Carleton University’s Dean of Science, Dr. George Iwama, has been named President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia.
He begins the new job July 1.
“Dr. George Iwama has been a superb dean of science,” said Carleton President Roseann O’Reilly Runte.
“His science cafés, outreach to high schools, and student success centre constitute visible legacies of his creative approach to problem-solving. Dr. Iwama has been a fine colleague who is always positive and who truly cares and about his students and faculty members,” said Dr. Runte.
“He will be greatly missed and will certainly be a fine president for the University of Northern British Columbia. We all wish him the best.”
Dr. Iwama told faculty and staff of his plans at a town hall meeting.
“I take with me many lessons from this very special community that will benefit my future work in British Columbia,’’ he said. “I know that it has been a very short time that we’ve had together at Carleton. Sometimes an opportunity presents itself when one is least expecting it.”
Prior to his appointment at Carleton in April 2007, Dr. Iwama served as Vice-President Academic (Acting) of Acadia University in Nova Scotia and spent four years as Director General of the National Research Council’s Institute for Marine Biosciences in Halifax.
During his tenure at the NRC, he supervised the building of new industry partnership facility at the Institute for Marine Biology and the initiation of the Institute for Nutrisciences and Health in Prince Edward Island.
Dr. Iwama holds a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of British Columbia. He served there for 15 years, where he attained the rank of full professor in Animal Science. He is the winner of academic awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Killam Foundation.
Dr. John Armitage, who is currently associate dean in the Faculty of Science, will serve as interim dean. The search for a new dean will begin later this year.
Carleton University’s Faculty of Science is research-intensive and an integral part of a university that prides itself on its leadership in discovery and innovation. Students are taught by some of the leading scientific researchers in their disciplines and by many award-winning teachers. The faculty enjoys numerous collaborative research and learning relationships with federal government research laboratories, museums, libraries, and high-technology industries in the Ottawa region.
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For more information:
Mandy Sinclair
Communications officer
Faculty of Science
Carleton University
(613) 520-2600 ext. 1035
(613) 355-5927
Friday, April 3, 2009 in News Releases
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