Doug Barrett has a new gig lined up and, as his time as chair of the Canadian Television Fund winds down, is set to take a teaching post at York University. Barrett has joined the Schulich School of Business at the Toronto university as Visiting Scholar in the CTV Professorship in Broadcast Management, taking over for Trina McQueen.

‘We are extremely pleased to add a businessperson of Douglas Barrett’s calibre to our faculty,’ said Schulich dean Dezsö Horváth, in a release. ‘He will bring vital real-world experience to the position and in-depth knowledge of the industry.’

Barrett, a noted entertainment lawyer and president and CEO of equipment supplier PS Production Services, has been chair of the CTF since 2004, working alongside president Valerie Creighton, and will step down at the end of June. The CTF plans to elect a new chair at its June 10 board meeting in Banff.

At Schulich, he will replace television grande dame McQueen, who was first to hold the job. McQueen will remain attached to the school and its arts-minded MBA program as an adjunct professor.

‘I am deeply honored to have been asked to continue the work commenced by Trina McQueen four years ago,’ Barrett writes in an e-mail. ‘CTV’s generous endowment of this position within the Arts and Media MBA Program has given senior business students an opportunity to acquire specialized media management skills in the new environment.’