We chat with the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia, Professor Santa Ono, to look ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ the rapid test and vaccine convo on campus. What lessons have we learned and what implications will the pandemic have for the future of higher education? ๐ก ๐๐ซ.๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐-๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐- ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Photo credit: Paul H. Joseph / UBC Brand & Marketing
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Santa J. Ono PhD FRSC FCAHS is the 15th President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.
Installed as President and Vice-Chancellor in 2016, he also serves as Chair of the U15 Group of Universities, on the Board of Directors of Universities Canada, and as Past Chair of Research Universities of British Columbia. He is also a member of the Boards of Fulbright and MITACS. He has also served on the Boards of the American Council on Education and the Council on Competitiveness and as Chief Innovation Advisor to the Province of British Columbia.
Prior to his appointment as President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC, Dr. Ono served as the 28th President of the University of Cincinnati and Senior Vice-Provost and Deputy to the Provost at Emory University.
He was appointed by Governor John Kasich to lead Ohioโs Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier โ Ohioโs technology-based economic development program, ย when he served as President of the University of Cincinnati.
A molecular immunologist educated at the University of Chicago and McGill, Dr. Ono has taught at Johns Hopkins, Harvard University and University College London. He has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He has also advised companies such as GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Novartis on R&D.
He has served on a number of editorial boards, including Immunology, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
Dr. Ono has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the National Academy of Inventors, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.
He holds Honorary Doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals.
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