Past Presidents

Suzanne Fortier, 2013-2022

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Suzanne Fortier served as the 17th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of ��ɫ��Ƶ from 2013 to 2022. Prior to her appointment as Principal, Professor Fortier was President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) from 2006 to 2013, and held the position of Vice-Principal (Academic) from 2000 to 2005 and Vice-Principal (Research) from 1995 to 2000 at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she was a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and in the School of Computing (1982-2006).

Heather Munroe-Blum, 2003-2013

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Heather Munroe-Blum became 16th Principal and Vice-Chancellor (President) and Senior Officer of ��ɫ��Ƶ in 2003. An accomplished scholar in the fields of psychiatric epidemiology and public policy, and a distinguished administrator, Prof.

Bernard J. Shapiro, 1994-2002

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Born and raised in Montreal, Shapiro earned his undergraduate degree at ��ɫ��Ƶ, where he was awarded the Alan Oliver Gold Medal. He is past president of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education and of the Social Science Federation of Canada. He has also served on the executive committee of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and as Chair of the governing board of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation in Paris.

David Lloyd Johnston, 1979-1994

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David Lloyd JohnstonBorn in Sudbury, Ontario, Johnston received his BA from Harvard in 1963. He holds law degrees from Cambridge and from Queen's and served on the Law faculties of Queen's and Toronto before being appointed Dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario in 1974.

Robert Edward Bell, 1970-1979

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After research and teaching in nuclear physics, including terms as Rutherford Professor of Physics and Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Robert E. Bell was appointed Principal in 1970.

Harold Rocke Robertson, 1962-1970

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Born in Victoria, B.C., in 1912, Robertson received his BSc (1932) and MD,CM (1936) from ��ɫ��Ƶ.

Frank Cyril James, 1939-1962

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Born in 1903 in London, England, Frank Cyril James attended the London School of Economics and the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his PhD in 1926 and pursued a career as an economist, professor of finance and author.

Lewis Williams Douglas, 1938-1939

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Lewis Williams Douglas, an American, but the grandson of James Douglas, who had served as a governor of ��ɫ��Ƶ, 1911-1919, and who had been a major benefactor of the University, was Principal from 1938 to 1939.

Arthur Eustace Morgan, 1935-1937

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Born in Bristol, England, on 26 July 1886, Morgan was the first Principal of University College, Hull, from 1926 to 1935 before being appointed as ��ɫ��Ƶ's Principal.

Sir Arthur Currie, 1920-1933

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Born in Adelaide, Ontario in 1875, Arthur Currie was educated locally as a school teacher and left at the age of nineteen to seek his fortunes in Victoria, British Columbia.

Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1919-1920

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Born on 27 June 1879, Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes was Professor of Anatomy at ��ɫ��Ƶ from 1913 to 1914, and later served as British Minister of National Service from 1917 to 1919.

Sir William Peterson, 1895-1919

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Sir William, graduate of Edinburgh and Oxford, classical scholar and skilled academic administrator, was the ideal candidate for principal.

Sir John William Dawson, 1855-1893

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A geologist and educator, Sir John William Dawson was born at Pictou, Nova Scotia, 13 October 1820. Superintendent of Education for Nova Scotia from 1850 to 1853, he was Principal of ��ɫ��Ƶ from 1855-1893 and Principal of ��ɫ��Ƶ Normal School from 1857 to 1870.

Charles Dewey Day, 1853-1855

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In 1853 the Board of Governors named Charles Dewey Day as the fourth Principal of ��ɫ��Ƶ. Day accepted the position on a temporary basis and resigned as soon as he could be replaced in 1855. He also served as President of the Royal Institution, 1852-1864, and as Chancellor, 1864-1884.

Edmund Allen Meredith, 1846-1853

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The twenty-nine-year-old lawyer Edmund Allen Meredith, graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, was appointed the third Principal of ��ɫ��Ƶ College in 1846.