Prof. Santa Ono - Faith and Leadership in a Time of Crisis
Published 2022-02-11
Prof. Santa Ono speaks on Faith and Leadership in a Time of Crisis
How do you deal with a global pandemic? That’s the question leaders of organizations large and small had to face in March 2020 as COVID-19 turned the world upside down. Santa Ono, president of the University of British Columbia, discusses how he drew on his faith and his philosophy of servant leadership to guide UBC through the crisis.
Santa Ono is the 15th President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.
He also serves as Chair of the U15 Group of Universities, on the Board of Directors of Universities Canada, and as Past Chair of Research Universities of British Columbia. In 2018, he served as co-chair of the Tri-council advisory committee on equity, diversity and inclusion policy.
Prior to his appointment as President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC, Dr. Ono served as the 28th President of the University of Cincinnati and Senior Vice-Provost and Deputy to the Provost at Emory University.
A molecular immunologist educated at the University of Chicago and McGill, Dr. Ono has taught at Johns Hopkins, Harvard University and University College London.
He holds Honorary Doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals.
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Thanks for the posting. It’s great lecture
