MONTREAL/February 29, 2008—
Concordia University is proud to announce the appointment of Judith Woodsworth as Concordia’s President and Vice-Chancellor for a term beginning on August 1, 2008 and ending on June 30, 2013.
"The Advisory Search Committee was pleased to unanimously recommend to the Board, with confidence and enthusiasm, the appointment of Dr. Woodsworth as President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University," said Chairman of the Board of Governors and Chair of the Advisory Search Committee, Peter Kruyt.
A longtime Concordian, Dr. Woodsworth was born in Paris, France, but grew up in Winnipeg and won a scholarship to McGill University, where she received a B.A. in French and Philosophy. She earned a Licence ès Lettres from the Université de Strasbourg in France, and a PhD in French Literature from McGill. Her full-time academic career began in 1980 when she joined the Département d’études françaises at Concordia University. Over the next 17 years, she held various administrative positions at Concordia, including program director, assistant dean in the Humanities Division, department chair and vice-dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Prior to joining Laurentian, she was Vice-President (Academic) at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, for five years. She has been President of Laurentian University since July, 2002.
“Like Laurentian, Concordia has also grown tremendously in the last decade and has taken its place in this great University City of Montreal,” added Kruyt. “The financial restraints however of all Quebec Universities makes good planning an essential component of prudent oversight and Dr Woodsworth has a solid track record in this regard.”
Comfortable in her roles as both an administrator and scholar, Dr. Woodsworth’s research and publications are in the areas of French literature and translation. In 1991, Dr. Woodsworth was inducted as an Officer in the Ordre de la Pléiade, Ordre de la Francophonie et du dialogue des cultures, for her contributions to the promotion of the French language and intercultural relations; in 2002, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal.
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Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
