Biography Michel Gauthier is a former Army Lieutenant-General with more than 36 years of Canadian military service, much of it focused on operations from humanitarian relief and peacekeeping to combat. In his final appointment, at the height of Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan, he was the first Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, responsible for all of Ca...
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Biography Dan Gardner is the New York Times best-selling author of books about psychology and decision-making. His books have been published in 24 countries and 19 languages. His latest book, Superforecasting, written with Philip Tetlock, was chosen as one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist, Bloomberg, and Amazon. In addition to writing, Dan lectures around the ...
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Biography Greg Fyffe had a long and prominent career as a public servant with particular experience in security and intelligence issues as well as immigration. From 2000 to 2008, he was Executive Director of the International Assessment Staff at the Privy Council Office after serving for three years as Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy at Citizenship and Immigration ...
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Biography Richard French was professor and CN – Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa between 2008 and 2016. Before joining GSPIA, he was vice-chairman (telecommunications) of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Prior to his work at th...
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Biography Following a three year period as Public Servant in Residence at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Alan Freeman became Senior Fellow in 2014. He came to the Graduate School from Canada's Department of Finance, where he served as Assistant Deputy Minister of Consultations and Communications. Alan joined the Public Ser...
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Biography Louise Fréchette was the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. She assumed her duties on 2 March 1998, after having been appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She remained in the post until 31 March 2006. As Deputy Secretary-General, Mme. Fréchette assisted the Secretary-General in the full range of his responsibilities and also represente...
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Biography Graham Fraser was Commissioner of Official Languages between 2006 and 2016. During his mandate, he was the first chair of the International Association of Language Commissioners. Before being named commissioner, he was National Affairs writer for The Toronto Star from 2000 to 2006. During his career, he has written about municipal, provincial and federal polit...
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Biography Robert Fowler has had a distinguished career as a Canadian diplomat and public servant. In addition to serving Canada's ambassador to the United Nations (1995-2000) and to Italy (2000-2006), he also was foreign policy advisor to three Prime Ministers. Bob was also the Deputy Minister of National Defence (1989-1995) and the Prime Minister's Personal Representat...
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Biography Patricia Fortier is a retired Canadian diplomat who was most recently (2016) Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Security, Consular, and Emergency Management in Global Affairs Canada. Other assignments in Ottawa include Director General (Emergency Management) and Chief Security Officer (2015), Director General, Consular Operations (2009-11) and Director,...
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Biography Richard Fadden was National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Canada (2015-2016). Previously, he was Deputy Minister of National Defence (2013-2015) and served as Director of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (2009-2013). He also served as Deputy Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Canada (2006-2009) and Natural Resources Canada (2005...
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