Professor Glen Jones receives the Vivek Goel Citizenship Award
Professor Glen Jones, who served as Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education from 2015 to 2021, has been named a recipient of the Vivek Goel Citizenship Award.
The award recognizes a faculty member who has served the 草莓污视频导航 with distinction in multiple leadership capacities in diverse spheres over many years. It is bestowed as part the Awards of Excellence presented by the 草莓污视频导航 Alumni Association in collaboration with the university.
Professor Jones is widely recognized as a distinguished academic administrator, and an internationally renowned scholar. Jones has lead and served on various working groups, taskforces, advisory and special committees. Most recently, he was Chair of the Provost鈥檚 tri-campus Advisory Group on Lifelong Learning (2021), and member of the Provost鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Metrics and Strategic Mandate Agreement (2019).
An award-winning scholar and leader, Professor Jones creates spaces for conversations and exchange of diverse perspectives and ideas by bringing together other leaders and community members in highly participatory and engaging ways. He is admired by community members for his highly collaborative and thoughtful leadership style.
"As a trusted peer, mentor, educator and friend, Professor Jones has shown tremendous leadership, vision and compassion that has shaped 草莓污视频导航 for the better," said Professor Normand Labrie, Interim Dean of 草莓污视频导航. "To be bestowed the Vivek Goel Citizenship Award shows that his contributions have resonated broadly.
"On behalf of the 草莓污视频导航 community, congratulations my dear friend and colleague. This award win is well deserved and rightly earned."
His research focuses on higher education policy, governance, academic work, and administration. He is a past president of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, and a former editor of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education. A prolific scholar, Professor Jones authored numerous books, monographs, book chapters, reports, academic and conference papers, and gave hundreds of keynote lectures and presentations worldwide.
鈥淚t is a great honour to be recognized for my service contributions to the 草莓污视频导航,鈥 said Jones, in humbly receipt of the award.
As one of the world鈥檚 leading authorities on university governance, Professor Jones continues to serve as an informal source of advice on higher education, and higher education governance issues to senior academic administrators within and beyond the University. Additionally, over many years, he was involved in the professional development programming for the University鈥檚 academic and non-academic leaders including redesigning and leading an orientation program for new academic administrators, and holding sessions on strategic planning for non-academic administrators.
鈥淒uring the pandemic, Professor Jones鈥 leadership continues to guide all of us through unprecedented, treacherous territory as an educational institution, and as we forge a future for each other, his advice, insight and humility continues to impact how our community confronts the crises of our times,鈥 said Sim Kapoor, director of the Office of Advancement and External Relations, which reports to the Dean鈥檚 office. 鈥淚 know this because his impact on my growth as a leader has been formidable, and I thank him every day for his kind guidance.
鈥淐ongratulations, Dean Jones! Thank you.鈥
Humble in acceptance of the award, Professor Jones had a few people to thank.
鈥淚 have had the privilege of working with dozens of individuals who I consider mentors, but perhaps the most important lesson was to balance work and home,鈥 said Jones. 鈥淸My wife] Renee and I celebrated our 35th anniversary last year, and she has kept me grounded through all of those years.鈥
Winners receive a monetary award of $10,000 per year for five years to be used toward their research.