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Headship selection committee – Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Engineering

The headship position in the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Engineering in the Stephen J.R. Smith Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is open. In accordance with Article 41 of the Collective Agreement between Queen’s University Faculty Association and Queen’s University, a selection committee has been formed to assist Provost and Vice Principal (Academic) Matthew Evans, in the selection of a head of the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Engineering. The membership of the committee is as follows:

• Abbas Taheri, Associate Professor
• Asli Sari, Assistant Professor
• Charlotte Gibson, Assistant Professor
• Qian Zhang, Assistant Professor
• Mahmoud Alzoubi, Assistant Professor
• Bradley Diak, Cognate Faculty 
• Heather Drouillard, Department Manager
• Brad Forsyth, Undergraduate student
• Katherine Arenas-Collao, Graduate student 
• Tara MacDonald, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies.
• Amir Fam, Vice-Dean (Research), Smith Engineering
• Christa Camirand, Director, Human Resources, Smith Engineering
• Jacqueline Hill, Staffing Officer, Smith Engineering

Members of the university community are invited to comment on the present state and future prospects of the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Engineering for consideration in the Headship Process. Feedback can be submitted to the Committee Chair, Amir Fam, Vice-Dean (Research), c/o Jacqueline Hill (jlh15@queensu.ca), Stephen J.R. Smith Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science by Tuesday Feb. 20, 2024.  All letters will be reviewed by the selection committee and will become a part of the record of decision making.