SECOND FOUNDERS’ LECTURE
with
THE HONOURABLE BOB RAE, P.C.,
O.C., O.ONT., Q.C.
“Canadian Political Challenges”
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Craigleith Ski Club
Reception to follow
Mr. Rae served as Ontario’s 21st Premier, and was elected eight times to federal
and provincial parliaments before his retirement from politics in 1996. He has
a B.A. and an LLB from the University of Toronto and was a Rhodes Scholar from
Ontario. He obtained a B.Phil degree from Oxford University and was named a
Queen’s Counsel in 1984. He is also the recipient of numerous honorary degrees
and awards from Canadian and foreign universities, colleges, and
organizations. In 1988, he was appointed to Her Majesty’s Privy Council
for Canada. In 2000, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in
2004, an Officer of the Order of Ontario.
Mr. Rae recently completed a review of Postsecondary School Education for
the Ontario Provincial government, with a report entitled Ontario: A
Leader in Learning, which led to significant policy and budgetary
change. In the spring of 2005, he was appointed a special advisor
to the Canadian Minister of Public Safety on the Air India bombing
of 1985. His report, "Lessons to be Learned", was published in
November of 2005 and led to his further appointment as Independent
Counsellor to the Prime Minister of Canada and Chair of the Air
India Inquiry and Review. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor
at the University of Toronto, Senior Fellow of Massey College and
a partner at Goodmans Law Firm.
Mr. Rae’s books From Protest to Power and The
Three Questions have
been published by Penguin Viking of Canada.
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