John O. Stubbs is a

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. He was president of

Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.

and

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. Stubbs began his career as a historian and political scientist, specializing in the history of 20th century

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and media. He distinguished himself as a teacher and administrator at the

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, serving in various positions including associate dean of arts. Stubbs was appointed president of

in 1987, a post that he held until 1993, when he was appointed for a five-year term as president of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. His term was renewed in April 1997. In 1997, he was forced to resign for his mishandling of a controversial sexual harassment case. Since then he has been a member of Simon Fraser's history department. In 1998, he was appointed a board member of the

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Education

#B.A. in modern history,

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, 1966; M.Sc. in international history, the

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, 1967; #D.Phil.,

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, 1973. #Lecturer,

, 1967–1969. #Professor,

, 1973–1986. #Visiting lecturer (1979), visiting fellow (1986), St. Catherine's (Oxford).

Sources

*Ian Mulgrew, "President’s role in sex harassment case scars his career", Vancouver Province, 19 July 1997, B3 *"U of G's Len Conolly new Trent president", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 9 July 1993, B4 *Robert Matas, "Stubbs resigns post as SFU president", The Globe and Mail, 13 December 1997, A9 *Sarah Schmidt, "Scholarship fund failed, report says: Chretien legacy project", National Post, 6 November 2003, A4. *http://www.sfu.ca/history/stubbs.htm "SFU President appointed to second five year term," SFU News, April 3, 1997, Vol 8 No 7, https://www.sfu.ca/archive-sfunews/sfnews/1997/April3/president.html Alumni of the London School of Economics Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academic staff of Simon Fraser University 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Presidents of Trent University 21st-century Canadian historians {{Canada-historian-stub

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