Vice-President, Research

Dr. Tim Kenyon is Vice-President Research of Brock University. He brings more than two decades of academic leadership to the role he has held since 2018, with a secondment to the role of Interim Vice-President Academic and Provost in 2024. Dr. Kenyon has focused on building research capacity and programs across the institution, including through major research infrastructure growth and an inclusive, diverse culture of scholarly excellence. His external advocacy, both directly and through executive roles on the Ontario Council for University Research and the Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities, emphasizes the value and power of Canada’s research-intensive comprehensive universities in supporting the economic, cultural and social vitality of the nation and the regions they serve.

As an academic, Dr. Kenyon holds both research and teaching awards, including the University of Waterloo Distinguished Teacher Award, and authored a critical thinking book that remains in use after nearly twenty years. He has studied and worked in Europe, Asia and across Canada, and served as President of the Canadian Philosophical Association in 2015-16.