Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada and the World
The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy is Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council, which seeks to advance human security, refugee protection and human rights in Canada and abroad. A graduate of United College (now the University of Winnipeg) and Princeton University, Dr. Axworthy’s political career spanned 27 years, during six of which he served in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and twenty-one in the Federal Parliament. He held several Cabinet positions in successive Liberal governments, culminating as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996-2000). He became internationally known for his advancement of the human security concept and the Ottawa Treaty - a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, which led to his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. For his pivotal efforts to help establish the International Criminal Court, he received the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe.
After leaving public life, Dr. Axworthy served as President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg, working to make post-secondary education more accessible to inner-city, Aboriginal, new immigrant and refugee students. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards and honours, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Order of Manitoba and Order of Canada. His most recent book is a memoir, My Life in Politics.
Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the TMU community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com
Founded in 2020, On the Frontlines of Democracy is a public lecture series that invites leading scholars, journalists and practitioners to analyze the challenges facing democracy around the world, and to explore how we might confront them. For further details, please see https://www.jarislowskydemocracychair.ca/.
