Rhonda Lenton

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Rhonda L. Lenton
Rhonda Lenton addressing people
8th President of York University
Assumed office
1 July 2017
Preceded byMamdouh Shoukri
Websitewww.yorku.ca/president

Rhonda L. Lenton, Ph.D is a Canadian academic administrator and professor. She is the 8th and current president (in 2017) and vice-chancellor at York University in Toronto, Canada having succeeded Mamdouh Shoukri on 1 July 2017 for a five-year term. She previously served as Dean of Atkinson College and later as York's Vice President Academic and Provost. Prior to her role in academic administration, Lenton was a Professor of Sociology.

Biography

Lenton, completed her Ph.D in sociology at the University of Toronto in 1989. The title of her dissertation was Parental Discipline and Child Abuse.[1] Before becoming an academic administrator, she published research on a range of topics related to family violence, feminism in academia, and online dating.[2] Her work included a 1999 national telephone survey of randomly selected women, asking them about their experiences with sexual harassment and assault.[3] She has also researched the impact that the inclusion of women's studies within academia has had on feminism, determining that it had made feminism more conservative.[4] In 2015, the Women's Executive Network named her one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.[5]

Lenton's appointment as university president became effective on 1 July 2017. As the university's chief spokesperson during a divisive part-time faculty strike in 2015, during which time she was also on the university's negotiating committee, Lenton's anticipated presidential appointment generated widespread opposition from an alliance of university students and faculty members prior to its announcement.[6]
In 2018, during her first year, a second strike occurred at the university under her leadership.[7] An undergraduate student occupation of the University Senate took place in support of the strike. The sit-in lasted several weeks, during which the participants highlighted potential expense account issues from Lenton's term as Vice President Academic and President, in addition to various other tuition-oriented concerns.[8][9]

On May 1, 2018 President Lenton and the Chair of the Board of Governors (BoG) both were admonished in an official letter sent by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) for their concerted and repeated attempts to undermine academic self-governance at York University.

CAUT to York University re CAUT Resolution passed at Council

This official statement was preceded by a significant number of faculties issuing their majority carried non-confidence towards decisions made by the BoG's Chair and President Lenton.[10]

References

  1. ^ Neil Sutherland (1992). Contemporary Canadian Childhood and Youth: A Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 322.
  2. ^ Chiose, Simona (February 28, 2017). "York University selects provost Rhonda Lenton as new president". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  3. ^ Michele Antoinette Paludi and Florence Denmark (2010). Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse: Incidence and psychological dimensions. ABC-CLIO. p. 246.
  4. ^ Robyn Wiegman (2002). Women’s Studies on Its Own: A Next Wave Reader in Institutional Change. Duke University Press. p. 52.
  5. ^ "PSE leaders named among Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women". Academia Group. November 27, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Chiose, Simona (April 7, 2017). "York University urged to make search for the new president more transparent". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  7. ^ Joshua Freeman (March 5, 2018). "Contract staff represented by CUPE begin strike at York University". CTV.
  8. ^ Matt Dionne (April 2, 2018). "York University Strike: students occupy senate chamber for second week - Frustrated by the administration's refusal to cancel classes, students stage a sit-in". MacLeans.
  9. ^ Brennan Doherty (March 23, 2018). "York University students stage occupation to force labour talks". The Toronto Star.
  10. ^ https://www.yufa.ca/york-u-admin-faces-mounting-criticism-as-summer-term-threatened-by-strike/
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