After eight years as president of the University of B.C., Stephen Toope will step down next year to pursue personal interests.
Bill Levine, chair of the UBC board of governors, made the announcement Wednesday.
He said Toope, the university’s 12th president, will leave on June 30, 2014 to pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations.
“Professor Toope’s accomplishments during his tenure as president have been truly outstanding,” said Levine, in a statement.
Toope was named president and vice-chancellor of UBC in 2006 and began his second five-year term in 2011.
Levine said during Toope’s time as president, UBC has been consistently ranked among the top 40 universities in the world.
In 2012, Toope launched the $1.5 billion start an evolution fundraising campaign, which passed the $1 billion dollar mark in January, according to UBC.
Toope, in the statement, said he will continue to give UBC his full energy until his departure.
Levine said a search committee will be set up to begin an international search for UBC’s 13th president.
Toope is an international law scholar who, before joining UBC, was president of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and dean of McGill University’s Faculty of Law.
He has written, lectured and consulted in the areas of public international law, legal theory, human rights, international dispute resolution and family law.
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