We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Douglas Proctor to the role of assistant vice-president global engagement and partnerships and senior international officer at York University starting Jan. 1, 2026.
Douglas Proctor comes to us from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, where he has served since 2021 as pro vice-chancellor (global engagement). With more than 20 years’ experience in the development and implementation of global strategy, Dr. Proctor has been directly involved in addressing the challenges and opportunities for universities to advance global engagement in all aspects of their mission. He has worked with universities in France, New Caledonia, Australia and Ireland in both academic and professional staff contexts where he has overseen the development and operation of diverse transnational education and research programs, partnerships and delivery models.
Dr. Proctor holds a PhD in international higher education from the University of Melbourne. He is an honorary fellow of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (University of Melbourne) and a senior fellow of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). He is co-editor of The Future Agenda for Internationalization in Higher Education (Routledge, 2018), offering new perspectives from a younger generation of scholars and practitioners on the future of internationalization in higher education. He continues to publish and present widely on post-secondary education and global engagement.
Dr. Proctor is a global board director for the Climate Action Network for International Educators (CANIE). In 2025-26, he will serve as one of four program faculty for NAFSA's Executive Internationalization Leadership e-Institute, as well as delivering training for the European Association for International Education (EAIE) on strategic planning for internationalization.
We are thrilled that Douglas will be joining York University to lead York International at this pivotal moment for global research collaborations, transnational education and support for international students.
Sincerely,
Lisa Philipps
Provost and Vice-President Academic
Amir Asif
Vice-President Research and Innovation
Originally published on YFile.