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Chris Janzen
Senior Vice President, Academic
Algonquin College
1385 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa ON K2G 1V8
Tel: (613) 727-4723 ext. 7703
email: svpa@algonquincollege.com

Chris Janzen

Senior Vice President Academic

Chris Janzen has been Senior Vice President Academic since August 2019. He is responsible for all of Algonquin College’s academic Institutes, Schools, Faculties, and associated services. Prior to that, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Technology and Trades at Algonquin College (2012-2019), responsible for the School of Advanced Technology and the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence. He began his tenure at Algonquin as the Academic Chair of the Applied Science and Environmental Technology Department, joining the College in January of 2012.

Prior to joining Algonquin College, he was a Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Hamline University in St. Paul Minnesota in 1984. After earning his Ph.D. in chemistry from Texas A&M University and spending two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the US National Institutes of Health, he spent 20 years teaching and conducting research in environmental science and extreme environments. During this time, Chris also spent seven years serving in municipal government as an elected public official.

For any inquiries, please contact:

Senior Executive Assistant
Joanne Landry
landryj3@algonquincollege.com
613-727-4723, ext. 7703