The Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor
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Alan Shaver was appointed President of Thompson Rivers University on December 1, 2010. Previously, he served as Vice-President Academic and Provost at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2010 and as Dean of Science at McGill University from 1995 to 2005. Prior to becoming Dean he served as Chair of Chemistry at McGill.
Dr. Shaver went to high school in Ottawa and earned a B.Sc. (Hon) in chemistry from Carleton University and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Shaver has published papers on a variety of research topics including the chemistry of soluble metal complexes with small sulfur containing molecules. He has also investigated the insulin mimetic properties of peroxovanadium compounds. View a list of Dr. Shaver's publications
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The President and Vice-Chancellor is the chief executive officer, responsible to the Board of Governors and to the Senate for the supervision of Thompson Rivers University’s administrative and academic work. Staff and advisors support the President, including Vice-Presidents Academic and Provost, Finance and Administration, Advancement, Open Learning, and the Deans of the Faculties who are responsible for various academic and non-academic services of the University.