Women in Academic Leadership

Gina Grandy, Dean and Professor, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary

Previously, Gina Grandy held the roles of Dean and Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) at the Hill and Levene School of Business, University of Regina. She was also RBC Women in Leadership Scholar and served as lead for the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) in Saskatchewan.

Gina is the co-editor of two books. Her research on leadership, gender and women’s experiences at work, and stigmatized work has been published widely. Gina is active in the community with various initiatives and bodies that work to redress gender disadvantage. She has been a facilitator for CHERD’s Women in Academic Leadership and was the co-organizer of the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) 2020 Conference hosted by the University of Regina.

Sheila Cote-Meek, Professor & Director, Indigenous Educational Studies Programs, Brock University

Sheila Cote-Meek is Anishinaabe from the Teme-Augama Anishnabai.

Previously, Sheila was the inaugural Vice-President, Equity, People and Culture at York University where she led several initiatives to advance York’s priority of Living Well Together including York’s first institutional-wide Decolonizing, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DEDI) strategy and their Black Inclusion Strategy. She was also the inaugural Associate-Vice-President, Indigenous and Academic Programs at Laurentian University where she led several initiatives including the development of the Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, the Maamwazing Indigenous Research Institute, and the Master of Indigenous Relations.

Sheila is the author of Colonized Classrooms – Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education and co-author of Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education in Canada, Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy, and Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education: Learning from One Another. She is well-known both provincially and nationally for her work in advancing Indigeneity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.