External Advisory Council
Our External Advisory Council comprises public servants, political figures and leaders in civil society. Members of the Council support the Institute by offering feedback on strategic direction, facilitating external interactions and supporting connections between Dalhousie and other public policy actors.
Members
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Colin P. MacDonald, Q.C. (Chair) Former senior staffer in Allan MacEachen’s office Recently retired corporate law partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Advisory Board member of the original MacEachen Institute for Policy & Government |
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The Honourable Wayne G. Wouters, P.C. (Vice-Chair) Strategic and Policy Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Former Clerk of the Privy Council, Government of Canada |
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Nathan Kroll President and founder of Current Studios Nova Scotia technology entrepreneur |
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Taleeb Noormohamed President and Chief Operating Officer, Casaza Inc. Advisory Board member of the original MacEachen Institute for Policy & Government |
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Dr. Pamela Palmater Mi’kmaw lawyer and social justice activist from Eel River Bar First Nation Chair in Indigenous Governance, Ryerson University |
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The Honourable Bob Rae, P.C., C.C., O.Ont, Q.C. Partner, OKT LLP Canada's special envoy to Myanmar Professor, University of Toronto Served as Ontario’s 21st premier from 1990 to 1995 |
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David A. Thompson Owner, Weed Man Maritimes Founding Trustee of the For the Public Good Trust (2011) |