MOUNT ALLISON - Key Persons
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- Associate Professor Program Head and Director, Centre for Canadian Studies
Andrea Phinney has been an employee at ������ýapp for 21 years and is currently the payroll & benefits coordinator within the Department of People and Culture. She represents the staff members of ������ýapp, including MASA union members, CUPE 2338 union members, and non-bargaining employees.
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
In accordance with Section 6(8)(b) of the By-Law, the Committee shall consist 12 members, comprised as follows:
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Committee
- Regent
In accordance with Section 6(15)(b) of the By-Law, the Committee shall consist of 15 members, comprised as follows:
Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes (‘72) is a Mount Allison alumnus and a member of the Board of Regents. He was the Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto for 40 years. He is the Executive Director of Rainbow Faith and Freedom, a non-profit organization that helps secure inclusion and affirmation for LGBTI people around the world.
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- Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Board of Regents Chair
- Chairman / Regent )
- Chairman of the Committee
- Regent Chair
- Regents Chair
Cheryl Hodder KC, ICD.D (‘81) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. She has more than 30 years of legal, governance and executive business experience, including serving as the Chief Sustainability and Legal officer at Canada Post Corporation. Cheryl is a seasoned director with experience in the private sector, Crown corporation, and not for profit boards. She is currently the Vice Chair of Mount Allison's Board of Regents.
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
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- Alumni
- Member of the Committee
Christy DeMont (‘80) (she/her) is the Past President of the Mount Allison Federated Alumni and is a member of the Mount Allison Class of 1980. She lives in Toronto and works as a Principal at The Osborne Group, where her practice specializes in Information Technology Leadership and Strategic Consulting.
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- Member of the Investment Committee
The Committee shall consist of 12 members, comprised as follows:
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- Interim Director, Ýapp and Awards
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- Member of the Investment Committee
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- Chairman of the Investment Committee
- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Finance and Administration Committee Chair
Dr. Andrew Nurse (he/him) is an associate professor of Canadian Studies at ������ýapp and acting director of the Canadian studies program. He is a contributing editor to activehistory.ca and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association and Acadiensis. He lives in Sackville with his wife Mary Ellen and teaches courses on Canadian public history, landscape, and public life. His current research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning, in particular issues relating to academic integrity. He is also currently vice-president of the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA).
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- Founding Director of R - PEACE
Dr. Fiona Black is a scholar of Hebrew Bible literature and biblical reception history. Her research interests include gender, sexuality, and the body in Hebrew Bible texts such as Song of Songs and Psalms. She is the author of Artifice of Love: Grotesque Bodies and the Songs of Songs, as well as numerous articles on the Song. She studies affect, emotion and the senses, thinking through how these unaddressed registers impact the complex world of the Bible and its readers. She has recently co-edited, with Jennifer L. Koosed, Reading with Feeling: The Bible and Affect Theory. She is also currently working and publishing on two projects that address the reception of the Bible in diverse contexts. The first traces the use of biblical and theological texts in Canada's Indian Residential School curricular materials. The second explores postcolonial Caribbean identities and their intersections with the Bible, particularly in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. She is Managing Editor, with David Kraemer, of the Journal of the Bible and Its Reception (de Gruyter).
At Mount Allison, Dr. Black teaches courses on the Bible and various interpretive frameworks-particularly those from the margins. She also teaches courses that address several Western traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) as they intersect with gender and sexuality, violence, and colonialism. She is also engaged in curricular design and innovation, most recently designing and researching the impact of nontraditional learning spaces for participative pedagogies. In 2021, Dr. Black was honoured to receive the Atlantic Association of Universities' Anne Marie MacKinnon Award for Educational Leadership.
Dr. Black is a founding director of R-PEACE, Research Partnerships for Community Engaged Learning (). R-PEACE is a non-profit organization that researches and develops pedagogical initiatives for engaged learning through the creation of meaningful connections between ������ýapp and the local communities of Tantramar, Port Elgin, Memramcook, Amherst, and others. R-PEACE seeks to support students' development of themselves as engaged citizens of their communities.
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Executive Committee
- President
- Vice - Chancellor
- University 's 16th President and Vice - Chancellor
Dr. Sutherland most recently served as a Vice-President of Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, with primary responsibility for leading the Grenfell Campus - an institution dedicated to the liberal arts and science tradition, in the tight-knit community of Corner Brook. Prior to that appointment, he served for five years as Dean of Memorial University's School of Music, and six years as Associate Dean (Research) and Director of Doctoral Studies, at the IEDC-Bled School of Management in Slovenia. He has also held research and teaching appointments in the United Kingdom, Poland, and Germany, and provided consulting services in more than forty countries worldwide.
Born and raised in the small outport town of Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Dr. Sutherland understands the importance of community and connection. This has influenced his approach to leadership - a purpose-driven approach that puts people first. Through collaboration and creativity, he seeks to create opportunity, space, and mobilize resources for others to succeed. He strives for a culture that is community.
Identifying as queer, Dr. Sutherland believes that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) must be at the core of university leadership and life. He is deeply committed to enabling 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and community and all equity deserving groups, particularly in the sphere of leadership.
An intense interdisciplinarian, Dr. Sutherland academic background comes from the creative and liberal arts and includes work in leadership and leadership development, cultural sociology, creativity, music and musicology. Originally training as a professional pianist Dr. Sutherland holds B.Mus. (Hons) and M. Mus. Degrees from the School of Music of Memorial University (Canada) and completed his PhD in Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter (UK). He is deeply devoted to intellectual exploration and the application of critical thinking to better our shared world.
Deeply committed to community engagement, Dr. Sutherland has many community engagement projects, and actively works with and serves with a number of community and sectoral organizations. Currently Dr. Sutherland is on the Board of Directors of Quadrangle NL 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Centre and the Board of Business and Arts of Newfoundland and Labrador. He was among the 2019 honourees of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40", an annual program that recognizes Canadian influencers for their exceptional achievements.
Dr. Rachelle Pascoe-Deslauriers (she/her) is an associate professor, cross-appointed to the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies and the Women's and Gender Studies Program. She is a work and employment scholar in areas related to job quality and the intersections of business strategy and employment practice. Her teaching is in the areas of strategy, human resource management, and gender and work.
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- Research Chair - African Nova Scotian and Other Black Maritime Migration to the Boston States
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- Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Chairman of the Human Resources Committee
- Member of the Committee
The Audit Committee is a standing committee of the Board. The Committee shall oversee all financial matters in a manner consistent with its specific terms of reference and shall emphasize honesty and ethical behaviour in all matters pertaining to the University.
The Finance and Administration Committee is a standing committee of the Board.
Gita Anand (she/her) is a labour and employment lawyer. She is a member of the Board of Regents and chairs the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board.
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- Member of the Investment Committee
- Member of the University Advancement Committee
In accordance with Section 6(15) of the By-Law, the Committee shall consist of eleven members, comprised as follows:
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Chairman of the Audit Committee
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Ex - Officio
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
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- Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Chancellor
- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Executive Committee
In accordance with Section 6(13)(c) of the By-Law, the Committee shall consist of six members, comprised as follows:
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- Associate Director, Recruitment and Ýapp
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
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- Interim Vice - President, International and Student Affairs
In accordance with Section 6(10)(b) of the By-Law, the Committee shall consist of 13 members, comprised as follows:
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- Member of the Audit Committee
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Nurse
- Vice - Chair
- Chairman of the Finance
- Member of the Committee
- Regents Vice - Chair
Paul Henry (‘85) is the Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee and Chair of the Facilities Committee for the Board of Regents. He is a CPA by profession and has spent the past 25 years investing in private companies. Paul has been a proud Allisonian for over 40 years, along with his wife Jennifer Ferguson ('85) and three of his five children Elenor ('14), Madeleine ('19), and Julia ('25). Paul is a strong advocate for a small school liberal arts education along with the extracurricular opportunities, particularly athletics, that Mount Allison can offer.
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the University Advancement Committee
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- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
- Provost and Vice - President, Academic and Research
The Academic Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Board.
The Committee reviews and advises the Board on issues and topics relating to academic affairs as they fall within or affect the general scope of the Board's mandate and responsibilities.
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- Member of the Investment Committee
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- Treasurer
- Secretary to the Board
- Vice - President, Finance and Administration
Secretary to the Board of Regents and University Treasurer
Robert Inglis - ringlis@mta.ca
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- Professional Search Consultant
Royer Thompson is a full-service, Canadian, human resource consulting firm, focused on capturing the full potential of people in organizations by supporting a shared sense of purpose, recruiting, cultivating leadership, and fostering an innovative and caring spirit. For over 25 years, Royer Thompson has been recruiting leaders from national and international pools of talent.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Investment Committee
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
In the accordance with Section 6(16)(b) of the By-Law, the Committee shall consist of thirteen members, comprised as follows:
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
In accordance with Section 6(9)(b) of the By-Law, the Committee shall consist of a minimum of seven and a maximum of ten members, comprised as follows:
Spencer Scott is a fourth-year honours biochemistry student and Vice-President of Academic & University Affairs for the Mount Allison Students' Union (MASU). During his time at Mount Allison he's had the opportunity to be a teaching assistant, tutor, and residence assistant.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
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- Member of the Investment Committee