Mamdouh Shoukri, C.M., O.Ont., PhD, FCAE, P.Eng, was appointed the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of York University on July 1, 2007. Dr. Shoukri is a member of the Board of Directors of Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) and the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation (CMSF). He is also Chair of the Government and Community Relations Committee for the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), and a member of the Standing Advisory Committee on University Research for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). Dr. Shoukri has been active as an advocate of post-secondary education and the role of academic institutions in economic and social development.