Meric Slover Gertler CM FRSC MCIP FAcSS FBA is a Canadian academic who has been serving as the 16th and current President of the University of Toronto since 2013.
[5] Gertler has served as an advisor to local, regional and national governments in Canada, the United States and Europe, as well as to international agencies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Union.
[9] In May 2012, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from Sweden's Lund University, for his exceptional contributions to the fields of economic geography and regional development.
A textbook co-edited by Gertler, the Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography, received the Choice Magazine's "Outstanding Academic Book" award.
[12] In March 2016, Gertler made the decision not to divest the University of Toronto from fossil fuels, which prompted a negative reaction from some students and faculty members.
[13] In May 2021, Gertler allowed an offer to be rescinded to a human rights lawyer, Valentina Azarova, whose legal research and papers included the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.