Terry Weninger
Terry Weninger was the Yukon's deputy minister of Education in the 1980s.1) He also served as Yukon’s deputy minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. He was vice-president of Medicine Hat College and president of the College of New Caledonia from 1990 to 2004. Weninger was on the selection committee to choose a new president for Yukon College in 2007. The chosen candidate declined the position and Weninger was asked to stay on as he was about to retire. He was appointed to a three-year term.2)
Dr. Weninger stayed as president of Yukon College for five years, to 1 July 2011.3) In 2009, the College legislation was revised to allow degree-granting powers. Under Weninger’s watch the college had an increase in students. The Yukon Research Centre of Excellence opened, and several new programs including a Multimedia Certificate, the Heritage and Culture Certificate, a Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Conservation Sciences in partnership with the University of Alberta, plus the launch of the Northern Institute of Social Justice, of which Weninger was a founding member in 2010. 4)