Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and was founded in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada and later Waterloo Lutheran University. It was renamed Wilfrid Laurier University in 1973 by the Government of Ontario under the Wilfrid Laurier University Act in 1973. [1] The school is one of the fastest-growing universities in Canada; its enrollment doubled from 2002 to 2007, and it has 12,000 full-time undergraduate students as of 2008. [2] Wilfrid Laurier University also has two satellite campuses in Brantford and Kitchener, both in Ontario. [3] [4]
People associated with Wilfrid Laurier University include faculty, alumni, staff, honorary degree recipients, chancellors, and presidents. The university has had nine chancellors, including the incumbent Michael Lee-Chin. Wilfrid Laurier University has had seven presidents, including the incumbent Deborah MacLatchy, who has served in this position since 1 July 2017.
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Known for | Notes |
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Harold Albrecht | Undergraduate | General | Member of Parliament | [5] |
Dean Allison | Undergraduate | Economics | Conservative member of Parliament | [6] |
Ted Arnott | Undergraduate | Business administration | Progressive Conservative member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament | [7] |
Paul Bennett | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League defensive back | [8] |
Mary Berg | Undergraduate | History and English | Chef, television personality, cookbook author | [9] |
David Black | Undergraduate | English and anthropology | Canadian Football League offensive lineman | [10] |
Robert Boyce | Undergraduate | Economics | Senior lecturer at London School of Economics | [11] |
Nikola Budalić | Undergraduate | MBA | Soccer player | [12] |
Glen Chorny | Undergraduate | Business and history | Poker player | [13] |
Rod Connop | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League offensive lineman | [14] |
Sean Conway | Undergraduate | Politics | Legislative Assembly of Ontario member | [15] |
Jean Crowder | Undergraduate | Psychology | Politician | [16] |
Bill Downe | Undergraduate | Business | Bank of Montreal president and CEO | [17] |
Doug Downey | Undergraduate | Political Science | Attorney General of Ontario and Progressive Conservative member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament | [18] |
Cindy Eadie | Undergraduate | Economics | Hockey goaltender | [19] |
John Estacio | Undergraduate | Composition | Composer | [20] |
Ken Evraire | Undergraduate | Communication studies | Television journalist | [21] |
John Glassford | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League linebacker | [22] |
Corey Grant | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League wide receiver | [23] |
Raj Grewal | Undergraduate | Business | Member of Parliament | [10] |
Paul Heinbecker | Research fellow | Politics | Canadian ambassador to the United Nations | [24] |
Lyndon Hooper | Undergraduate | Physical education | Soccer player | [25] |
Paul James | Undergraduate | Sociology | Soccer analyst | [26] |
Carl Klinck | Undergraduate | General | Waterloo College professor | [27] |
Dave Knechtel | Undergraduate | Economics | Canadian Football League defensive tackle | [28] |
Jenna Lambert | Undergraduate | Athlete | Swam across Lake Ontario despite having cerebral palsy | [29] |
William C. Leggett | Undergraduate | General | Queen's University principal | [30] |
Dave Levac | Undergraduate | — | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario | [31] |
Ian Logan | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League safety | [32] |
Brian Masse | Undergraduate | Sociology | Member of the House of Commons of Canada | [33] |
Chuck McMann | Undergraduate | Psychology | Canadian Football League player | [34] |
Ted McMeekin | Graduate | Social work | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario | [35] |
Jacob Moon | Undergraduate | Music | Singer-songwriter | [36] |
Heather Munroe-Blum | Graduate | Social work | McGill University principal | [37] |
Cheryl Pounder | Undergraduate | Sports | Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist - Ice Hockey | [38] |
Jim Reid | Undergraduate | Sports | CFL player | [39] |
Damien Robitaille | Undergraduate | Classical music | Musician | [40] |
Anthony Rota | Undergraduate | Politics | Member of the House of Commons of Canada | [41] |
Donnie Ruiz | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League free safety | [42] |
Jeffrey Ryan | Undergraduate | Music | Composer | [43] |
Shad | Undergraduate | Business | Hip hop musician | [44] |
Doug Smith | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League offensive lineman | [45] |
Charles Sousa | Undergraduate | Business | Canadian Member of Provincial Parliament | [46] |
Lance Storm | Undergraduate | Business | World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestler | [47] |
Andre Talbot | Undergraduate | Sports | Canadian Football League wide receiver | [48] |
Kenneth Tam | Graduate | History | Science-fiction author | [49] |
Keegan Connor Tracy | Undergraduate | Social psychology | Actress | [50] |
Ian Troop | Undergraduate | Business | CEO, 2015 Pan Am Games | [51] |
Larry Uteck | Graduate | Sports | Canadian Football League player | [52] |
Chris Van Vliet | Undergraduate | Communications | Television personality and journalist | [53] |
Laura Walker | Undergraduate | — | Curler | [54] |
Andrew Witer | Undergraduate | — | Member of the House of Commons of Canada | [55] |
Stephen Woodworth | Undergraduate | Law | Politician | [56] |
Carolyn A. Wilkins | Undergraduate | Economics | Economist and first woman to serve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada | [57] |
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Name | Relationship | Discipline | Known for | Notes |
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Kimberly Barber | Professor | Opera | Mezzo-soprano and vocal pedagogue | [58] |
Marie Bountrogianni | Assistant professor | — | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario | [59] |
Phelim Boyle | Professor | Finance | Initiating the use of Monte Carlo methods in option pricing | [60] |
Jim Breithaupt | Board of Governors member | — | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario | [61] |
Terry Copp | Professor emeritus | Military history | Professor | [62] |
Craig Fleisher | Professor | Economics | Researcher | [63] |
Walter Hachborn | Board of Governors member | — | Co-founder of Home Hardware | [64] |
Brian Henderson | Director of Laurier Press | — | Poet | [65] |
Shohini Ghose | Professor | Physics | [66] | |
Morgan Holmes | Professor | Sociology | Intersex activist and scholar | [67] |
Tuffy Knight | Coach | Sports | Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks head coach | [68] |
John Warwick Montgomery | Chairman | History | Chairman of the Department of History | [69] |
Donald Morgenson | Professor | Psychology | Contributions to humanistic psychology | [70] |
Alison Mountz | Professor | Geography | Canada Research Chair in Global Migration | [71] |
Kim Ondaatje | Lecturer | Literature | Part-time lecturer | [72] |
John Reimer | Board of Governors member | — | Member of Parliament | [73] |
Adele Reinhartz | Dean | Literature | Dean of Graduate Studies and Research | [74] |
Roger Sarty | Professor | Military history | Canadian Forces Maritime Command historian | [75] |
Lindsay Shepherd | Teaching assistant | Communication studies | Free-speech activism | [76] |
Linda Catlin Smith | Professor | Music theory | Professor of composition Wilfrid Laurier | [77] |
Andrew Telegdi | Board of Governors member | — | Former Liberal Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada (1993–2008) | [78] |
Cynthia Johnston Turner | Dean of the Faculty of Music | Music | Conductor | [79] |
Norman Wagner | Dean of graduate studies | Literature | Archaeologist | [80] |
Darren Wershler-Henry | Assistant professor | Communication studies | Experimental poet | [81] |
Wilfrid Laurier University has had eleven chancellors. [163]
# | Name | Term |
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1 | William Daum Euler | May 20, 1961 – July 1961 |
2 | Ross Macdonald | December 6, 1964 – June 1972 |
3 | Paul Martin Sr. | June 1972 – April 30, 1977 |
4 | John Black Aird | July 4, 1977 – July 3, 1985 |
5 | Maureen Forrester | May 25, 1986 – May 29, 1990 |
6 | Willard Estey | July 12, 1990 – October 30, 1995 |
7 | John Cleghorn | October 27, 1996 – June 10, 2003 |
8 | Bob Rae | September 1, 2003 – March 30, 2008 |
9 | John A. Pollock | March 31, 2008 – October 27, 2011 |
10 | Michael Lee-Chin | October 28, 2011 – September 13, 2016 |
11 | Eileen Mercier | September 14, 2016 – present |
Wilfrid Laurier University has had eight presidents. [164]
# | Name | Term |
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1 | William Villaume | 1960–1966 |
2 | Frank Peters | 1967–1978 |
3 | Neale Tayler | 1978–1982 |
4 | John A. Weir | 1982–1992 |
5 | Lorna Marsden | 1992–1997 |
6 | Robert Rosehart | 1997–2006 |
7 | Max Blouw | 2007–2017 |
8 | Deborah MacLatchy | 2017–present |
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