Patricia Towler
joins Mount Saint Vincent University as Chair of the Board of Governors!
Mount Saint Vincent University
Patricia Towler has officially begun her two-year term as Chair of the MSVU Board of Governors.
Patti is an experienced executive and lawyer who has served as President and CEO of CPA Nova Scotia since 2015. In that role, she leads an organization of more than 4,000 professional accountants in the province and is regarded as a leader in the field of professional regulation. Previously, she practiced law at Stewart McKelvey and Norton Rose Fulbright, and was Vice President and General Counsel at Regent College (Vancouver). Patti is also a director of the Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator and the Atlantic School of Business, and has served on numerous other boards in the past. She is committed to MSVU’s values of academic innovation and inclusion, and has a deep appreciation for its history and unique place in higher education.
About this Employer
Since our beginning in 1873, Mount Saint Vincent University has been committed to nurturing socially responsible global citizens, at home and abroad.
Located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq People, MSVU is strongly committed to fostering equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA). MSVU is an institution that was established by women for the advancement of women with social responsibility and social justice at its core. MSVU embraces the diversity of its community and is committed to efforts that enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across all facets of the university, within its local community, and in society at large.
MSVU is made up of more than 4,000 students (representing close to 70 countries), 600 faculty and staff, and more than 35,000 alumni. Its research centres provide unique learning opportunities for students while facilitating critical advancements in food security, healthy aging, Alzheimer’s disease, literacy, childhood development, and more. Faculty members and departments offer early access to hands-on research opportunities enabling both graduate and undergraduate students to enhance their education by working alongside forward-thinking researchers. As a university committed to scholarship that nurtures global citizenship, leadership, and promotes the advancement of women, MSVU seeks to enhance and enrich its models of teaching and research.