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Advisory Search Committee established for Vice-Dean (Health Sciences) and Director, School of Nursing

Erna Snelgrove-Clarke’s term as Vice-Dean (Health Sciences) and Director of the School of Nursing will end on June 30, 2024. An Advisory Search Committee has been established to provide advice on the future leadership of the School of Nursing. The composition of the Search Committee is as follows: 

• Jane Philpott, Dean, Queen’s Health Sciences (Chair) 
• Holly Burrows, President, Nursing Science Society 
• Lenora Duhn, Associate Professor, School of Nursing 
• Katie Goldie, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing 
• Jason Hann, Executive Vice-President and Chief Nursing Executive, Kingston Health Sciences Centre 
• Laura Killam, PhD Student, School of Nursing 
• Hilary Machan, Lecturer, School of Nursing 
• Allison Mackey, Associate Director, Administration, Initiatives and Operations, School of Nursing 
• Katie Roberts, Associate Director, Staffing, Queen’s Health Sciences (Secretary) 
• Cathy Szabo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Providence Care 
• Stephanie Nixon, Vice-Dean (Health Sciences) and Director, School of Rehabilitation Therapy 
• Rosemary Wilson, Associate Director, Graduate Nursing and Health Quality Doctoral Programs, School of Nursing 

At this time, all members of the University and Health Sciences community are invited to comment on the present state and future prospects of the Queen’s School of Nursing. You are encouraged to submit names of potential internal or external candidates for the position of Vice-Dean (Health Sciences) and Director, School of Nursing, including rationale for supporting each nominee.  

Written submissions are to be submitted via Microsoft Forms. Responses received will remain confidential and will be shared only with the members of the Search Committee. Anonymous submissions will not be considered.

Selection Committee – Head, Department of Chemical Engineering

The Headship position in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the Stephen J.R. Smith Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is open. In accordance with Article 41 of the Collective Agreement between Queen’s University Faculty Association and Queen’s University, a selection committee has been formed to assist Provost and Vice Principal (Academic) Matthew Evans, in the selection of a Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. The membership of the committee is as follows:

• Kim McAuley, Professor
• James McLellan, Professor
• Carlos Escobedo, Professor
• Rachel Baker, Assistant Professor
• Cao Thang Dinh, Assistant Professor 
• Stephanie Wright, Cognate Faculty
• Lynn O’Malley, Department Manager 
• Kelly Oliphant, Undergraduate student 
• Isaac Thevathasan, Graduate Student
• Tara MacDonald, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies.
• Amir Fam, Vice-Dean (Research), Smith Engineering
• Christa Camirand, Director, Human Resources, Smith Engineering
• Jacqueline Hill, Staffing Officer, Smith Engineering

Members of the university community are invited to comment on the present state and future prospects of the Department of Chemical Engineering and to submit names of possible candidates (including self nominations) for the headship to the Committee Chair, Dr. Amir Fam, Vice-Dean (Research), c/o Jacqueline Hill (jlh15@queensu.ca), Stephen J.R. Smith Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science by Tuesday Feb. 20, 2024.  All letters will be reviewed by the selection committee and will become a part of the record of decision making.