Prof. Paul Dangerfield, President, Capilano University, Canada
Prof. Paul Dangerfield’s Biography
Paul Dangerfield assumed the role of Capilano University’s third president and vice-chancellor on October 1, 2016.
In his role, Dangerfield is leading Capilano University forward in pursuit of its vision and mission as a regional university that promotes student success, career preparation and life readiness for graduates to contribute as responsible citizens in a rapidly changing world.
Previously, Dangerfield was the executive director and Vancouver campus dean of the New York Institute of Technology, and was dean of Capilano University’s faculty of business and professional studies from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role with the New York Institute of Technology, Dangerfield was the vice-president of Education, Research and International with British Columbia Institute of Technology from 2009 to 2014. From 1985, Dangerfield spent 20 years with the Canadian Forces in a variety of increasingly senior roles that included chief of staff, commanding officer and vice-president of human resources.
Dangerfield has served on a wide variety of boards including West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce; B.C. Council on Admissions and Transfer and the B.C. Technology Education Careers Council. Dangerfield is also a volunteer community leader with the United Way of the Lower Mainland Campaign Cabinet, an executive committee member with the Business Council of British Columbia and a board member with Economic Partnership North Vancouver.
Leadership was Dangerfield’s specialization when he completed a Master of Business Administration at Royal Roads University. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Carleton University.
Dr. Howard Youngs
Senior Lecturer, Educational Leadership Leader, International School of Education
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Dr. Howard Youngs’s Biography
Dr Howard Youngs is a Senior Lecturer in educational leadership, researcher, and writer of educational leadership and management as well as the Leader for International in the School of Education at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). He has had the privilege to spend time in Southeast Asian nations, facilitating leadership development for school and higher education leaders, managers and teachers. Howard’s teaching and research often focuses on distributed leadership, collaborative practices and learning for all. Learning for all, reflects a lot of his work in New Zealand, where a key aspect of leadership inquiry work is related to the learning spaces not just between teachers and students, but also between teachers, and leaders/managers and teachers, in the hope of enhancing conditions for student learning and how organisations can learn, especially through complex situations. An example of his writing in higher education can be seen in:
Youngs, H. (2017). A critical exploration of collaborative and distributed leadership in higher education: Developing an alternative ontology through leadership-as-practice. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39(2), 140-154.