Deep Saini
Deep Saini FRSN | |
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ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ | |
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| Born | Hagurdeep Saini |
| Occupation(s) | President and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Punjab Agricultural University (1977), University of Adelaide (1982) |
| Thesis | Physiological studies on sterility induced in wheat by heat and water deficit (1982) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Sub-discipline | Plant biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology |
Hargurdeep Saini (Punjabi: ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ), also known as Deep Saini, is a scientist,[1] and is the President and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.[2] He previously served as President of Dalhousie University as well as further administrative positions at Canadian and Australian universities. His time at McGill has been marked by resistance to both French language legislation made by the provincial government of Quebec and a push to quash protest movements at his university.
Career[edit]
Hargurdeep Saini was previously the President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University,[3] a Vice-Chancellor and President of University of Canberra, a vice-president of University of Toronto, and principal of the university's Mississauga campus, and dean of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.[4][5] Saini became a noted plant physiologist[1][6] and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration.[7]
McGill University[edit]
On 14 November 2022, it was announced that Deep Saini will step down from his role as president of Dalhousie, effective 31 December 2022,[3] to become Principal (now known as 'President' since December 2023) and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.[8]
Over the first year of Deep Saini’s tenure as President and Vice-Chancellor, he led McGill through a series of challenges, including the controversial[9][10] [11]revised tuition policy put forward by the Government of Québec, which would: increase tuition for Canadian students outside of Quebec by 30 per cent and would claw back more international tuition fees for redistribution across francophone universities.[12]
In December 2023, McGill launched a legal proceeding[13] against the Government given the forecasted adverse effects that the new tuition policies would have on the University’s future.[14][15]
In May 2024, a pro-Palestinian encampment was established on McGill’s downtown campus in response to the war in the Middle East, which coincided with parallel protest movements seen across universities in Canada and the United States.[16] [17][18]Citing health and safety concerns, the University filed a second request for an injunction[19]; in the meantime, McGill’s administration held discussions with members of the encampment to reach a resolution.[20]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Advances in Agronomy, pp ix, Volume 68 By Donald L. Sparks, San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 2000.
- ^ "McGill University appoints H. Deep Saini as new Principal and Vice-Chancellor". 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini". Dalhousie News. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Singh, Gurmukh (22 January 2010). "Indo-Canadian gets top post in Canada's top university". IANS. Retrieved 30 December 2018 – via TwoCircles.net.
- ^ "UofT appoints new Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Bulletin - American Society of Plant Physiologists, Issue 52, Bethesda, Md. [etc.] American Society of Plant Physiologists.
- ^ "Introducing Deep Saini, Dalhousie's 12th president". Dalhousie News. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini".
- ^ https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/education/2023-10-17/droits-de-scolarite/le-projet-de-quebec-pour-les-universites-anglophones-critique-a-ottawa.php; https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/drimonis-downgrading-english-universities-downgrades-quebec-as-well "Étudiants hors Québec: le patronat critique la hausse des droits de scolarité".
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Le projet de Québec pour les universités anglophones critiqué à Ottawa".
- ^ "When English universities are downgraded, so is Quebec".
- ^ "Out-of-province students will now have to pay $12K to study in Quebec".
- ^ "McGill, Concordia universities launch legal action against Quebec over tuition hikes".
- ^ "L'Université McGill pourrait supprimer 700 emplois".
- ^ "Frais de scolarité hors-Québec: McGill annonce un gel d'embauches".
- ^ "Carefully planned and partly improvised: inside the Columbia protest that fueled a national movement".
- ^ "U of T seeks court injunction to clear encampment as protesters stay put".
- ^ "'Please leave the site now,' McGill tells pro-Palestinian encampment, threatening to bring in police".
- ^ "McGill University to seek second injunction to remove pro-Palestinian encampment".
- ^ "Pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill expands as talks with university continue".
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- Living people
- Canadian physiologists
- Academic staff of the University of Toronto
- Plant physiologists
- Canadian molecular biologists
- Indian molecular biologists
- Academic staff of the University of Canberra
- University of Adelaide alumni
- University of Alberta alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Waterloo
- Scientists from Ontario
- 20th-century Indian scientists
- 21st-century Indian scientists
- 20th-century Canadian scientists
- 21st-century Canadian scientists
- Punjab Agricultural University people
- Indian physiologists