From: Trevor Young, Vice-President and Provost
Date: November 5, 2025
Re: Appointment of Professor Creso Sá as Acting Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (PDAD&C # 14)

The Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved the appointment of Professor Creso Sá as Acting Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, while the current Dean, Professor Erica Walker, is on leave.  

Professor Sá currently serves as Vice-Dean, Academic Operations at OISE. He is a Distinguished Professor of Science Policy, Higher Education, and Innovation. Professor Creso Sá is an internationally recognized scholar whose work focuses on science and technology policy, the evolving role of universities in supporting innovation, and the organization of science. He is the co-author of Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth (Harvard University Press, 2009) and The Entrepreneurship Movement and the University (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). Professor Sá serves as Editor-in-Chief of Studies in Higher Education, a leading international journal in the field. In 2015, he received the Research and Scholarship Award from the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education in recognition of his distinguished contributions to research.  

Please join me in thanking Professor Sá for taking on this acting role at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.