University of Toronto Press
Jason Farrell has over 20 years of experience in various management roles within the transportation and distribution industry. Jason has served as a Board Member at the Book Industry Study Group since 2023. Prior to that, they were the Vice President of Distribution at the University of Toronto Press since 2021. Jason has also held positions such as Director of Operations and Distribution Centre Manager at Kuehne + Nagel, Senior Operations Manager at Accuristix, and National Operations Manager at Superior Propane. Jason began their career at Novamerican Steel and UPS as a Director of Supply Chain and Manager, respectively. Jason started their professional journey at the Canadian National Railway as a Manager.
Jason Farrell pursued their education at Queen's University from 1989 to 1994. During this period, they completed a Bachelor's degree in Commerce (BCom) and also earned a Master's degree in Labor and Industrial Relations.
University of Toronto Press
Founded in 1901, University of Toronto Press (UTP) is Canada's leading scholarly publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America. UTP publishes approximately 200 new scholarly, course, reference, and general-interest books each year and maintains a backlist of over 3,500 titles. In early 2008 University of Toronto Press acquired the Broadview Press publishing lists in anthropology, history, politics, and sociology. Broadview's editors in these areas, as well as a significant portion of Broadview's sales and marketing, production, and management teams, joined UTP's Scholarly Publishing team and are now part of the integrated Book Publishing Division. In partnership with the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Press launched Rotman-UTP Publishing in October 2008, a new imprint devoted to publishing actionable business information of exceptional quality. More recently, UTP acquired the New Jewish Press from the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. The New Jewish Press imprint will publish outstanding books in the domains of Jewish culture, history, philosophy, literature, and religion. The Journals Division is dedicated to innovation in publishing and the sustainability of scholarly journals. The Journals Division offers bilingual online peer review and editorial support; copy-editing, typesetting, and XML tagging; e-publishing and printing; marketing management and advertising sales; circulation and distribution. The Distribution Division offers competitive services to a broad range of clients, including publishers, government institutions, and other corporations. The Retail Division is a highly regarded and successful campus retailer, which operates five stores across four campuses for the University of Toronto and OCAD University with a focus on being service-oriented, responsive to student needs, innovative, and providing quality products at reasonable prices.