Deep Saini
Deep Saini FRSN | |
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ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ | |
18th President and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University | |
Assumed office April 1, 2023 | |
Chancellor | John McCall MacBain |
Preceded by | Suzanne Fortier |
12th President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University | |
In office January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2023 | |
Chancellor | Rustum Southwell |
Preceded by | Richard Florizone Peter MacKinnon (interim) |
Succeeded by | Kim Brooks |
5th President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Canberra | |
In office September 1, 2016 – December 24, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Parker |
Succeeded by | Paddy Nixon |
Personal details | |
Born | Hagurdeep Saini |
Occupation | President and Vice-Chancellor, Molecular Biology |
Institutions | |
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as well as further administrative positions at Canadian and Australian universities.Career
Hargurdeep Saini was previously the President and Vice-Chancellor of
McGill University
On 14 November 2022, it was announced that Deep Saini will step down from his role as president of Dalhousie, effective 31 December 2022,[3] to become Principal (now known as 'President' since December 2023) and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.[8] One of his first acts was to state that he planned to potentially move some McGill operations out of Quebec for the first time since its founding about 200 years prior in response to French-language geared legislation by the provincial government.[9]
Protest encampments
During an early test of his presidency, McGill saw protest encampments established on the campus during the Hamas-Israeli conflict of 2023-24, which Saini denounced.[10] Three days after the encampment, Saini called upon the police to break up the protest, however the police told him that no crime was being committed. He also called upon the court system to disperse the encampment, and was again told that this would be inappropriate.[11] About this time, a professor at the school stated of Saini that the faculty was "strongly opposed to our university administration's relentless campaign against the students."[12]
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References
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- ^ "McGill University appoints H. Deep Saini as new Principal and Vice-Chancellor". 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini". Dalhousie News. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Singh, Gurmukh (22 January 2010). "Indo-Canadian gets top post in Canada's top university". IANS. Retrieved 30 December 2018 – via TwoCircles.net.
- ^ "UofT appoints new Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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- ^ "Introducing Deep Saini, Dalhousie's 12th president". Dalhousie News. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini".
- ^ Andy Riga (8 December 2023). "McGill won't rule out moving some operations to another province". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ "'Please leave the site now,' McGill tells pro-Palestinian encampment, threatening to bring in police".
- ^ JOE FRIESEN and FRÉDÉRIK-XAVIER DUHAMEL (30 April 2024). "McGill University calls on police to break up pro-Palestinian encampment". Globe and Mail.
- ^ Joe Lofaro (6 May 2024). "Pro-Palestinian encampment members say little progress made in meeting with McGill". CTV.
- ^ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-president-of-mcgill-decries-lack-of-police-action-against-protests/
- ^ HANNAH LIDDLE (31 May 2024). "Timeline: Protest encampments". University Affairs.