致全體阿爾伯塔大學師生和社區：
我榮幸地宣佈，比爾·弗拉納根（Bill Flanagan）被任命為艾伯塔大學第14任校長兼副校長，自2020年7月1日起生效。
一週前，我計劃在2020年3月21日與您分享這個令人振奮的消息，但是對COVID-19（新冠病毒）的緊急應對，導致計劃發生改變。作為董事會主席，我為學校的快速應對感到自豪，並感謝大家的不懈努力。正如教學、學習和工作已轉移到遠程開展一樣，此重要聲明也已在線轉移。現在很高興地向您介紹我們的下一任校長。
Bill Flanagan
阿爾伯塔第14任校長
2019年6月，當相關委員會開始工作時，我們意識到阿爾伯塔大學正處於緊要關頭。我們被要求對戲劇性的變化做出反應，不僅是對COVID-19的迅速反應，同時也是對長期變化的響應——即阿爾伯塔省學校環境的變化，正在經歷快速發展的省和國家經濟的多樣化變化，和綜合研究型大學必須在未來的知識經濟中繼續發揮重要作用的變化。我們今天達成決策和解決方案，將為這所大學的未來幾十年乃至幾十年設定軌跡。
經過廣泛的國際搜索，並仔細考慮了眾多傑出的候選人，我們自豪地選擇了傑出的學術領導者和創新者比爾·弗拉納根（Bill Flanagan）來指導這一發展軌跡，讓阿爾伯塔大學脫穎而出。
比爾·弗拉納根（Bill Flanagan）在阿爾伯塔省出生和成長，從皇后大學（Queen's University）加入阿爾伯塔大學，2005年至2019年擔任法學院院長14年。他擁有卡爾頓大學的文學士學位（英語和哲學）、法學博士學位。並在多倫多大學、巴黎索邦大學獲得國際經濟法學士學位，在哥倫比亞大學獲得法學碩士學位。他的學術工作涵蓋財產法、公司法和國際貿易法。
當選校長弗拉納根（Flanagan）具有戰略和企業家精神，已證明有能力為整個大學研究和教學使命尋找增長機會。在公共資金緊張時期，在他的領導下，教職員工人數和課程編制不斷擴大，籌款成功率增加了五倍。隨著資源的增加，學校在科研和教學方面的聲譽獲得了加深，更多的學習機會和全面改造的學習環境豐富了學生的學習經驗。
當選校長弗拉納根（Flanagan）是一位讓變革成為富有創造力、鼓舞人心的領導者。他重新設想了在法學院承前啟後階段，可以進行的法律教育計劃。在他的領導下，法學院建立了博士學位課程和當代工作場所法律中心。作為院長，他為大學生開設了法律研究課程，並率先為律師執業的研究生課程提供服務。在機構一級，他密切參與了皇后大學新預算模式的實施，大學戰略框架的制定（2014-2019年）以及對大學《學生行為守則》的全面改革。
一生對多樣性和包容性的承諾，也標誌著比爾·弗拉納根（Bill Flanagan）的領導地位，加深學生團體和法律專業的多樣性一直是他不變的目標。由於學校對《行動呼籲》的回應以及學校對融入土著法律知識的堅定承諾，學校在2019-2020年達到了創紀錄的土著學生入學率。
當選校長弗拉納根（Flanagan）是一位有才華、有影響力的交流者和聯繫者，已經建立了廣泛的國家網絡，包括商業和社區領袖、法律專業人士、學術界同仁以及校友和捐助者。他在2011年至2014年期間擔任加拿大法律院長理事會主席，並在全國民事和家庭事務司法行動委員會任職。
他目前擔任加拿大艾滋病研究基金會國家工作組主席，並擔任加拿大最大的社區艾滋病服務組織多倫多艾滋病委員會的董事會主席，以及安大略省艾滋病治療網絡和加拿大艾滋病俄羅斯的主席。為了表彰他的貢獻，他於2011年入選安大略省艾滋病網絡榮譽榜。
當選校長弗拉納根（Flanagan）對阿爾伯塔大學的熱情，體現在他對大學作為應對全球嚴峻挑戰的全球領導者的未來願景中。儘管他無法親自與我們一起發佈公告，但他已發送了視頻消息。我邀請您在這裡觀看該視頻。
我要衷心感謝副主席Carrie Smith和相關委員會成員所付出的時間、精力和指導。我們共同選出了一位校長，他將以熱情、正直和明智的判斷為阿爾伯塔大學服務。在他的領導下，我們將繼續建設世界上最偉大的公立大學之一。
請和我一起歡迎當選校長比爾·弗拉納根。
凱特·奇索姆（Qate QC）
艾伯塔大學理事會主席
Bill Flanagan的傳記
當選校長威廉·比爾·弗拉納根（William（Bill）Flanagan）將擔任艾伯塔大學第14屆校長兼副校長。
比爾·弗拉納根（Bill Flanagan）在阿爾伯塔省出生並長大，擁有卡爾頓大學的文學士學位（英語和哲學），多倫多大學的法學博士學位，巴黎第一索邦大學的國際經濟法學士學位和哥倫比亞大學的法學碩士學位。他於1991年加入皇后大學法學院，在那裡他在英國赫斯特蒙索城堡的皇后大學Bader國際學習中心建立了該院的國際法課程。他的學術工作涉及財產法、公司法和國際貿易法。
從2005年至2019年，他擔任法律院長，以其具有變革性和企業家精神的領導能力而聞名。他監督了學院博士學位課程的建立，當代工作場所法律中心的建立，商法課程的重大擴展，在線法律課程的本科證書，在線法律服務管理研究生文憑以及即將推出的新在線移民與公民法研究生文憑課程。在擔任院長期間，他將教職員工人數增加了25％，使學生團體的構成多樣化，每年捐助者的支持增加了五倍多。為表彰這些成就，法學院的校友捐款超過55萬美元，設立了一個捐贈基金，以紀念他在皇后區的國際研究。
當任校長的弗拉納根（Flanagan）除了擔任院長一職外，還在皇后大學和更廣泛的社區中擁有帶領和參與記錄。他在2011年至2014年期間，擔任加拿大法律院長理事會主席，並在全國民事和家庭事務司法行動委員會任職。他密切參與了皇后大學新預算模式的成功實施、大學戰略框架的制定（2014-2019年）以及大學《學生行為守則》的全面改革。
比爾·弗拉納根（Bill Flanagan）在支持艾滋病研究和倡議方面的工作，使他成為備受尊敬的公眾人物。他目前擔任加拿大艾滋病研究基金會國家工作組主席，並擔任加拿大最大的艾滋病服務組織多倫多艾滋病委員會的主席，以及安大略省艾滋病治療網絡和加拿大艾滋病的主席。為了表彰他對社區的貢獻，他於2011年入選安大略省艾滋病網絡榮譽榜。
比爾·弗拉納根（Bill Flanagan）已婚，其家人塞弗隆·斯里（Saffron Sri）是一名註冊營養師，在保健行業工作。
當選校長比爾·弗拉納根的任命從2020年7月1日開始。
英文原稿
Announcing U of A's 14th President and Vice-chancellor
To the University of Alberta Community:
It is my honour and privilege to announce that Bill Flanagan has been named the 14th president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta, effective July 1, 2020.
A week ago, I planned to share this exciting news with you today in person, but the rapid response to COVID-19 led to a quick and necessary change in plans. As board chair, I have been proud of our community’s response and want to thank all of you for your extraordinary efforts. Just as teaching, learning and working have moved to remote delivery, so has this major announcement moved online. I now have the pleasure of introducing you to our next president.
Bill Flanagan, the 14th president of the University of Alberta
When the Presidential Search Committee began its work last June, we recognized that the University of Alberta is at a critical juncture. We are being called to respond to dramatic changes, not only in immediate reaction to COVID-19, but also to longer-term shifts—shifts in the post-secondary landscape in Alberta, to provincial and national economies undergoing rapid change and diversification, and to the essential role that comprehensive research-intensive universities must continue to play in the knowledge-economies of the future. The decisions and solutions we reach today will set the trajectory of this university for years and decades to come.
After an extensive international search and careful consideration of many outstanding candidates, we are proud to select Bill Flanagan—an outstanding academic leader and innovator—to guide that trajectory and position the University of Alberta to excel.
Born and raised in Alberta, Bill Flanagan joins the University of Alberta from Queen’s University, where he served as the dean of law for 14 years from 2005 to 2019. He holds a BA (English and Philosophy) from Carleton University, a JD from the University of Toronto, a DEA in International Economic Law from Université Paris I-Sorbonne, and an LLM from Columbia University. His scholarly work spans property law, corporate law and international trade law.
Strategic and entrepreneurial, President-elect Flanagan has a proven ability to identify opportunities for growth to the benefit of the research and teaching mission of the whole university. In a period of constraint and declining public funding, under his leadership faculty numbers and programming expanded, and fundraising success increased fivefold. With added resources, the school’s reputation for research and teaching excellence deepened, and students’ learning experience was enriched by a larger range of learning opportunities and fully renovated learning environments.
President-elect Flanagan led these changes as a creative, inspiring, and unifying leader. He re-envisioned what legal education can be—before, during, and after law school. Under his decanal leadership, the Faculty of Law established its PhD program and the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace. As dean, he opened up legal studies to undergraduates and spearheaded postgraduate programs for practising lawyers. At the institutional level, he was closely involved in the implementation of a new budget model at Queen’s, the development of its University Strategic Framework (2014-2019), and a comprehensive overhaul of the university’s Student Code of Conduct.
A lifetime commitment to diversity and inclusion also marks Bill Flanagan’s leadership. Deepening the diversity of both the student body and legal profession has been a constant goal. In 2019-20, the school reached record enrolment of self-identified Indigenous students, as a result of the school’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the school’s demonstrated commitment to the incorporation of Indigenous legal knowledge.
A talented, influential communicator and connector, President-elect Flanagan has developed extensive national networks of business and community leaders, legal professionals, and academic colleagues, as well as alumni and donors. He was president of the Council of Canadian Law Deans from 2011 to 2014, and served on the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.
He currently serves as chair of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research’s National Working Group and has served as board chair of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—Canada’s largest community-based HIV service organization—as well as on the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and Canada AIDS Russia Project. In recognition of his community service, he was named to the Honour Roll of the Ontario AIDS Network in 2011.
President-elect Flanagan’s passion for the University of Alberta is apparent in his vision for the university’s future as a global leader addressing the world’s critical challenges. Although he is not able to be with us in person for the announcement, he has sent a video message to the community. I invite you to watch that video here.
I want to extend my sincere gratitude to vice-chair Carrie Smith and the members of the Presidential Search Committee for their time, effort, and guidance. Together we have selected a president who will serve the University of Alberta with passion, integrity, and sound judgment. Under his leadership, we will continue to build one of the world’s great public universities.
Please join me in welcoming President-elect Bill Flanagan.
Kate Chisholm, QC
Chair, University of Alberta Board of Governors
Bill Flanagan's Biography
Bill Flanagan, the 14th president of the University of Alberta
President-elect William (Bill) Flanagan will be the 14th president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta.
Born and raised in Alberta, Bill Flanagan holds a BA (English and Philosophy) from Carleton University, a JD from the University of Toronto, a DEA in International Economic Law from Université Paris I-Sorbonne, and an LLM from Columbia University. He joined the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in 1991, where he founded the faculty’s International Law Program at the Queen’s University Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in the U.K. His scholarly work spans property law, corporate law and international trade law.
Serving as dean of law from 2005 to 2019, he is known for his transformative and entrepreneurial leadership. He oversaw the establishment of the faculty’s PhD program, the founding of the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, a major expansion of the business law program, an online undergraduate Certificate in Law Program, an online Graduate Diploma in Legal Services Management, and a forthcoming new online Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law. During his tenure as dean, he expanded the faculty complement by 25 per cent, diversified the composition of the student body, and increased annual donor support more than fivefold. In recognition of these achievements, law alumni contributed more than $550,000 in donations to create an endowed fund in his honour that supports international studies at Queen’s Law.
In addition to his service as dean, President-elect Flanagan has an extensive record of leadership and engagement at Queen’s University and in the broader community. He was president of the Council of Canadian Law Deans from 2011 to 2014, and served on the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters. He was closely involved in the successful implementation of a new budget model at Queen’s, the development of the University Strategic Framework (2014-2019), and a comprehensive overhaul of the university’s Student Code of Conduct.
Bill Flanagan’s work in support of HIV/AIDS research and initiatives has made him a well-recognized and respected public figure. He currently serves as chair of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research’s National Working Group, and has served as board chair of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—Canada’s largest community-based HIV service organization—as well as on the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and Canada AIDS Russia Project. In recognition of his community service, he was named to the Honour Roll of the Ontario AIDS Network in 2011.
Bill Flanagan is married to his husband, Saffron Sri, a registered dietitian who works in the health-care sector.
President-elect Bill Flanagan’s appointment begins July 1, 2020
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