Frits Pannekoek is the current President of Athabasca University. Prior to taking this position June 2005, he was Director of Information Resources at the University of Calgary.

Graduating from the University of Alberta in 1969 with a BA, Pannekoek went on to get his MA from the same institution, followed by a doctorate in 1974 from Queen's University with a dissertation on Western Canadian history and Indigenous peoples.

In 2008 he was appointed the President of the International Council for Open and Distance Education.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian university leaders

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dr Pannkoek's C.V.
• AU Appoints New President

Academic offices
Preceded by Dominique Abrioux	President of Athabasca University 2005 -	Succeeded by Incumbent

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