Lesley Cormack

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Lesley Cormack
Born1957 (age 65–66)
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s)Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus)
Awards International Academy of the History of Science
Academic background
Education

Lesley B. Cormack (born 1957) [1] is a Canadian historian of science and academic administrator specializing in the history of mathematics and of geography. She is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of British Columbia's Okanagan Campus. [2]

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Education and career

Cormack obtained her BA from the University of Calgary and her MA from the University of Toronto before earning her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1988. [3] [2] [4] She was a faculty member at the University of Alberta until 2007, when she moved to Simon Fraser University as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She returned to Alberta as Dean of the Faculty of Arts in 2010. While there, she increased the Indigenous student population by 100 percent. [5] She moved to UBC Okanagan as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal in 2020. [2] [4]

Cormack specializes in 16th century English geography and mathematics.

Recognition

Cormack became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2010, and a full member in 2015. [6]

Other Work

Cormack served as director of the Citadel Theatre for nine years. [5]

Books

Cormack is the author or editor of books including:

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References

  1. ↑ Birth year from copyright page of A History of Science in Society (2nd ed.)
  2. 1 2 3 UBC announces new Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Okanagan campus, University of British Columbia, 14 February 2020, retrieved 2020-09-08
  3. ↑ "Lesley Cormack, PhD University of Toronto, MA University of Toronto, BA Honors University of Calgary - Directory@UAlberta". apps.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  4. 1 2 McKinnon, Donna (24 June 2020), Farewell to Dean Lesley Cormack, University of Alberta
  5. 1 2 "Biography". principal.ok.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  6. ↑ Lesley Cormack, International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2020-09-12
  7. ↑ Reviews of Charting an Empire:
  8. ↑ Reviews of Making Contact:
  9. ↑ Reviews of A History of Science in Society:
  10. ↑ Reviews of Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe:
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