Dr Kim Critchley has been made dean and chief executive officer (CEO) of University of Calgary - Qatar (UCQ). She was serving as acting and interim dean and CEO since September 1.
“Dr Critchley has a long and distinguished career in nursing in post-secondary education in Canada,” said Dr Dru Marshall, provost and vice-president (academic).
Dr Critchley said she is eager to make a positive contribution to the university and to work with everyone on the ‘very talented’ UCQ team.
She came to UCQ from the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) School of Nursing, where she served as dean between 2005 and 2012, and as full professor from 2008 to 2012.
She also holds adjunct appointments with the University of New Brunswick School of Nursing (honorary research assistant), the University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University and the Memorial University Department of Graduate Studies.
She has held a number of important academic administrative positions, including Chair of the School of Nursing Master of Nursing Development Committee at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI,) and member of the working committee for the Canadian Research Chair in Human Development and Health.
She was the UPEI lead for 10 years for the Atlantic Regional Training Centre that offered a Masters in Applied Health Services Research with four Atlantic universities. She has also held a number of important administrative positions within the nursing profession, including serving as the Atlantic representative for ‘Picking up the Pace: Innovations in Primary Health Care from Across Canada,’ and as committee member of the Canadian Primary Health Care Initiative.
Critchley earned a BSc Nursing from St Francis Xavier University, a Master of Nursing from the University of Calgary, a Diploma of Primary Healthcare and Quality Improvement from the University of Helsinki Department of Primary Healthcare, and a PhD from the University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine.
Her areas of research include primary healthcare, children’s health, Aboriginal health, and knowledge translation. She has extensive peer-reviewed publications and scholarly
presentations to her credit.
Dr Critchley replaces Dr Carolyn Byrne, who served in the role of dean and CEO at UCQ for the past three years.