Carleton University has announced its new President and Vice-Chancellor. Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon has been named as the University’s 15th president. His five-year term will begin July 1. Dr. Bacon currently serves as Provost and Academic Vice-Principal at Queen’s University. He holds a PhD in neuropsychology from the University of Montreal, and undertook an NSERC-funded post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. In addition to becoming President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Bacon will assume a tenured position as a professor of psychology.
