President and Vice-Chancellor
University of Saskatchewan

Vince Bruni-Bossio has been appointed the 12th president and vice-chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan (USask) beginning January 1, 2026. Prior to this role, Vince served as Interim Provost and Vice-President Academic, as the Vice-Provost: Strategy Realization, and as Interim Associate Provost: Strategic Priorities, where he led pan-institutional priority work. These roles capitalized on Vince’s skills and experience from his extensive work serving the university in strategy development, change management and governance. At the time of his first appointment in the Provost Office, Vince had successfully led 27 university projects in addition to his role as a faculty member.

Vince’s proven track record as an administrator, strategist and change expert is also showcased in his previous roles as a Department Head in the Edwards School of Business, Strategic Advisor and Implementation Support to the Provost Office, Chair of the Teaching and Learning Academic Resource Committee of Council, and Vice Chair of the Planning and Priorities committee of Council. Vince also co-chaired the Post-Pandemic Shift (PPS) Initiative, which engaged approximately 1,000 people in Saskatchewan and our university to examine the USask value proposition.

External to the university, Vince is well known for his work and expertise in leading strategic planning, decision making and governance reforms. He also has extensive experience working with various financial models across organizations. He has led and co-led strategy, governance reforms and large-scale institutional changes for large and small corporations, government divisions, credit unions, non-profits, and economic development corporations. Along with providing Vince with a strong understanding of strategy formulation and implementation in a variety of contexts and institutional and business settings, this work has resulted in Vince building strong relationships across Saskatchewan and Canada.   

As an educator, Vince has been nationally recognized for his impact in education by being named a 3M National Teaching Fellow in 2022. In 2023, Vince also received the Management Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Mid-Career Distinguished Educator Award. Additionally, Vince has been recognized by USask for teaching excellence and effectiveness nine times, including USask’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019 for impact in the classroom, curriculum innovations and leadership across campus. He has disseminated his teaching innovations and insights through peer reviewed publications and is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Management Education.

Vince has an MBA from the Edwards School of Business and a PhD from Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. As a researcher, Vince has collaborated across disciplines resulting in publications in top journals focused on governance, decision making, strategy, and community development. Examples of his organizational research published in top ranked academic management journals include his recent collaborative publication in Harvard Business Review (top 50 (FT50) business journal publications) titled “AI Is Great at Routine Tasks. Here’s Why Boards Should Resist Using It,” and a publication in Corporate Governance: An International Review (CGIR) titled “The Power-Structure Model of Non-Profit Governance.” An example of publications focused on community research includes his co-authored publication “A Righteous Undocumented Economy”, published in the Journal of Business Ethics (an FT50), and acknowledged by Indigenous communities in Northern Saskatchewan as a helpful tool to understand how to support economic growth in those communities and others like them.

Throughout all his work, Vince has been a strong proponent of advancing Indigenization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility, having worked directly in Indigenous communities to support community and economic development, and having lived much his adult life with a visible disability.

Outside of his professional life, Vince is a proud husband and father, who enjoys spending time with his wife, Jessica, and their two children, Anthony and Marissa.