Before his appointment as President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University, Dr. Leo Groarke served as Dean, Vice-President/Principal, and Provost at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Windsor. He was a student at the University of Calgary, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Helsinki and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario in 1982.
He has decades of achievement and an international reputation in teaching, research, editorial board membership, conference and institute leadership, as well as authorship and editorial contributions to many critical notes, articles, journals, and books. His areas of research and scholarly interest include ancient philosophy, higher education, the history of ideas, social and political thought, and "informal" logic. His most recent work examines the role of visual images in reasoning, argument, and persuasion -- a role that is heightened in digital communication.
Dr. Groarke was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University on July 1, 2014, and was reappointed to a second five-year term commencing July 1, 2019.