Kenneth-Roy Bonin, former president of the University of Sudbury, will lead the set up of the School of Information Studies, which the Faculty of Arts intends to establish by September 2008.
Bonin was most recently research director for the Canadian Association of University Business Officers. He has taught at Concordia University and was teaching at Université Laval when he was recruited to join the Knowledge Management Practice of KPMG Consulting.
He has been recognized for his contributions to innumerable university, professional and community groups and committees, notably with an honorary life membership by the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education.
Commenting on the challenges facing him as founding director of the projected School of Information Studies, Bonin acknowledged that success would “marshal all of the experience I have acquired in my career to this point.”
