Awarded in 2015 for advocacy for international education and research

Canadian Bureau for International Education President's Award for Distinguished Leadership in International Education

Awarded in 2014 for leadership in promoting diversity in academic institutions

Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada Recognition Award

Canada's "Top 100 Most Powerful Women" in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

Canada's "Top 100 Most Powerful Women"

Canadian Association for Community Living's National Inclusive Education Award

Awarded in 2010 in recognition of national and international work in the field of disabilities and education

Red Cross Humanitarian Award

The Inter-American Space for Women Leaders in Higher Education Institutions of the Americas (EMULIES)

Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada

Canadian Association for Education Psychology

Bras d'Or Mi'kmaq First Nation

Since becoming the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Regina on September 1, 2008, Dr. Vianne Timmons has taken a leading role in establishing the strategic direction of the University.

She has done so in large part through the development and implementation of the University's two most recent strategic plans.  The 2009-2014 plan, developed through a consultative process and entitled mâmawohkamâtowin: Our Work, Our People, Our Communities, gave new life to the institution's three-fold academic mission of teaching, research, and service to community through its focus on key areas such as student and employee engagement, teaching and research excellence, and the education of Aboriginal students who will play such an important part in Saskatchewan's future. The 2015-2020 strategic plan, entitled peyak aski kikawinaw: Together We Are Stronger, builds on this momentum by emphasizing student success, high-impact research, commitment to communities, Indigenization, and sustainability.

Under Dr. Timmons' leadership, the University of Regina has made a great deal of progress. After several years of declining enrolment, student numbers have increased considerably, with more than 14,000 students - the highest total in the University's history - now registered at the University and its three federated colleges. Faculty members and students are receiving national and international recognition for their work, and the University is attracting more external research funding than ever before. Just as importantly, the University of Regina is becoming increasingly diverse, with approximately 14% of its students from other countries, and another 12% who have self-declared that they are of Aboriginal descent.

As President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Timmons maintains a wide-ranging research program, with particular emphasis on family literacy and inclusive education. She is active in the academic community regionally, nationally and internationally, currently serving as President of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Chair of Universities Canada's Standing Committee on International Relations, and a member of the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Dr. Timmons is a member of the Bras d'Or Mi'kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia.

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Developmental Disability

Aboriginal Education

Inclusive Education

Women and Leadership

Family Literacy

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University Administration

International Education

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President and Vice-Chancellor

Today Dr. Vianne Timmons, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Regina, participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. She participated in honour of her brother-in-law, who has ALS.

“I have watched with great encouragement as the Ice Bucket Challenge has swept across the world, helping raise money and create awareness about a terrible disease,” said President Timmons. “My family has been impacted personally, as my brother-in-law has faced this diagnosis with immense courage, showing his character by worrying more about how his illness will affect others rather than himself. I am therefore proud to participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge in his honour. He has been an example to our family about how to confront life’s toughest obstacles”. 

She challenged:

• President John Meehan, Campion College
• President Bryan Hillis, Luther College
• President Mark Dockstator, First Nations University of Canada
• President Devon Peters, University of Regina Students’ Union

Please go to the link below and donate to help us create a world without ALS.

http://www.ALS.CA/ICEBUCKETCHALLENGE

President Timmons - ALS ice bucket challenge

Vianne Timmons, President and Vice-chancellor, University of Regina

Faculty and staff joined President and Vice-Chancellor Vianne Timmons to engage in an open dialogue about the University. Professor Marc Spooner of the Faculty of Education moderated the discussion.

Dialogue with President Timmons - January 15, 2013

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