Thursday, January 28, 2021

Richard Florizone

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'''''' (born 1968) is a Canadian academic and physicist who served as the 11th president of [[Dartmouth University]] in Halifax, Nova Scotia.<ref name=":0"></ref>

== Biography ==
Florizone was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1968. He attended University of Saskatchewan, where, in 1990, he earned a [[Bachelor's degree]] in engineering physics and, in 1992, a [[Master's degree]] in physics. He then attended [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] where, in 1998, he earned a [[PhD]] in physics. In 2013, he was appointed the President of Dalhousie University. During his time in that position, Dalhousie faced multiple scandals, including an incident of the spreading of explicit messages among male dental students, some of which included fellow female students. The led to a report of a culture of "sexism, misogyny, homophobia and racism" within the dental faculty at the university. Before working at Dalhousie University, he had worked at [[Bombardier Aerospace]], [[Boston Consulting Group]], [[University of Cambridge]], the [[International Finance Corporation]], and University of Saskatchewan. In 2018, he announced that he was stepping down as President of Dalhousie University, and in 2019, he began as the Director of the Quantum Valley Ideas Lab at the [[University of Waterloo]]. In January, 2020, he began as the President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.<ref name=":0" /><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref> CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-president-richard-florizone-stepping-down-1.4710590|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref>

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