MONTREAL/February 13, 2008—
Concordia University is pleased to announce that Dr. Judith Woodsworth will be presented to the Concordia community on February 25, 2008, during an open meeting of the Board of Governors and Senate, as the preferred candidate for President and Vice-Chancellor. The meeting will take place in the D.B. Clarke Theatre (Henry F. Hall Building, basement level, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West) at 12 p.m.
This is the first public step in the search process for Concordia’s new president. Following the meeting, the community will be invited to submit comments to the Search Committee, which will then make its recommendation on Woodsworth’s appointment to the members of the Board of Governors at its February 29 meeting. At that meeting, the governors will make the final decision.
“The committee approached the process with diligence, researching and interviewing a number of highly qualified candidates,” said Board Chairman Peter Kruyt. “They were particularly impressed with Dr. Woodsworth’s track record at Laurentian leading with a clear vision and strategic approach to university administration and believe she can make a significant contribution to Concordia’s immediate and long-term future.”
No stranger to Concordia, Woodsworth spent 17 years at the university in the Département d’Études françaises, including two terms as vice-dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science. She was the founding president of the Canadian Association of Translation Studies, and received the Ordre de la Pléiade, established by the Francophonie, to acknowledge service to the French language and culture.
With her husband, retired journalism professor Lindsay Crysler, she left Concordia in 1997 to become vice-president (academic) of Mount Saint Vincent University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has been president of Laurentian University, in Sudbury, Ontario since 2002.
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Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
