with responsibility for providing academic vision at the university and leadership in all matters relating to students and academic staff. This office also oversees matters of human resource and immigration related to the University of Manitoba. The current Provost and Vice-President (Academic) is Dr. Janice Ristock, who was appointed in 2016. The Deputy Provost (Academic Planning and Programs) is responsible for the "processes by which new academic programs are introduced, current programs are modified or discontinued, and professional academic programs are assessed by accreditation agencies." The Vice-Provost (Academic Affairs) is responsible for matters related to academic staff, including hiring, tenure, promotion, discipline, faculty development, and leaves due to research study. The Vice-Provost (Students) looks over matters related to the enhancement of student life and the student experience at the university, as well as student recruitment, retention, and success. This office accordingly has senior leadership responsibility for units within Enrolment Services, the Registrar's Office, Student Engagement and Success, and Student Support. Other Vice-Provosts include Health Sciences, Teaching and Learning, and Libraries, who is ex officio University Librarian. Faculty Faculty heads Notable instructors (past and present) Reg Alcock: former President of the Treasury Board of Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberal cabinet Robert Archambeau: ceramic artist, Governor General's Award winner Arthur Henry Reginald Buller : mycologist Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland, former Professors of Philosophy: known for the school of eliminative materialism Jean Friesen, former Deputy Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of Manitoba Premier Gary Doer's NDP cabinet Aniruddha M. Gole: IEEE Fellow Frank Hawthorne , Professor of Mineral Sciences Larry Hurtado, Professor of Early Christianity and New Testament Languages (1975–1996): founding director of the Institute of the Humanities (1990–1992) Guy Maddin, former professor: film director Nathan Mendelsohn, Professor of Mathematics H. Clare Pentland, Professor of Economics Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: pioneer of the Jewish Renewal Movement Arthur Schafer: prominent ethicist, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics Carol Shields: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Vaclav Smil: energy systems scientist and policy analyst Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney, former Professor of Political Studies, now a senior scholar Fernando de Toro, professor and dean H. C. Wolfart, Professor of Linguistics David G. Barber, Professor of Arctic-System Science Human Resources The academic staff are represented by two unions. The professors are represented by the University of Manitoba Faculty Association, who applied to the Manitoba Labor Relations Board for certification as a union on 1