Professor Janice L. Stewart appointed Deputy Provost at UBC Vancouver

It is my pleasure to announce that Professor Janice L. Stewart has been appointed as Deputy Provost for a five-year term, starting May 15, 2024.

As Deputy Provost, Professor Stewart will focus on providing strategic leadership and oversight for academic affairs, faculty recruitment and retention, and ongoing faculty relations matters. They will also support the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver, in the realization of the university’s strategic academic aspirations.

Professor Stewart is currently Associate Dean, Faculty, in the Faculty of Arts, and a professor at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. They also served as Dean pro tem for the Faculty of Arts from July to December 2022.

The Deputy Provost position is an evolution of the role of Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (AVP), Academic Affairs, which has been held by Professor Moura Quayle since August 1, 2020. Professor Quayle will finish her term as Vice-Provost and AVP Academic Affairs on July 31, 2024. She will then move into a strategic advising role until February 2025.

I wish to thank Professor Quayle for all that she has done in service to the university and the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver. I would also like to thank the members of the search committee for helping find such an outstanding candidate in Professor Stewart.

I look forward to working with Professor Stewart in their new role, as we recommit to doing all we can in support of UBC and its academic mission. Please join me in congratulating them on this appointment.

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Gage Averill 
Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver