After serving more than 11 years as president of New Westminster's Justice Institute of B.C., Jack McGee has announced he will retire in the new year.
McGee will step down as president after a successor is chosen and a transition period is complete, no later than Sept. 2012, according to a press release from the institute.
The institute's board of governors credits McGee with overseeing the post-secondary school as it made leaps in progress in expanding programs offered locally, opening new campuses in Chilliwack, Victoria, and Kelowna, expanding applied research, forming partnerships and bringing the institute into the age of online learning.
McGee joined the institute as president in September 2000 after heading up colleges and college faculties in Ontario. Before that, he was a fighter pilot with Canadian Forces and Base Commander of CFB Comox.
McGee offered some kind words to his staff at the institute in announcing his retirement.
"I could not be more proud of you and your colleagues for the outstanding training, education, and applied research that JIBC is so well known for throughout B.C., across Canada, and around the world," he said in the release. "In the meantime, I look forward to working with you for the remaining months as we continue to advance the status and value of the institute to the citizens of British Columbia."
The board expects hire an executive search firm to find a successor in the new year.
New Curriculum
JIBC is getting back into the business of training the staff who make B.C.'s courts run each day.
Attorney General Shirley Bond announced on Dec. 7 that the Ministry of the Attorney General and the institute are partnering to create the Centre for Court Administration.
The centre will provide online and on-campus training for the province's future court clerks, registry clerks and technicians and managers.
The institute used to offer court administration training until the province took over the job several years ago.
Classes are scheduled to begin in 2012.
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