Claude Lajeunesse will be presented as candidate on May 4

 

The advisory search committee for the next President and Vice-Chancellor is calling members of the university to an open meeting to introduce their selected candidate for the position.

The meeting will take place May 4 at 2 p.m. at a location to be announced.

The candidate is Claude Lajeunesse, President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson University, whose second term there ends July 31.

Dr. Lajeunesse was the CEO of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), from 1988 to 1995. Before that, from 1984 to 1987, he was Director, Targeted Research, for NSERC, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

He has a PhD in nuclear engineering, and is actively involved in community and business affairs.

The entire Concordia community is invited to attend the open meeting, but speaking privileges will be limited to members of the Board of Governors and Senate.

The search committee invites comments on this nomination.

They should be sent to the Secretary of the Search Committee, Danielle Tessier, by May 11.