Flynn first layperson to helm St. Joseph’s College April 16, 2021
The new boss at St. Joseph’s College in Edmonton happens to be the old boss but not that old.
Forty-one-year-old Shawn Flynn officially takes over as 19th president of St. Joe’s, and the first-ever layperson in the job, on July 1. But the Old Testament scholar has been the interim, acting president all through the COVID crisis. Since coming to the college in 2017 he’s been academic dean, academic vice president and dean, working on ways to connect the University of Alberta’s Catholic affiliate more closely with Catholic school boards and Catholic health care.