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Mr. Ken Burt
Vice-President Finance and Administration
Appointed in January, 2007, Ken Burt is the Vice President Finance and Administration of Dalhousie University. He is responsible for issues relating to finances, human resources, university pension plan, facilities and real estate management, information technology, environmental health and safety, the Office of Sustainability and the Dalhousie Arts Centre.
Prior to coming to Dalhousie Ken worked for the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Okanagan University College (OUC) where he later negotiated the division of assets to form two new institutions; UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College, a new four campus college.
Ken holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Calgary and a Masters of Business Administration from Athabasca University. He has been involved in post-graduate studies in Higher Education Administration at the University of Nebraska. In addition to his administrative responsibilities Ken is a Director of Inter University Services (ISI), the Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO), and was formerly director of Economic Development Commission in the central Okanagan region of British Columbia. He has been a speaker and facilitator at numerous regional, national and international conferences. Ken's current focus at Dalhousie is on infrastructure redevelopment at the university including initiatives such as campus master planning, new construction, real estate planning, resident development, energy renewal; as well as Information Technology redevelopment.
The Vice-President (Finance and Administration) is responsible for financial planning and management (including the University budgeting process and the management of endowment and pension investments), personnel administration, facilities planning and management, computing and information services, environmental health and safety, and the Dalhousie Arts Centre. The Vice-President (Finance and Administration) serves as a member of the President's management group and contributes to the development of institutional strategy and policy.