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APPOINTMENT TO IDRC BOARD OF GOVERNORS
March 6, 2000 (10:55 a.m. EST) No. 36
APPOINTMENT TO IDRC BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the appointment of Dr. Leonard Good to the Board of
Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
IDRC is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing-country scientists
and communities find solutions to social, economic and environmental problems through research. By bringing
together people, institutions and ideas, IDRC seeks to ensure that the benefits of this research will be shared
equitably among all its partners in both the northern and the southern hemispheres.
IDRC is directed by a 21-member Board of Governors comprising 11 Canadian members and 10 non-Canadian
members.
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A biographical note on Dr. Good is attached.
For further information, media representatives may contact:
Debora Brown
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Dr. Leonard Good, a Ph.D graduate in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, studied the
economic effects of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on the
Canadian cable television industry. He began his career in the Public Service as a project analyst with the
Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada. He subsequently worked at the Department of Finance as a group chief
and at the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources where he was promoted from Director General to
Assistant Deputy Minister to Associate Deputy Minister. From 1987 until 1989, Dr. Good worked in the Privy
Council Office as Deputy Secretary (Planning).
Before being appointed President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the position he
currently holds, Dr. Good served as Deputy Minister of Environment Canada and as Canada's Executive
Director at the World Bank, where he represented Canada, Ireland and a number of Caribbean countries.
Prior to joining the Public Service, Dr. Good taught economics at the University of Prince Edward Island in
Charlottetown before resuming his education at the University of Western Ontario.
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