List of Athabasca University people

This is a list of people associated with Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. This includes faculty, notable alumni, staff, and former university presidents. Athabasca University is a distance education university with open enrollment year round, accredited by the province and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. It has served more than 260,000 students since 1970. In 2007 it began offering some classes by phone, and in 2008 it became the first university in North America to offer a doctorate in distance education. In 2009, it became the first Canadian university to offer a doctorate in Business Administration (DBA).

The university teaches approximately 32,000 students per year, and has a variety of students with various learning needs. Classes are attended at the location of the student's choosing. The university has a set number of standards for students in the delivery of its programs. It offers over 700 courses, and spends $2 million a year on research.

List

NameKnown forRelationship to Athabasca UniversityCitationShannon-Ogbnai AbedaOlympic athleteStudentFrank ApplebyAlberta MLA Graduate and honorary degreeMark ArendzParalympic athleteGraduatePierre BertonAuthor and journalistHonorary degreePaul Boutilier NHL veteran, New York IslandersStudentDebby CarlsonAlberta MLA for Edmonton EllerslieGraduateGary CarrMember of Parliament for Halton; NHL veteran, Boston BruinsGraduateLarry ClarkeBusinessmanHonorary degreeDeidra Dionne Olympic bronze medalist in aerial ski jumpingStudentMeagan DuhamelOlympic athleteGraduateRocky DwyerBusiness scholarFormer professorChristian FarstadFormer Olympic athlete, bobsleighGraduateJonathan FilewichHockey player, Pittsburgh PenguinsStudentNorthrop FryeAuthorHonorary degreeVicki GabereauJournalistHonorary degreeJayne GackenbachDream researcherProfessorAnna Greenwood-LeeAnglican bishopGraduateStu Grimson NHL veteran, Calgary FlamesGraduateTed HarrisonArtistHonorary degreeThomas HickeyHockey playerstudentLois HoleFormer lieutenant governor of AlbertaFormer Governing Council memberCarol HuynhOlympic athleteGraduateSandra KeithOlympic biathleteStudentRussell KennedyOlympic athleteGraduateRalph KleinFormer premier of AlbertaStudentSwede Knox NHL veteran GraduateJackson LaffertyNorthwest Territories MLA for North SlaveStudentDorothy LivesayPoetHonorary degreeErnest ManningFormer premier of AlbertaHonorary degreeShirlee MathesonAuthorGraduateAlyn McCauley NHL player, San Jose SharksStudentMaureen McTeerWife of Joe ClarkHonorary degreeRachel NotleyFormer premier of AlbertaFormer professorRyan O'MarraHockey player, Edmonton OilersStudentKaetlyn OsmondOlympic athleteStudentMarni PanasLGBT activistGraduateJoseph PivatoLiterary criticProfessorEric RadfordOlympic athleteGraduateJoy RomeroBusinesswomanChair, Governing CouncilBeckie Scott Olympic gold medallist in cross-country skiingStudentJames ShapiroIslet transplant doctor, University of AlbertaHonorary degreeMonte SolbergConservative member of Parliament for Medicine HatStudentMilaine Thériault Olympic competitorStudentAmber ThomasParalympic athleteGraduateWalter Patrick TwinnSenator and Chief of Sawridge First NationHonorary degreeIan TysonMusicianHonorary degreeEleanor WachtelJournalistHonorary degreePamela WallinJournalistHonorary degreeAnne WheelerFilmmakerHonorary degreeTom WorthingtonAustralian computer programmerGraduateMoses ZnaimerMedia baronHonorary degree

University presidents

#NameTermCitation 1 Tim Byrne 1971–1976 2 Sam Smith 1976–1980 3 Stephen Griew 1980–1985 4 Terry Morrison 1985–1995 5 Dominique Abrioux 1995–2005 6 Frits Pannekoek 2005–2014 7Peter MacKinnon (interim)2014–20168Neil Fassina2016–20219Peter Scott2021–202310Alex Clark2023–present

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