Benoit-Antoine Bacon

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Benoit-Antoine Bacon
17th President and Vice-Chancellor,
University of British Columbia
Assumed office
November 1, 2023
Thesis Etudes des substrats neurologiques de la stéréopsie chez le chat  (1999)
Doctoral advisors Franco Lepore
Jean-Paul Guillemot

Benoit-Antoine Bacon is a Canadian neuropsychologist who has been serving as the 17th president of the University of British Columbia since November 2023. [1] He previously served as the 15th president of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario from 2018 to 2023. [2]

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Early life and education

Born in Montreal, he graduated from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec with a B.A. (Honours) degree in psychology in 1995. He received his Ph.D. in neuropsychology from the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec in 1999 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. [3]

Career

His first academic appointment was in the Department of Psychology at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec. [4] Following serious labour strife at Bishop’s, he was asked to serve as Chief Negotiator for the union and led the settlement of several collective agreements. [5] He later served as Chair of Psychology, Dean of Arts and Science, and Associate VP Research at the institution. [6]

In 2013 he was hired as Provost and Vice-President (Academic Affairs) at his alma mater Concordia University. [7] In 2016, he moved to Ontario to serve as Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at Queen's University. [8]

On May 1, 2018 he was announced as the 15th President of Carleton University in Ottawa, succeeding interim President Alastair Summerlee. [9] He began his mandate on July 1, 2018, at the same time as Carleton Board Chair Nik Nanos. [10] Together they announced Yaprak Baltacioğlu as the 12th Chancellor of the institution in December 2018. [11]

On July 20, 2023, Dr. Bacon was announced as the 17th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia, with his term to begin November 1, 2023. [12] Bacon's term as President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University ended in August 31, 2023, and was succeeded by Jerry Tomberlin as interim President and Vice-Chancellor. [13]

Personal life

To contribute to breaking down the stigma around mental health and substance use, Bacon has shared his difficult upbringing in a dysfunctional family [14] and subsequent challenges in early adulthood [15] [16]

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Alastair Summerlee
(interim)
15th President and Vice-Chancellor
of Carleton University

2018–2023
Succeeded by
Jerry Tomberlin
(interim)
Preceded by
Deborah Buszard
(interim)
17th President and Vice-Chancellor
of the University of British Columbia

2023–present
Incumbent