Surfing The Waves With Kim Brooks

About this episode

Martha and Indira speak with Kim Brooks about her career and role as Dalhousie’s President and Vice-Chancellor.

In this episode Martha and Indira speak candidly with Kim Brooks, who began her term as Dalhousie’s 13th President and Vice-Chancellor in 2023 after serving as Acting Provost and Dean of both the Law School and the Faculty of Management. Kim has had a distinguished career as a law professor at Queen’s University, UBC and McGill and is known for her expertise in tax law. In addition, she has been a recipient of a 3M Teaching Fellowship and is well recognized as an advocate for university...

People in this episode

Hosts: Martha Piper, Indira Samarasekera

Guest: Kim Brooks

Topics covered

• leadership
• higher education
• law
• tax law
• university advocacy

Keywords

• Kim Brooks
• Dalhousie University
• law professor
• tax law
• university leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dalhousie University, Queen’s University, UBC, McGill

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