{"id":10710,"date":"2021-02-04T09:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/boardofgovernors\/boardofgovernors\/?p=10710"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:03:50","slug":"pres-reappointment-update-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/boardofgovernors\/2021\/pres-reappointment-update-1\/","title":{"rendered":"President and Vice-Chancellor Reappointment Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        President and Vice-Chancellor Reappointment Process\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Feb. 4, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To All Members of the Carleton Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Carleton University Board of Governors is launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/boardofgovernors\/boardofgovernors\/reappointment-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reappointment process for President and Vice-Chancellor, Benoit-Antoine Bacon<\/a>.&nbsp; If reappointed, he will serve a second five-year term from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key oversight role of the Board of Governors is to ensure strong, committed, enduring leadership at the helm of the university. As we move towards a post-pandemic future, the board&#8217;s responsibility to affirm resilient and reliable university leadership has never been more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial step of the reappointment process calls for assembling a 13-person advisory committee.&nbsp; Tasked with providing a recommendation on the president\u2019s reappointment to the Board of Governors, the committee will commence its work in March and will report to the board at the June 1, 2021 meeting.&nbsp; The composition of the advisory committee is specified in the appointment guidelines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Board Chair serves as chair of the committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Board Vice-Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three community-at-large members of the board, elected by the board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three people to be elected by Senate from professional librarians and tenured faculty members (at least one holding the rank of full professor)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One board staff member other than the academic or library staff, elected by the board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One senior administrator and one dean to be elected by the Vice-President Academic and Research Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One undergraduate student and one graduate student to be elected by Senate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be hearing more soon about how you may show your interest in participating on the advisory committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the committee is assembled, all members of the Carleton community will have an opportunity to submit feedback relevant to the reappointment process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton is committed to transparency, and all updates concerning the President and Vice-Chancellor\u2019s reappointment will be posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/boardofgovernors\/boardofgovernors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Board of Governors website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please reach out to University Secretary Amanda Goth (<a href=\"mailto:amandagoth@cunet.carleton.ca\">amandagoth@cunet.carleton.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Fortin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chair, Carleton University Board of Governors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 4, 2021 To All Members of the Carleton Community, The Carleton University Board of Governors is launching a reappointment process for President and Vice-Chancellor, Benoit-Antoine Bacon.&nbsp; If reappointed, he will serve a second five-year term from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. 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