost and vice-president (academic).