Alaa Abd-El-Aziz
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Alaa Abd-El-Aziz is a Canadian academic and former President of the University of Prince Edward Island.[1]
Early life
Abd-El-Aziz completed his bachelor's and master's at the Ain Shams University in 1985 and 1989 respectively.[2] He completed a PhD at the University of Saskatchewan in 1989.[3][2]
Career
Abd-El-Aziz joined the University of Toronto as a lecturer in 1989.[2] In 1990, he joined the University of Winnipeg as an assistant professor and became a full professor in 1997 and worked there till 2006.[2]
From 1991 to 2008, Abd-El-Aziz was an adjunct professor at the University of Manitoba.[2] He was also an adjunct at the Université de Sherbrooke and the University of Winnipeg.[2]
Abd-El-Aziz was the former Provost of University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus).[3] From 2006 to 2011, he was the professor of chemistry at University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus).[2]
Abd-El-Aziz became President of University of Prince Edward Island in 2011.[3] He was director of Confederation Centre of the Arts, Holland College.[3] He was an executive member of the Atlantic Association of Universities.[3]
In 2013, the University of Prince Edward Island paid two employees of the university who had filed sexual harassment claims with P.E.I. Human Rights Commission.[3][4]
Abd-El-Aziz's contract was renewed in 2015.[5] Atlantic Business Magazine declared him innovator of the year in 2020.[6][7]
Abd-El-Aziz agreed to stay at the University till 2025 but resigned in December 2021 citing health reasons following a report by CBC on the sexual harassments settlement.[8][9] Janice Rubin was appointment by the university to investigate the incident.[10] He was replaced at the university by Gregory Keefe.[11]
References
- ^ "President of University of Prince Edward Island resigns amid misconduct allegations". thestar.com. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Chang, Arturo (7 December 2021). "UPEI president Alaa Abd-El-Aziz resigns, citing his health". CBC. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "UPEI settles sexual harassment complaints". CBC news. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Chang, Arturo (8 December 2021). "UPEI board of governors launches third-party review of new allegations involving ex-president". CBC news. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz is our 2020 Innovator of the Year". Atlantic Business Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "President of University of Prince Edward Island resigns, citing health concerns". Atlantic. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Campbell, Kerry (3 December 2021). "Use of NDAs has created 'culture of silence and fear' on UPEI campus, former prof says". CBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Contributed. "LETTER: What happened to third party review of UPEI president? | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Prominent Toronto lawyer to look into alleged UPEI workplace misconduct". ca.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "University of Prince Edward Island appoints interim president, hires investigator". The Globe and Mail. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-09-05.