Skip to main content
  • About the Office of Research
  • Strategic Research Plan
  • Vice-President, Research & Innovation
  • Office of Research Units
  • Research Centres and Institutes
  • Research News
  • Research Highlights
  • Research By The Numbers
  • Research Chairs
  • Honours and Awards
  • Partnership Opportunities
  • Student Research Opportunities
  • Community Involvement
  • Researcher Tools and Resources
  • Safeguarding Research
  • Commercialization Policy and Framework
  • Indigenization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research
  • Research Alerts
  • Funding
  • Ethics and Regulatory Compliance
  • Research Integrity and Conflict of Interest
  • Patent, Licensing, and Commercialization
  • Honours and Awards
  • Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance
  • Other Considerations and Resources
  • Forms, Policies, Guidelines, and Procedures
  • Interactive Support Sessions for Researchers
  • Researcher Training and Development
  • Research Administration Information Management System (RAIMS)
  • Office of the Vice-President (Research & Innovation)
  • Research Services Office
  • Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance
  • Research Innovation Office
  • Food from Thought
  • College Associate Deans Research and Research Managers
  • Research Financial Services
  1. U of G Homepage
  2. Research & Innovation
  3. About
  4. Vice-President, Research & Innovation

Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Initiatives) Search Committee

The job advertisement for the Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Initiatives) has now been posted.

Full details about the position and application process are available on the internal careers page.

Please note that this search is open to internal candidates only.

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Laurie Arnott, Assistant Vice-President, Faculty and Academic Staff Relations, at l.arnott@exec.uoguelph.ca.

For questions related to the position, please contact Dr. Maz Fallah, Vice-President (Research & Innovation) at mfallah@uoguelph.ca.

(Updated - September 30, 2026)

The Vice-President (Research & Innovation) is proceeding with a search for the inaugural Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Initiatives) and is establishing a Search Committee with the following membership:

Chair – Vice-President (Research & Innovation)

Members

  • Samantha Brennan, Dean, College of Arts
  • Alice Defarges, Professor, Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College
  • Leah Levac, Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
  • Miana Plesca, Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics
  • Carolyn Osborn, Acting Managing Director, Research Operations, Research Services Office, Office of Research
  • Maria Pinzon Molina, Graduate Student, Department of Human Health Sciences, College of Biological Science

Ex-officio Member:

Laurie Arnott, Assistant Vice-President (FASR)

(Updated - September 14, 2026)

The Vice-President (Research & Innovation) is proceeding with a search for the inaugural Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Initiatives) and is establishing a Search Committee with the following membership:

Chair – Vice-President (Research & Innovation)

Members

  • One (1) Dean of a College (appointed)
  • Three (3) tenured faculty members (elected)
  • One (1) regular full-time staff member (appointed)
  • One (1) graduate student (appointed)

Ex-officio member - Laurie Arnott, Assistant Vice-President (FASR)

Voting Period – Not Required

Three nominations have been received from three different colleges, satisfying the nomination requirements for the Search Committee. Accordingly, a voting period is not required.

Updated information on the composition of the Search Committee will be posted shortly.

(Updated - September 10, 2026)

The Vice-President (Research & Innovation) is proceeding with a search for the inaugural Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Initiatives) and is establishing a Search Committee with the following membership:

Chair – Vice-President (Research & Innovation)

Members

  • One (1) Dean of a College (appointed)

  • Three (3) tenured faculty members (elected)

  • One (1) regular full-time staff member (appointed)

  • One (1) graduate student (appointed)

Ex-officio member - Laurie Arnott, Assistant Vice-President (FASR)

Nomination period: September 1 – 8, 2026

Voting period: September 10 – 16, 2026

(Initial Launch - August 31, 2026)