Benoit-Antoine Bacon | |
|---|---|
| 17th President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 1, 2023 | |
| Chancellor | Steven Point |
| Preceded by | Deborah Buszard (interim) Santa Ono |
| 15th President and Vice-Chancellor, Carleton University | |
| In office July 1, 2018 – August 31, 2023 | |
| Chancellor | Yaprak Baltacioğlu |
| Preceded by | Alastair Summerlee (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Tomberlin (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | Concordia University (BA) Université de Montréal (PhD) |
| Occupation | Academic administrator |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | neuropsychology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Etudes des substrats neurologiques de la stéréopsie chez le chat (1999) |
| Doctoral advisors | Franco Lepore Jean-Paul Guillemot |
Benoit-Antoine Bacon is a Canadian neuropsychologist who has been serving as the 17th president of the University of British Columbia since November 2023.[1] He previously served as the 15th president of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario from 2018 to 2023.[2]