Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Related Bios
Kevin Wamsley
Kevin Wamsley
  • Title:
    Vice-Chair
  • Organization:
    Nipissing University

Bio

Dr. Kevin Wamsley is the seventh President & Vice-Chancellor of Nipissing University. Prior to joining Nipissing in August of 2021, Dr. Wamsley completed a five-year term as Academic Vice-President & Provost at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia where he also served for one year as Interim President in 2019-20. Previously, he served as Professor, Associate Dean, Acting Dean, and Director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies over the course of 18 years at Western University. Prior to that he was Assistant/Associate Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Calgary.

He has served 16 years in significant university administration roles, and has much leadership experience in student academic success, curriculum development, student recruitment, retention and student relations, quality assurance reviews and reports, professional accreditation processes, faculty relations, alumni relations, fundraising, and strategic planning.

Recognized as one of the world's leading Olympic Games experts and historians, Dr. Wamsley has appeared in various media publications/broadcasts nearly 1,700 times throughout his academic career, including with such news agencies as CTV, Global, CBC, BBC, CNN, New York Times, Times of London, and the Wall Street Journal.