Conference Speakers
Dr. Lloyd Axworthy
Conference Host
President and Vice Chancellor,
University of Winnipeg
Lloyd Axworthy is President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. Formerly Director and CEO of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Foreign Minister from 1995 to 2000, Lloyd Axworthy’s political career spanned 27 years. He held several Cabinet positions, notably Minister of Employment and Immigration, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, Minister of Transport, Minister of Human Resources Development, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In the Foreign Affairs portfolio, Dr. Axworthy became internationally known for his advancement of the human security concept, in particular, the Ottawa Treaty - a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. For his leadership on landmines, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. For his efforts in establishing the International Criminal Court and the Protocol on child soldiers, he received the North-South Institute’s Peace Award.
Dr. Axworthy is a Board member of the MacArthur Foundation, Human Rights Watch - where he chairs the Advisory Board For Americas Watch, the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Lester B. Pearson College, University of the Arctic, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and Chair of the Churchill Gateway Development Corporation.
Lloyd Axworthy remains involved in international matters and lectures widely in Canada, the U.S. and abroad. His book Navigating a New World - Canada’s Global Future, Knopf Canada, was published in the Fall of 2003.