Richard Florizone (born 1967) is a Canadian academic and physicist who served as the 11th president of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
He then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where, in 1998, he earned a PhD in physics.
Under Florizone’s leadership, Dalhousie undertook a series of initiatives to address the incident and its broader implications: A Restorative Justice process for those directly involved, review by the Academic Standards Class Committee, a Task Force on Misogyny, Sexism and Homophobia in the Faculty of Dentistry[2] and urgent attention to the University’s strategic initiative on Diversity and Inclusiveness.
During his tenure, Dalhousie successfully grew enrolment, fundraising and research income.
[4] In January, 2020, he began as the President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.