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Former Canadian Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Right Honorable Joe Clark was named a “2016 CIGI Honouree” for his distinguished contributions to international mediation, security and global governance.
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) based in Waterloo reserves the honouree designation for individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of innovative global governance thinking and praxis.
CIGI honoured Mr. Clark’s contributions to the global good, and his advancement of global security, peace and conflict management.
Mr. Clark’s “tireless efforts in the areas of multilateral engagement and international development, have…set powerful precedents for regional and global governance,” says Rohinton Medhora, CIGI’s president
Mr. Clark sits as a vice chair of the Global Leadership Foundation, a member of Friends of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and of the Advisory Board of the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University. In addition, he is president and founder of Joe Clark and Associates, an international consulting firm based in Canada, and on the Advisory Board for Save the Children Canada.