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Laurier Fact Sheet
- Year established: 1911
- President and Vice-Chancellor: Dr. Deborah MacLatchy
- Chancellor: Eileen Mercier
Senior Leadership
- Heidi Northwood, Provost and Vice-President: Academic
- Pamela Cant, Chief Human Resoures and Equity Officer
- Jason Coolman, Vice-President: Advancement and External Relations
- David McMurray, Interim Vice-President: Student Affairs
- Jonathan Newman, Vice-President: Research
- Lloyd Noronha, Vice-President: Finance and Administration
Locations
- Waterloo Campus
- Brantford Campus
- Kitchener: Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work
- Milton: new campus under development focusing on STEAM (Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Mathematics)
- Yellowknife: Research Office
Students and Faculty Members
Number of Undergraduate Students*
- Full-time: 16,385
- Part-time: 3,528
- Total: 19,913
Number of Graduate Students*
- Full-time: 1,186
- Part-time: 1,033
- Total: 2,219
Number of Faculty (Estimate)**
- Full-time: 572
- Part-time: 463
Number of Staff (Estimate)**
- Full-time: 1,262
- Part-time: 128
*Numbers as of fall 2023.
**Numbers as of winter 2022.
For additional statistical data, visit the Public Accountability page.
Faculties
Faculties Based at the Waterloo Campus and Kitchener Location
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Science
- Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
- Faculty of Music
- Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Faculties Based at the Brantford Campus
- Faculty of Liberal Arts
- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Research Centres and Institutes
- Centre for Leading Research in Education
- Centre for Research on Security Practices
- Centre for Women in Science
- Cold Regions Research Centre
- The Co-operators Centre for Business and Sustainability
- CPA Ontario Centre for Capital Markets and Behavioural Decision Making
- Einwechter Centre for Supply Chain Management
- Financial Services Research Centre
- International Migration Research Centre
- Laurier Centre for Community Research, Learning, and Action
- Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis
- Laurier Centre for Music in the Community
- Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
- Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada
- Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy
- Laurier Institute for Water Science
- Lazaridis Institute for Management of Technology Enterprises
- Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research
- Manulife Centre for Community Health Research
- MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute
- Sun Life Financial Centre for Physically Active Communities
- The Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa
- Viessmann Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability
Canada Research Chairs
- Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Water Science (tier 1), Philip Marsh (Geography and Environmental Studies)
- Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change (tier 1), Jennifer Baltzer (Biology)
- Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Modelling (tier 1), Roderick Melnik (Mathematics)
- Canada Research Chair in Business Analytics in Supply Chain (tier 2), Salar Ghamat (Operations and Decision Sciences)
- Canada Research Chair in Community-Driven Knowledge Mobilization and Pathways to Wellness (tier 2), Melody Morton Ninomiya (Health Sciences)
- Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance (tier 2), Daniel Waeger (Policy)
- Canada Research Chair in Global Adversity and Well-Being (tier 2), Bree Akesson (Social Work)
- Canada Research Chair in Global Political Ecology (tier 2), Audra Mitchell (Political Science)
- Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Histories and Historical Practice in Canada (tier 2), Lianne Leddy (History)
- Canada Research Chair in Northern Sustainable Food Systems (tier 2), Andrew Spring (Geography and Environmental Sciences)
- Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology (tier 2), Frances Stewart (Biology)
- Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Environmental Change (tier 2), Homa Kheyrollah Pour (Geography and Environmental Studies)
Other Research Chairs
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, Alison Blay-Palmer
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Ontario Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, Shohini Ghose
Learn more about our other distinguished research chairs, professors and fellows.