Laurentian University political science professor Harley d’Entremont has been appointed vice-president academic and research at Nipissing University.

d’Entremont’s five-year term begins May 1, 2012.

d’Entremont brings almost 35 years of experience in the university sector, 19 of those in executive positions.

Beyond his work as a political science professor, d’Entremont has previously acted as the vice-president academic (francophone affairs) and the director of academic staff relations at Laurentian.

d’Entremont holds a bachelor of arts in political science from St. Mary’s University, a masters of public administration from Dalhousie and a PhD in political science from the University of Western Ontario.

d’Entremont began his career at the Université de Moncton in 1975. He taught courses in public policy, public administration and local government.

He eventually became the director of the Department of Political Science, vice-dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and director of the Masters of Public Administration. From 1988 until 2001, d’Entremont was president of the Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.

While vice-president at Laurentian, d’Entremont served as a member of the senior executive team. Part of his responsibility included preparation of the academic portion of the budget.

He was also responsible for francophone-targeted grants. He served as Laurentian’s representative on the Consortium of French (and bilingual) universities in Ontario and on the national board of the association of French-language universities outside of Québec.

He also served as Laurentian’s representative on the Ontario Mineral Industry Cluster Committee.

During his term as director, academic staff relations (concurrent with his VP role from June 2004 to October 2008), he was chief negotiator for two rounds of collective bargaining and developed new procedures for the hiring of faculty.

“It gives me great pleasure to welcome Dr. d’Entremont to Nipissing University,” Nipissing president Lesley Lovett-Doust, said in a press release.

“He brings a wealth of administrative expertise to the role, and is very familiar with the context of northeastern Ontario. Dr. d’Entremont’s prior experience as a vice-president, and his sound understanding of academic budgeting and strategic priorities will help propel Nipissing along the pathway to excellence.”

Posted by Arron Pickard