Deborah C. Poff is a Canadian philosopher, educator, and journal editor. Deborah C. Poff is the former President and Vice-Chancellor at

Brandon University Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 3,375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, ...

in Brandon,

Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...

. She serves as editor of two major publications in the field of

ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...

.Biography of Deborah Poff, Pacific Coast University (2015). https://www.pcu-whs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bio-Deborah-Poff-December-2015.pdf She was the Vice-President for Strategic Development at the

Pacific Coast University Pacific Coast University School of Law (Pacific Coast University or PCU School of Law) is an unaccredited private law school in Long Beach, California. Accreditation The PCU School of Law was accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of ...

for Workplace Health Sciences, Canada, before retiring.

Biography

Poff received a B.A. (Hons.) in psychology from the

University of Guelph The University of Guelph (abbreviated U of G) is a comprehensive Public university, public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College (1874), the MacDonald I ...

, a B.A (Hons.) in philosophy from Queens University in Ontario, a master's degree in philosophy from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...

and a doctorate in philosophy from the

. She taught logic, philosophy of science, and business ethics at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

and chaired the Women's Studies Department at

Mount St. Vincent University Mount Saint Vincent University, often referred to as the Mount, is a public, primarily undergraduate, university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was established in 1873. Mount Saint Vincent offers undergraduate Arts, Science, Edu ...

in Halifax,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

. She was the first Dean of Arts and Sciences at the newly founded

University of Northern British Columbia The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) is a university serving the northern region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The main campus is located in Prince George, with additional campuses located in Prince Rupert, Terrace, ...

and serves as co-editor-in-chief at the

Journal of Business Ethics The ''Journal of Business Ethics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer. The Journal of Business Ethics is one of the journals used by the Financial Times for in compiling the Business Schools research rank. The Journal of Bus ...

and the Journal of Academic Ethics. She was Vice President and Provost at UNBC before becoming President of

in 2004. She is President of the Canadian "National Council on Ethics in Human Research" and serves on the board of the " Nuclear Waste Management Organization." She was awarded the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...

in 2016 for her "contributions to the success of academic institutions as an administrator, and for her efforts to create educational opportunities for Indigenous peoples." She was elected Chair of the

Committee on Publication Ethics The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to define best practice in the ethics of scholarly publishing and to assist editors and publishers to achieve this. Mission COPE educates and sup ...

(COPE) in 2019.COPE officers 2019-2021 https://publicationethics.org/news/cope-officers-2019-2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poff, Deborah C. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian philosophers 21st-century Canadian philosophers Canadian women philosophers Members of the Order of Canada Academic staff of the University of Northern British Columbia Academic staff of Brandon University Heads of universities in Canada Women heads of universities and colleges University of Guelph alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni Carleton University alumni Academic staff of the University of Alberta Mount Saint Vincent University alumni