Bicameral Governance

Trent University has a bicameral system of governance. The authority and responsibilities of our two governing bodies, the Board of Governors and the Senate, are delineated in the Trent Act. Both governing bodies are supported by the University Secretariat.

 

About B. Anne Wright,

Chair, Board of Governors

A Chartered Accountant, Ms. Wright is an experienced board member with fund raising and government relations expertise.  As a volunteer, she served as National President of the Canadian Diabetes Association and as a director of Belmont House and chaired Belmont's $10 million capital campaign.  In her association with the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, she was on the Board and chaired the Institute's Foundation board.  Resident in Port Perry, she recently chaired the board of Lakeridge Health in Durham Region.  Ms. Wright currently serves on the boards of Durham Hospice and the Auxiliary to Lakeridge Health Port Perry and previously served on the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. 

Anne originally joined the Trent University Board of Governors in July 2007.  She was Chair of the Board’s Advancement Committee from 2008 to 2010, Chair of the Board’s Executive Committee from 2009 to 2010 and her term as Board Chair extends July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014.