First Nations University of Canada selects new president

Monday, May 16, 2011  

Doyle Anderson, a member of the Red Pheasant First Nation, is the new president of the First Nations University of Canada.

Anderson currently serves as executive director of the Indigenous Nations Institute and director of the Native American Business Administration Program at Idaho State University. He will start his new job on August 2.

"I am deeply honoured and grateful for the opportunity to return to this great institution to serve as the next President of the First Nations University of Canada. This university is a national treasure," Dr. Anderson said in a press release. "It instilled in me the passion for Indigenous higher education and the knowledge required to build and expand Indigenous higher education programs and services across Indian Country."

FNUC is based in Saskatchewan and has three campuses

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