Robin Hugh Farquhar (born December 1, 1938) is a Canadian academic and former university administrator.
[2] Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Farquhar received a B.A.
He also served as Campaign Chair for the United Way of Winnipeg and he has been elected Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors for Academics Without Borders.
The author of several published books and articles in academic and professional journals, Farquhar has been active as an international consultant in higher education policy and management — in particular through Universities Canada, the European University Association, and the Salzburg Global Seminar — and he has served as a member of the governing body for the University of Madeira in Portugal and of the international strategic support group for the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine, as well as spending five months in-country as a Strategic Advisor for establishing the University of Rwanda in Africa.
Since the mid-1990s Farquhar has served as a special advisor to the heads of higher education institutions in more than 20 countries throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union.