Ivan Watson

Ivan Watson leads marketing and communications activities for UVic's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, with previous professional communication roles at Camosun College. He has worked in strategic communications, marketing, policy analysis and issues management for the federal and provincial governments in Ottawa and Victoria, for the European Union in Brussels and for several community organizations and non-profit groups locally, regionally and nationally. Watson holds a BA in Political Science and History from UVic, an MA in Leadership from Royal Roads University and certificates in Public Relations and Digital Marketing from the University of Toronto.

Watson is an active community leader and served on the national board of United Way/Centraide Canada, as Chair of the United Way of Greater Victoria (Southern Vancouver Island) and as a British Columbia representative for the Canadian Red Cross Society. He is an alumnus and past Vice President of Leadership Victoria, former Communications Director for the Victoria Leadership Awards and past elected member of the Board of Governors of Royal Roads University. He previously served for two terms on the UVic Alumni Association Board of Directors.