Carol Chin, who was officially installed as the eighth principal of Woodsworth College this week, describes herself as "an app with ideas."
During her installation address on Wednesday, the associate professor in the University of Toronto's department of history spoke of the significance of being installed - much like a mobile phone application - because things that are installed are expected to work hard.
"All of this pomp and circumstance is to ensure that I'm going to do the work of the college - work that involves both public events like this and the less visible but no less important work like an app that runs in the background."
As for the "ideas" part, Chin was referring to an acronym that captures Woodsworth's emphasis on values such as inclusion, diversity, equity, access and support.
