Sudbury’s Laurentian University will be on the hunt for a new president in 2018.
Dominic Giroux, the university’s president and vice-chancellor, has been named the new CEO of Health Sciences North in Sudbury.
“With Greater Sudbury positioning itself as a hub of health excellence, we were seeking a CEO with a proven track record of delivering results, along with experience in an academic environment to advance our teaching and research missions,” said hospital chair Nicole Everest, in a release.
Landing Giroux “marks an exciting new path” for that positions Sudbury as a “hub of health excellence,” she added.
Giroux’s last day at Laurentian is Aug. 18. He starts his new job on Oct. 2.
Since Dr. Denis Roy left the hospital last June, the CEO’s position has been filled on an interim basis by Joe Pilon, the chief operating officer, and Dr. Janet McElhaney, vice-president of the research institute.
Pierre Zundel, the university’s academic and provost, will serve as interim president and vice-chancellor until June 30, 2019.
The university said the search for a new president will start in the summer of 2018.
During his time at the Laurentian helm, Giroux has been a fundraising machine.
The Sudbury campus has seen $206 million worth of new building construction and renovations, landed $80 million in private fundraising and $64 million in government infrastructure investments, including donations and establishment of the Bharti School of Engineering, Goodman School of Mines, Harquail School of Earth Sciences, and the construction of a new downtown school of architecture named for Goldcorp founder and mining magnate Rob McEwen.
Giroux said called the decision to leave Laurentian "the most difficult decision I have ever made."
"Ultimately, the opportunity for our family to remain in Greater Sudbury, serving our community, taking on new exciting challenges leading two great organizations with already high-quality teams in place during a transformational time for health care, was too great for me to pass up.”
