The
Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, P.C., O.M., Ph.D
Lloyd
Axworthy is Director and CEO of the Liu Centre for the Study
of GlobalIssues at the University of British Columbia and
holds positions on several boards and companies. He joined
the law firm of Fraser Milner Casgrain as a consultant on
trade and international affairs. He is a Board member of
the MacArthur Foundation, Lester B. Pearson College, University
of the Arctic, Impacs (Institute for Media, Policy and Civil
Society), and the Conflict Analysis and Management Advisory
Board at Royal Roads University. He is also serving as Chairman
of the Human Security Centre for the United Nations University
for Peace (UPEACE), member of the Eminent Persons Group
on Small Arms, Co-Chair of the State of the World Forum,
Commission on Globalization, and Chairman of the Manitoba
Task Force on Climate Change. In July 2001, Dr. Axworthy
became a UNICEF Canada special representative. Dr. Axworthy
is Duke University's Karl von der Heyden Distinguished Visiting
International Fellow for 2001.
Since
leaving public life in the fall of 2000, Dr. Axworthy has
been the recipient of several prestigious awards and honours.
This year, the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation presented
him with the Senator Patrick J. Leahy Award in recognition
of his leadership in the global effort to outlaw landmines
and the use of children as soldiers and to bring war criminals
to justice. In February of this year, Princeton University
awarded him the Madison Medal for his record of outstanding
public service. He received the CARE International Humanitarian
Award, the Thakore award honouring the peace work of Mahatma
Gandhi and was invested into the Order of Manitoba.
In May,
he was awarded an honourary doctorate from Dalhousie University
to accompany previous honourary degrees from Niagara University
and the University of Winnipeg.
He graduated
in 1961 with a B.A. from United College (now the University
of Winnipeg), obtained his M.A. in Political Science from
Princeton University in 1963, subsequently earning a Ph.D
from Princeton in 1972.
Lloyd
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. First elected
federally in 1979 as Liberal Member of Parliament for the
riding of Winnipeg-Fort Garry, Mr. Axworthy was re-elected
in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1993 and 1997. He held several Cabinet
positions, notably Minister of Employment and Immigration,
Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, Minister of
Transport, of Human Resources Development, of Western Economic
Diversification and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In his
Foreign Affairs portfolio, he 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.
He continues
to be involved in international matters, leading the Canadian
delegation to The Hague Conference on Climate Change and
as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Commission on Intervention
and State Sovereignty (ICISS).
Dr.
Axworthy lectures widely in Canada, the US and abroad.
He is
married to Denise Ommanney. They have three children: John,
Louise and Stephen. He makes his home on the west coast
of Canada.
The
Hon. Lloyd Axworthy is the National Chair for the citiesPLUS
project and will be representing the Canadian team at key
events in the International Sustainable Urban Systems Design
Competition in 2002 and 2003. He will also be serving as
the Chair of the Advisory Board for the citiesPLUS
project.
