校讯 | Bill Flanagan当选阿尔伯塔大学新任校长

致全体阿尔伯塔大学师生和社区：?

我荣幸地宣布，比尔·弗拉纳根（Bill Flanagan）被任命为艾伯塔大学第14任校长兼副校长，自2020年7月1日起生效。?

一周前，我计划在2020年3月21日与您分享这个令人振奋的消息，但是对COVID-19（新冠病毒）的紧急应对，导致计划发生改变。作为董事会主席，我为学校的快速应对感到自豪，并感谢大家的不懈努力。正如教学、学习和工作已转移到远程开展一样，此重要声明也已在线转移。现在很高兴地向您介绍我们的下一任校长。

Bill Flanagan

阿尔伯塔第14任校长

2019年6月，当相关委员会开始工作时，我们意识到阿尔伯塔大学正处于紧要关头。我们被要求对戏剧性的变化做出反应，不仅是对COVID-19的迅速反应，同时也是对长期变化的响应——即阿尔伯塔省学校环境的变化，正在经历快速发展的省和国家经济的多样化变化，和综合研究型大学必须在未来的知识经济中继续发挥重要作用的变化。我们今天达成决策和解决方案，将为这所大学的未来几十年乃至几十年设定轨迹。?

经过广泛的国际搜索，并仔细考虑了众多杰出的候选人，我们自豪地选择了杰出的学术领导者和创新者比尔·弗拉纳根（Bill Flanagan）来指导这一发展轨迹，让阿尔伯塔大学脱颖而出。?

比尔·弗拉纳根（Bill Flanagan）在阿尔伯塔省出生和成长，从皇后大学（Queen's University）加入阿尔伯塔大学，2005年至2019年担任法学院院长14年。他拥有卡尔顿大学的文学士学位（英语和哲学）、法学博士学位。并在多伦多大学、巴黎索邦大学获得国际经济法学士学位，在哥伦比亚大学获得法学硕士学位。他的学术工作涵盖财产法、公司法和国际贸易法。?

当选校长弗拉纳根（Flanagan）具有战略和企业家精神，已证明有能力为整个大学研究和教学使命寻找增长机会。在公***资金紧张时期，在他的领导下，教职员工人数和课程编制不断扩大，筹款成功率增加了五倍。随着资源的增加，学校在科研和教学方面的声誉获得了加深，更多的学习机会和全面改造的学习环境丰富了学生的学习经验。?

当选校长弗拉纳根（Flanagan）是一位让变革成为富有创造力、鼓舞人心的领导者。他重新设想了在法学院承前启后阶段，可以进行的法律教育计划。在他的领导下，法学院建立了博士学位课程和当代工作场所法律中心。作为院长，他为大学生开设了法律研究课程，并率先为律师执业的研究生课程提供服务。在机构一级，他密切参与了皇后大学新预算模式的实施，大学战略框架的制定（2014-2019年）以及对大学《学生行为守则》的全面改革。

一生对多样性和包容性的承诺，也标志着比尔·弗拉纳根（Bill Flanagan）的领导地位，加深学生团体和法律专业的多样性一直是他不变的目标。由于学校对《行动呼吁》的回应以及学校对融入土著法律知识的坚定承诺，学校在2019-2020年达到了创纪录的土著学生入学率。

当选校长弗拉纳根（Flanagan）是一位有才华、有影响力的交流者和联系者，已经建立了广泛的国家网络，包括商业和社区领袖、法律专业人士、学术界同仁以及校友和捐助者。他在2011年至2014年期间担任加拿大法律院长理事会主席，并在全国民事和家庭事务司法行动委员会任职。?

他目前担任加拿大艾滋病研究基金会国家工作组主席，并担任加拿大最大的社区艾滋病服务组织多伦多艾滋病委员会的董事会主席，以及安大略省艾滋病治疗网络和加拿大艾滋病俄罗斯的主席。为了表彰他的贡献，他于2011年入选安大略省艾滋病网络荣誉榜。?

当选校长弗拉纳根（Flanagan）对阿尔伯塔大学的热情，体现在他对大学作为应对全球严峻挑战的全球领导者的未来愿景中。尽管他无法亲自与我们一起发布公告，但他已发送了视频消息。我邀请您在这里观看该视频。

我要衷心感谢副主席Carrie Smith和相关委员会成员所付出的时间、精力和指导。我们***同选出了一位校长，他将以热情、正直和明智的判断为阿尔伯塔大学服务。在他的领导下，我们将继续建设世界上最伟大的公立大学之一。

请和我一起欢迎当选校长比尔·弗拉纳根。?

凯特·奇索姆（Qate QC）

艾伯塔大学理事会主席

Bill Flanagan的传记

当选校长威廉·比尔·弗拉纳根（William（Bill）Flanagan）将担任艾伯塔大学第14届校长兼副校长。?

比尔·弗拉纳根（Bill Flanagan）在阿尔伯塔省出生并长大，拥有卡尔顿大学的文学士学位（英语和哲学），多伦多大学的法学博士学位，巴黎第一索邦大学的国际经济法学士学位和哥伦比亚大学的法学硕士学位。他于1991年加入皇后大学法学院，在那里他在英国赫斯特蒙索城堡的皇后大学Bader国际学习中心建立了该院的国际法课程。他的学术工作涉及财产法、公司法和国际贸易法。?

从2005年至2019年，他担任法律院长，以其具有变革性和企业家精神的领导能力而闻名。他监督了学院博士学位课程的建立，当代工作场所法律中心的建立，商法课程的重大扩展，在线法律课程的本科证书，在线法律服务管理研究生文凭以及即将推出的新在线移民与公民法研究生文凭课程。在担任院长期间，他将教职员工人数增加了25％，使学生团体的构成多样化，每年捐助者的支持增加了五倍多。为表彰这些成就，法学院的校友捐款超过55万美元，设立了一个捐赠基金，以纪念他在皇后区的国际研究。?

当任校长的弗拉纳根（Flanagan）除了担任院长一职外，还在皇后大学和更广泛的社区中拥有带领和参与记录。他在2011年至2014年期间，担任加拿大法律院长理事会主席，并在全国民事和家庭事务司法行动委员会任职。他密切参与了皇后大学新预算模式的成功实施、大学战略框架的制定（2014-2019年）以及大学《学生行为守则》的全面改革。?

比尔·弗拉纳根（Bill Flanagan）在支持艾滋病研究和倡议方面的工作，使他成为备受尊敬的公众人物。他目前担任加拿大艾滋病研究基金会国家工作组主席，并担任加拿大最大的艾滋病服务组织多伦多艾滋病委员会的主席，以及安大略省艾滋病治疗网络和加拿大艾滋病的主席。为了表彰他对社区的贡献，他于2011年入选安大略省艾滋病网络荣誉榜。?

比尔·弗拉纳根（Bill Flanagan）已婚，其家人塞弗隆·斯里（Saffron Sri）是一名注册营养师，在保健行业工作。

当选校长比尔·弗拉纳根的任命从2020年7月1日开始。

英文原稿

Announcing U of A's 14th President and Vice-chancellor

To the University of Alberta Community:?

It is my honour and privilege to announce that Bill Flanagan has been named the 14th president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta, effective July 1, 2020.?

A week ago, I planned to share this exciting news with you today in person, but the rapid response to COVID-19 led to a quick and necessary change in plans. As board chair, I have been proud of our community’s response and want to thank all of you for your extraordinary efforts. Just as teaching, learning and working have moved to remote delivery, so has this major announcement moved online. I now have the pleasure of introducing you to our next president.

Bill Flanagan, the 14th president of the University of Alberta

When the Presidential Search Committee began its work last June, we recognized that the University of Alberta is at a critical juncture. We are being called to respond to dramatic changes, not only in immediate reaction to COVID-19, but also to longer-term shifts—shifts in the post-secondary landscape in Alberta, to provincial and national economies undergoing rapid change and diversification, and to the essential role that comprehensive research-intensive universities must continue to play in the knowledge-economies of the future. The decisions and solutions we reach today will set the trajectory of this university for years and decades to come.?

After an extensive international search and careful consideration of many outstanding candidates, we are proud to select Bill Flanagan—an outstanding academic leader and innovator—to guide that trajectory and position the University of Alberta to excel.?

Born and raised in Alberta, Bill Flanagan joins the University of Alberta from Queen’s University, where he served as the dean of law for 14 years from 2005 to 2019. He holds a BA (English and Philosophy) from Carleton University, a JD from the University of Toronto, a DEA in International Economic Law from Université Paris I-Sorbonne, and an LLM from Columbia University. His scholarly work spans property law, corporate law and international trade law.?

Strategic and entrepreneurial, President-elect Flanagan has a proven ability to identify opportunities for growth to the benefit of the research and teaching mission of the whole university. In a period of constraint and declining public funding, under his leadership faculty numbers and programming expanded, and fundraising success increased fivefold. With added resources, the school’s reputation for research and teaching excellence deepened, and students’ learning experience was enriched by a larger range of learning opportunities and fully renovated learning environments.?

President-elect Flanagan led these changes as a creative, inspiring, and unifying leader. He re-envisioned what legal education can be—before, during, and after law school. Under his decanal leadership, the Faculty of Law established its PhD program and the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace. As dean, he opened up legal studies to undergraduates and spearheaded postgraduate programs for practising lawyers. At the institutional level, he was closely involved in the implementation of a new budget model at Queen’s, the development of its University Strategic Framework (2014-2019), and a comprehensive overhaul of the university’s Student Code of Conduct.

A lifetime commitment to diversity and inclusion also marks Bill Flanagan’s leadership. Deepening the diversity of both the student body and legal profession has been a constant goal. In 2019-20, the school reached record enrolment of self-identified Indigenous students, as a result of the school’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the school’s demonstrated commitment to the incorporation of Indigenous legal knowledge.

A talented, influential communicator and connector, President-elect Flanagan has developed extensive national networks of business and community leaders, legal professionals, and academic colleagues, as well as alumni and donors. He was president of the Council of Canadian Law Deans from 2011 to 2014, and served on the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.?

He currently serves as chair of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research’s National Working Group and has served as board chair of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—Canada’s largest community-based HIV service organization—as well as on the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and Canada AIDS Russia Project. In recognition of his community service, he was named to the Honour Roll of the Ontario AIDS Network in 2011.?

President-elect Flanagan’s passion for the University of Alberta is apparent in his vision for the university’s future as a global leader addressing the world’s critical challenges. Although he is not able to be with us in person for the announcement, he has sent a video message to the community. I invite you to watch that video here.

I want to extend my sincere gratitude to vice-chair Carrie Smith and the members of the Presidential Search Committee for their time, effort, and guidance. Together we have selected a president who will serve the University of Alberta with passion, integrity, and sound judgment. Under his leadership, we will continue to build one of the world’s great public universities.

Please join me in welcoming President-elect Bill Flanagan.?

Kate Chisholm, QC

Chair, University of Alberta Board of Governors

Bill Flanagan, the 14th president of the University of Alberta

President-elect William (Bill) Flanagan will be the 14th president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta.?

Born and raised in Alberta, Bill Flanagan holds a BA (English and Philosophy) from Carleton University, a JD from the University of Toronto, a DEA in International Economic Law from Université Paris I-Sorbonne, and an LLM from Columbia University. He joined the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in 1991, where he founded the faculty’s International Law Program at the Queen’s University Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in the U.K. His scholarly work spans property law, corporate law and international trade law.?

Serving as dean of law from 2005 to 2019, he is known for his transformative and entrepreneurial leadership. He oversaw the establishment of the faculty’s PhD program, the founding of the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, a major expansion of the business law program, an online undergraduate Certificate in Law Program, an online Graduate Diploma in Legal Services Management, and a forthcoming new online Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law. During his tenure as dean, he expanded the faculty complement by 25 per cent, diversified the composition of the student body, and increased annual donor support more than fivefold. In recognition of these achievements, law alumni contributed more than $550,000 in donations to create an endowed fund in his honour that supports international studies at Queen’s Law.?

In addition to his service as dean, President-elect Flanagan has an extensive record of leadership and engagement at Queen’s University and in the broader community. He was president of the Council of Canadian Law Deans from 2011 to 2014, and served on the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters. He was closely involved in the successful implementation of a new budget model at Queen’s, the development of the University Strategic Framework (2014-2019), and a comprehensive overhaul of the university’s Student Code of Conduct.?

Bill Flanagan’s work in support of HIV/AIDS research and initiatives has made him a well-recognized and respected public figure. He currently serves as chair of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research’s National Working Group, and has served as board chair of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—Canada’s largest community-based HIV service organization—as well as on the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and Canada AIDS Russia Project. In recognition of his community service, he was named to the Honour Roll of the Ontario AIDS Network in 2011.?

Bill Flanagan is married to his husband, Saffron Sri, a registered dietitian who works in the health-care sector.

President-elect Bill Flanagan’s appointment begins July 1, 2020