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 April 2010
NEW: An Examination of Academic Department
Chairs in Canadian Universities- December 2009
Doctoral Thesis Research, Summary and Highlights
Lydia Boyko, Ph.D.
The Roles and Responsibilities of Middle
Management - Revised: May 2011
(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: July 15, 2011