Robert Haché will end his tenure as vice-president of research and innovation at York University to lead Laurentian University from July.

Laurentian University on Monday selected Robert Haché (pictured), the current vice-president of research and innovation at York University, to become its new president.
Haché will take the presidency for a five-year renewable term on July 1. He succeeds Pierre Zundel, who has held the post on an interim basis since August 2017.
Haché joined York from University of Calgary, where he had been associate vice-president for research from 2009 until 2011. He had an earlier five-year spell as…