Benoit-Antoine Bacon
Benoit-Antoine Bacon | |
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Benoit-Antoine Bacon in 2018 | |
| 17th President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 1, 2023 | |
| Chancellor | Steven Point |
| Preceded by | Deborah Buszard (interim) Santa Ono |
| 15th President and Vice-Chancellor, Carleton University | |
| In office July 1, 2018 – August 31, 2023 | |
| Chancellor | Yaprak Baltacioğlu |
| Preceded by | Alastair Summerlee (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Tomberlin (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | Concordia University (BA) Université de Montréal (PhD) |
| Occupation | Academic administrator |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | neuropsychology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Etudes des substrats neurologiques de la stéréopsie chez le chat (1999) |
| Doctoral advisors | Franco Lepore Jean-Paul Guillemot |
Benoit-Antoine Bacon is a Canadian neuropsychologist who has been serving as the 17th president of the University of British Columbia since November 2023. He previously served as the 15th president of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, from 2018 to 2023.