Deputy Director, Nordic and Polar Relations, Global Affairs Canada
I joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1996. In 2001, I was assigned to the Circumpolar and Aboriginal Affairs Division (now Nordic and Polar Affairs). I have enjoyed three separate deputy director assignments including one during Canada’s Chairmanship...
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Science and Higher Education Attaché, Embassy of France
Xavier Grosmaître graduated from AgroParisTech and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris with a MS in Physiology and a PhD in Neurophysiology. His academic career started as a postdoctoral Associate in Pr. Gordon Shepherd’s lab in the Neurobiology Section of Yale Medical School...
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Ambassador of Norway to Canada
Anne Kari H. Ovind is Norway’s Ambassador to Canada. She has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than 20 years. Most of her career has been in the field of security policy, including Arctic affairs, bilateral relations with Russia and NATO affairs. From 1999-2002...
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Senior Science and Technology Counsellor, Embassy of Switzerland in Canada
Urs Obrist is the Senior Science and Technology Counsellor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Canada. He graduated with a Ph.D. in International Relations History from the University of Toronto following his M.A.-level studies in History, Political Sciences and English at the Universit...
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Political and Environment Officer, Embassy of South Korea in Canada