A new management team at FSA ULaval

Tuesday July 2nd, 2024

At the start of the summer, Dean Frank Pons revealed the new faces joining his management team and expressed his heartfelt thanks to those stepping down.

Like the Dean, the Faculty is profoundly grateful to Gustavo Birollo and Josianne Marsan for their leadership and dedication as part of the management team, which they have served on since 2020.

Over the last four years, Gustavo led the Development and International Relations Department, developing our international strategic plan and steering a course through the numerous challenges brought on by the pandemic.

Josianne also left her mark on the Faculty, enhancing our financial support programs and recognizing our researchers’ multidisciplinary contributions. FSA ULaval owes both of them a great deal for all their hard work.

New team

Although significant progress was made under this mandate, there is still plenty to do. The new management team is highly motivated and ready to take FSA ULaval even further.

To that end, we are happy to announce that Pierre-Sébastien Fournier has been named Vice Dean of Research and International.

Fort d’une grande expérience en gestion et de sa connaissance approfondie de la Faculté, Pierre-Sébastien développera et structurera une équipe pour accompagner toutes les actrices et les acteurs de la recherche. Attentif aux besoins de nos professeures et professeurs ainsi qu’aux directrices et directeurs de recherche, il continuera à développer les activités de recherche tout en pilotant nos orientations internationales.

Additionally, we are pleased to be welcoming Margaret Schomaker back as Vice Dean of Academics, Student Affairs and International Accreditations. Margaret will pursue a number of transformative projects, including reworking our graduate programs, and will head up the master’s and doctoral research programs.

Margaret Schomaker’s term will begin September 1, 2024, with André Gascon serving as Interim Vice Dean until then. We want to extend our deepest thanks to André for his incredible work and years of dedicated service.

Jacques Renaud, a peerless professional and dedicated leader, will continue as Faculty Secretary.

The final member of our management team is Stéphane Dorais, our Executive Director, whose exceptional work has deftly steered the Faculty through labour shortages and recruitment challenges.