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The following message was distributed to students, faculty, and staff via their @upei.ca emails on January 26, 2022, on behalf of the Office of the President.

Dear Members of the Campus Community,

I am extremely pleased to announce the appointment of several key leaders who will help ensure that 秀色短视频 continues to advance its strategic priorities and provide students with experiential learning opportunities that allow them to reach their full potential.

Dr. Greg Naterer, Vice-President Academic and Research
After a comprehensive search process, Dr. Greg Naterer has been appointed Vice-President Academic and Research (VPAR) effective May 1, 2022. As the academic leader for the University, Dr. Naterer will be responsible for all academic and student services activities of the University, including programs leading to degrees, diplomas, and certificates.

Currently the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland, he has led substantial growth in faculty, enrolments, and research capacity through collaborations with community, government, and industry partners. He has fostered a student-focused community that embraces diversity, equity, inclusion, and a vibrant experiential learning environment. Under Dr. Naterer鈥檚 leadership, Newfoundland and Labrador has had the highest percentage of female undergraduate engineering students in Canada at 27 per cent.

Dr. Naterer will work closely with the Associate Vice-President Research and the Dean of Graduate Studies to foster and support research and scholarship activities as well as the dissemination of research results; the Associate Vice-President Students and Registrar to support services for students as well as the recruitment, admission, and retention of students; and the Deans to ensure that a quality environment for teaching and learning is cultivated and maintained, build a positive and supportive research culture, promote and support student success, and encourage community engagement among faculty and students.

I thank Dr. Kathy Gottschall-Pass for her leadership and dedication serving as interim Vice-President Academic and Research. Dr. Gottschall-Pass has made invaluable contributions to the University and the executive leadership team particularly through this challenging time. She will continue to serve as interim VPAR until April 30, and has very graciously agreed to act in an advisory role to the president until June 30.

I would also like to thank the Search Committee, which included Alex MacBeath, Perlene Morrison, Cathy Ryan, Christina Murray, Samantha MacLean, and Donna Sutton for their commitment throughout the selection process.

Ms. Corinne Chappell, Advisor to the Vice-President Academic and Research on Indigenous Affairs
Ms. Corinne Chappell has joined 秀色短视频 as Advisor to the VPAR on Indigenous Affairs. This new leadership role will be key in planning, developing, and implementing Indigenous initiatives at 秀色短视频. This includes providing guidance on stakeholder collaborations and helping to develop a better understanding of and response to the Calls to Action that relate to post-secondary education as outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada鈥檚 final report. Ms. Chappell will play an important role in the development of the new Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies.

Ms. Chappell holds Master of Education degrees from both 秀色短视频 and St. Francis Xavier University and is a Doctor of Education student at Western University. She has been teaching for over 20 years and at Colonel Gray High School for 15. She co-founded and chaired the PEITF Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee and is a member the National Indigenous University Senior Leaders鈥� Association, based at First Nations University of Canada. Ms. Chappell is also widely regarded as a Mi鈥檏maq artisan, creating garments and art pieces that blend traditional styles with modern fashion.

Faculty of Medicine Leadership

秀色短视频 has a sustained record of excellence in programming鈥攂oth in our long-standing programs and those that have more recently come to fruition, including the announcement last year of a joint Doctor of Medicine degree with Memorial University of Newfoundland. The co-degree will be housed in a new 秀色短视频 Faculty of Medicine, and we have made significant progress in establishing a structure for the development of both.

Oversight is provided by a Steering Committee, co-chaired by Dr. Margaret Steele, Dean of Medicine at Memorial, and me, made up of representatives from Memorial, 秀色短视频, and the PEI medical community. I am very grateful to both the Memorial and 秀色短视频 leadership groups who are contributing greatly to this unique, one-of-kind-in-Canada joint degree program. In addition to the new appointments detailed below, the core 秀色短视频 leadership group includes Ms. Jackie Podger, Vice-President Administration and Finance, who will oversee physical facilities and infrastructure, and Ms. Myrtle Jenkins-Smith, Executive Director of Development and Alumni Engagement, who will lead government and community relations. The new appointments are as follows:

Dr. Cathy Vardy, Executive Director, Medical Program Development
Development of the new faculty will require direction by someone with extensive experience in medical education accreditation and program delivery. I am so excited that Dr. Cathy Vardy is being seconded to 秀色短视频 to take the lead on developing the joint Doctor of Medicine degree program as Executive Director, Medical Program Development, as well as providing leadership to the various subcommittees and working groups. Dr. Vardy will work in support of the accreditation of the 秀色短视频 Faculty of Medicine鈥檚 joint MD program with Memorial.

As Professor of Pediatrics and past Vice-Dean, Medicine at Memorial, Dr. Vardy brings a wealth of experience to 秀色短视频. She has held several leadership positions with the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador. She has served in a number of roles at the national and international level, including member of the credential and accreditation committees for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC); chair of the RCPSC 鈥淎rea of Focused Competence鈥� sub-committee; member, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC); and co-chair of the AFMC Wellness Committee.

Dr. Trevor Jain, Director of Clinical Programs
A key component of the teaching and community connection model for the 秀色短视频 Faculty of Medicine is clinical program delivery. Dr. Trevor Jain has agreed to join the leadership team as Director of Clinical Programs. As Program Director and founder of 秀色短视频鈥檚 Bachelor of Science in Paramedicine, the first program of its kind in Canada, Dr. Jain is uniquely qualified to lead efforts in developing clinical programs for the innovative 秀色短视频-Memorial Doctor of Medicine program. He is also Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie, Flight Surgeon with the Canadian Armed Forces, and ER physician at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and has served as a medical director in multiple war zones, such as Bosnia, Kuwait, and Iraq. While a medical student, he was pathology operations officer for the Swiss Air disaster.

Passionate about sharing his expertise, Dr. Jain has taught hundreds of medical students and emergency medicine residents about disaster and crisis response. In 2018, he was appointed to the rank of Officer of the Order of Military Merit for outstanding meritorious service in duties of great responsibility and in 2021 received the John McCrae Memorial Medal in recognition of his exemplary service as a clinical health service member of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Dr. Laurie McDuffee, Director of Human and Animal Health Collaborations
With the Faculty of Climate Change and Environment and the Atlantic Veterinary College at 秀色短视频, the Faculty of Medicine is in a unique position to focus on One Health鈥攁 recognition that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment. Dr. McDuffee will lead efforts on human and animal health collaborations for the new 秀色短视频-Memorial Doctor of Medicine degree. As Professor of Large Animal Surgery and past Chair of Health Management at the Atlantic Veterinary College, she is well suited to direct the integration of the One Health approach into the development of the 秀色短视频 Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. McDuffee鈥檚 research career has focused on comparative wellness with a current focus on human-animal interactions. In 2021, she won the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada鈥檚 Dr. Carol Morgan Memorial Award for continued education and training-related costs in the areas of ethics and/or animal welfare. She used the grant toward completing a course in the human-animal bond, a fundamental aspect of One Health, to improve her understanding of how to maximize the mutually beneficial relationship between animals and people. She is certified by the North American Veterinary Community Learning Academy and the Human Animal Bond Research Institute.

Please join me in congratulating and welcoming these accomplished leaders on their recent appointments.

Regards,

Greg

GREG KEEFE, DVM, MSc, MBA (he/him)
President and Vice-Chancellor (Interim)
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