List of University of Canberra people
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This is an incomplete list of University of Canberra people, including notable alumni and staff.
Alumni
Business
- Betty Kitchener, founder of mental health first aid training and CEO of Mental Health First Aid International
- Deborah Schofield, director of the Centre for Economic Impacts of Genomic Medicine, Macquarie University
- Vivek Wadhwa, technology entrepreneur and academic
Government
- Simon Corbell, Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly and former Attorney-General and senior Minister
- Kelly Hoare, former member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Virginia Judge, former Member for Strathfield and former NSW Minister for Fair Trading, Citizenship and Minister Assisting The Premier on the Arts
- Ben Small, former Liberal Senator for Western Australia
- Ursula Stephens, former Senator for New South Wales and former Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector
- Dr Lotay Tshering, former Prime Minister of Bhutan
- Steve Whan, Member for Monaro and NSW Minister for Skills and TAFE
- Kristy McBain, member of the Australian House of Representatives and minister in the Albanese government
- Rosalie Woodruff, epidemiologist and leader of the Tasmanian Greens
- Natasha Fyles, former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- Nichole Overall, Member for Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Council in 2022
Humanities
- Matt Worley, rugby player
- Wil Anderson, comedian
- Adam Boland, producer Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and The Morning Show – Channel Seven.
- Genesis Owusu, singer and four-time ARIA Music Awards winner
- Justin Heazlewood, aka The Bedroom Philosopher, comedian/folk singer
- Cate Kennedy, author
- Garth Nix, author
- Jonathan Uptin, weekend presenter of Nine News Queensland
- David Vernon, writer
- JG Montgomery, author
Law
- Shane Drumgold SC, lawyer, former Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT)
Pageantry
- Hannah Arnold, beauty pageant titleholder crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2021[1]
Sport
- Ben Alexander, Australian rugby union player, former Captain of The University of Canberra Brumbies[2]
- Maitlan Brown, Australia, Melbourne Renegades and NSW Breakers cricketer[3]
- Nathan Deakes, Olympic athlete and medallist, World Champion and World record holder in the 50 km Walk
- Scott Fava, Western Force rugby union player
- George Gregan, former captain, Australian national rugby union team
- Joshua Katz (born 1997), Olympic judoka
- Lee Lai Shan, Olympics gold medalist in windsurfing[4]
- Petria Thomas, Olympic swimmer and multiple gold medal winner[5]
- Alan Tongue, Canberra Raiders rugby league player
Honorary appointments
Emeritus professors
- Ann Harding, economist and inaugural director of the university's National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling. The Ann Harding Conference Centre is named in her honour
- Patrick Dunleavy, political scientist and ANZSOG Institute for Governance Centenary Chair
Doctoral fellows
- Michelle Grattan[6], journalist and chief political correspondent of The Conversation
- Elizabeth Grant, anthropologist, criminologist, and academic in Indigenous architecture and human rights
- Donald Horne, journalist, author, public intellectual, and chancellor
- Karen Middleton, journalist
Staff
- Tom Calma, human rights advocate and second Indigenous Australian university chancellor
- Kim Rubenstein, legal scholar and co-director of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation
- Frank Bongiorno, historian and director of the Vice-Chancellor's Centre for Public Ideas
Administration
Chancellors
| Order | Chancellor | Academic qualifications | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Doug Waterhouse, CMG AO ForMemRS | BSc, MSc, DSc (Sydney) | 1990 | 1992 | |
| 2 | Donald Horne, AO | 1992 | 1995 | [7] | |
| 3 | Wendy McCarthy, AO | BA, DipEd (New England) | 1996 | 2005 | [8] |
| 4 | Ingrid Moses | DiplSozWirt (FAU), MA (UQ), GDipTerEd (DDIAE), PhD (UQ) | 2006 | 2010 | [9] |
| 5 | Dr John McKay, AO | BA (Canberra) | 2011 | 2013 | [10] |
| 6 | Dr Tom Calma, AO, FAA, FAHA, FASSA | AssocDipCommDev (SAIT), AssocDipSocWork (SAIT) | 2014 | 2023 | [11] |
| 7 | Lisa Paul, AO, PSM | BA (Hons) (ANU) | 2024 | incumbent |
Vice-Chancellors
| Order | Vice-Chancellor | Academic qualifications | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Roger Scott | BA (Tasmania) | 1989 | 1990 | [12] |
| 2 | Don Aitkin, AO | MA (New England), PhD (ANU) | 1991 | 2002 | |
| 3 | Dr Roger Dean | PhD (Cambridge) | 2002 | 2007 | [13] |
| 4 | Dr Stephen Parker, AO | LL.B (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), PhD (Wales) | 2007 | 2016 | [14] |
| 5 | Dr Deep Saini | PhD (Adelaide) | 2016 | 2020 | [15] |
| 6 | Dr Paddy Nixon | B.Sc. (Liverpool), PhD (Sheffeld), MA (Dublin) | 2020 | 2023 | [16] |
| interim | Dr Lucy Johnston | BA (Hons) (UO), MA (UO), PhD (University of Bristol) | 2023 | 2024 | |
| interim | Dr Stephen Parker, AO | LL.B (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), PhD (Wales) | 2024 | 2025 | |
| 7 | Hon. Bill Shorten | BA, LLB (Monash), MBA (MBS) | 2025 |