Noreen Golfman
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) | Memorial University
St. John's, NF, CANADA
Dr. Golfman is an experienced, multi-dimensional scholar and academic leader who is actively engaged in cultural issues.
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Biography
Dr. Noreen Golfman is provost and vice-president (academic) of Memorial University. She served as dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Memorial from June 2008 to September 2014, when she was appointed provost and vice-president (academic) pro tempore. Under Dr. Golfman’s leadership, the School of Graduate Studies experienced tremendous growth. In the last decade alone, the number of graduate students has doubled and continues to grow, with more than 3,600 graduate students enrolled today.
Dr. Golfman is a professor of English and holds a PhD from the University of Western Ontario. She recently served two terms as president of the Canadian Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities, a national education advocacy group, and she is past president of both the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies and the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools. She is currently a member of the advisory committee to the Canadian studies program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Active in Canadian cultural issues and experienced with the media, Dr. Golfman is the founding director and chair of the St. John's International Women's Film Festival, vice-chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation and chair of the board of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. Since 2011 she has co-chaired the board of directors of Business and the Arts NL, an organization that brokers relationships and funding between the arts and the corporate/private sectors.
In addition to publications in scholarly journals, Dr. Golfman writes on the arts and culture in popular venues, and she has worked as a commentator, reviewer and performer for CBC radio and television.
Industry Expertise (9)
Education/Learning
Performing Arts
Writing and Editing
Media - Broadcast
Media - Print
Motion Pictures and Film
Program Development
Research
Public Policy
Areas of Expertise (8)
Film
Graduate Studies
Academic & Administrative Leadership
Arts and Culture
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Program and Curriculum Development
English Literature
English
Accomplishments (3)
WAVE Award, Women in Arts and Television Atlantic (personal)
2014-01-01
The WAVE Awards are presented annually to honor deserving women in the film and television industry.
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Hall of Honour Award Recipient (personal)
2013-01-01
The ArtsNL Hall of Honour citation is awarded to artists and arts organizations that have made distinguished lifetime contributions to the cultural life of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Memorial University President's Award for Exceptional Community Service (professional)
2011-01-01
This award recognize employees who have demonstrated outstanding community service.
Education (3)
Western University: PhD, English literature
"The poetry of A.M. Klein."
Western University: Master of Arts, English literature
University of Alberta: Bachelor of Arts, English literature
Hons. First Class Standing
Affiliations (9)
- MUN Cinema Series - Director
- St. John's International Film Festival - Chair Board of Directors
- Business and Arts Newfoundland and Labrador - Co-Chair
- Friends of Canadian Broadcasting - Steering Committee Chair
- Advisory Committee to the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Member
- Atlantic ICE (Independent Cinema Exhibitors) - Founding Director
- SHAD Valley - Lecturer
- Winterset in Summer Literary Festival - Board Member
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) - Board Member
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Languages (2)
- English
- French
Media Appearances (3)
Memorial University waives fee for students hit by Trump ban
The Canadian Press online
A Newfoundland university says the response has been overwhelming after it waived application fees for students from the seven predominantly Muslim countries targeted by a temporary U.S. immigration ban. "Phone calls and emails are just flooding the office," Noreen Golfman, provost and vice-president of academics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, said Tuesday in an interview from St. John's.
How Trump's travel ban could mean a brain gain for Canadian universities
CBC - The Current radio
2017-02-06
With all the uncertainty over U.S. President Trump's travel ban, students and academics are considering alternatives to U.S. universities — providing a great opportunity for a boon for Canadian institutions.
Women underrepresented in TV, film, and now, web series: report
CBC online
2015-10-21
A report released Wednesday says, not only are women are still under-represented in key roles in Canadian film and television, but in web series and as actors as well. The annual report — released in Toronto and St. John's at the St. John's International Women's Film Festival (SJIWFF)— shows while awareness and concern about gender equity in the screen industry has grown, the number of women working as directors, screenwriters and cinematographers in Canadian feature film and television —and now in web series — is still low.
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