William Lahey

William Lahey is President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of King’s College and Professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. A Rhodes Scholar, Bill’s diverse career started with clerking for Justice Gerard La Forest of the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition to a 20-year career in academia, he has worked in private and government legal practice and served as Nova Scotia’s Assistant Deputy Minister of Health and Deputy Minister of Environment and Labour. In 2019, he was appointed Chair of the Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents and as a Board member of EduNova. He previously chaired the boards of the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, and recently joined the Board of Autism Nova Scotia. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society. He was a major influence behind Nova Scotia’s Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act and has authored or co-authored major reports on the regulation of aquaculture and the improvement of forestry practices in Nova Scotia. In 2019, he received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration.