Information for Chairs
This page links to reference materials to make your job as Chair,
or Head a bit easier.
NEW: Directory of Practical Resources for Department Chairs - Revised June 2009
The Roles and Responsibilities of Middle Management
(Chairs and Deans) in Canadian Universities by Lydia M. Boyko and Glen A.
Jones
This
Guidebook For New Principal Investigators by Roderick McInnes, Brenda Andrews and
Richard Rachubinski provides very useful information on grant writing for new (and used) faculty members.
The Toronto Dominion Bank
Report on Post Secondary Education in Canada from March 15, 2004 contains much information on the value of PSE in Canada. Well worth a read.
An article on
Management vs. Leadership. Contains some interesting tidbits, and advice.
A short article on
Dealing with Challenging Faculty members which can be quite useful.
Another article on
Building Leadership.
A short piece on
Managing Change in the university environment.
Updated: June 21, 2009