UBC - Key Persons

President and Vice-Chancellor Benoit-Antoine Bacon welcomes you to this inspirational place of learning and research. Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon has been appointed as UBC's 17th President and Vice-Chancellor, effective November 1, 2023.

DR. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN

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Director
Member of the Academic Planning Committee
Member of the Faculty Merit and Study Leave Committee
Behavioural Ethics Research Board ( ORS )
Director of the Centre for Mindful Engagement
Member of Committee

DR. DAVID TRUMPOWER

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Director of Undergraduate Programs

DR. JAN HARE

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Dean
Member of the Leadership Team
Dean Pro Tem
Dean Pro Tem, Faculty of Education

DR. JOHN-TYLER BINFET

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Chairman of the Graduate Program Committee
Chairman of Committee
Director of Graduate Programs and Building Academic Retention through K9 's ( BARK )

Dr. Karis Shearer

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Associate Vice - Principal, Research and Innovation, Pro Tem

Dr. Kedrick James

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Interim Director, Okanagan School of Education

dr. Keith Culver

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Director
Research Partnerships
Senior Associate Dean Professor Director

DR. MARGARET MACINTYRE

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Chairman of the Faculty Merit and Study Leave Committee
Director
Member of the Academic Planning Committee
Member of the Leadership Team
Member of the ORS Standing Review Committee
Chairman of Committee

Dr. Mary De Vera

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Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Peter Arthur

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Chairman of the Senate Curriculum Committee
Co - Chair
Member of the Academic Planning Committee
Member of the BCCampus Advisory Committee
Member of the Faculty Merit and Study Leave Committee
Member of the Senate Agenda Committee
Member of the Senate Nominating Committee
Member of the Senate Policy Sub - Committee
Member of the Student Academic Success Committee
Vice - Chair of the Senate Nominating Committee
Chairman of Committee
Professor of Teaching
Student Evaluation of Teaching Working Group

Dr. Philip Barker

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Associate Vice - President and Vice - Principal Research & Innovation
Vice - Principal & Associate Vice - President, Research and Innovation

Dr. Rehan Sadiq

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Provost and Vice - President, Academic, UBC Okanagan

Dr. Sabre Cherkowski

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Member of the Graduate Program Committee
Member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Committee
Member of Committee
Principal 's Research Chair
Professor

In her role as Chair, Dr. Cherkowski will focus on research that examines wellbeing from an organisational perspective, paying attention to leadership and professional learning from the perspective of work cultures, organisational systems, as well as team and individual processes for promoting and sustaining flourishing in schools.

DR. SCOTT DOUGLAS

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Director
Member of the Senate Curriculum Committee
Member of the Undergraduate Program Committee
Chairman of Committee
Director of Professional Development and English As an Additional Language Programs
Faculty Curriculum Chair
Reviewer

Dr. Wendy Klassen

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Chairman of the Undergraduate Program Committee
Member of the Behavioural Research Ethics Board
Member of the SD23 Joint New Teacher Network Steering Committee
Chairman of Committee
Co - Chair / College of Graduate Studies Scholarship and Awards Committee
Director of Undergraduate Programs

Dr. Wendy Klassen, Director of Undergraduate Programs, has received an Association of British Columbia Deans of Education (ABCDE) Teacher Educator Award. The award is presented to someone at the school or university level who has distinguished themselves in partnering with a teacher education program in B.C.

Erik Rolfsen

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Senior Media Relations Specialist

Giselle Sanderson

gi..@ubc.ca

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Member of the Undergraduate Program Committee
Recorder
Member of Committee
Programs Assistant
Undergraduate Academic Programs Assistant

Hanna Paul

ha..@ubc.ca

Jacquetta Benard

ja..@ubc.ca

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Administrative Assistant

James McCartney

ja..@ubc.ca

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Industry Project Officer

Jenna Fletcher

je..@ubc.ca

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Grants Clerk

Jennifer Jakobi

je..@ubc.ca

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Professor

Research Interests: The long term objective of Jakobi's research program is to develop prehabilitation programs that focus on maintaining functional independence in older adults.