Kathryn Bindon

A Canadian who has worked in higher education in five provinces prior to moving to the GCC in 2005, Prof. Katy did her post-graduate studies as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. After joining the History Department of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec she became Principal of the School of Community and Public Affairs, one of the university’s multi-disciplinary small Colleges. Kathryn attended Canada's National Defence College as a civilian educator; in 1987 she was appointed Vice-President (Academic) at Mount St. Vincent University in Nova Scotia. She served as Principal of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Newfoundland between 1991 and 1996, after which she was appointed President of Okanagan University College, where she oversaw the completion of degree and post-graduate programming and the development of a research profile. Her career in Bahrain included appointments as Founding President of the Royal University for Women, Founding Director of the Bahrain Teachers College and Advisor to the President of the University of Bahrain.