NEWS RELEASESJuly 20, 1998 No. 176 APPOINTMENTS TO IDRC BOARD OF GOVERNORS Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the appointments of Margaret Catley-Carlson and Beryl Gaffney and the reappointments of Herb Breau, Jacques Gérin and Olav Slaymaker 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 tries to ensure that the benefits of this research will be shared equitably among all its partners in the North and the South. IDRC is directed by a 21-member Board of Governors comprising 11 Canadian members and 10 non-Canadian members. - 30 - Biographical notes are 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 This document is also available on the Department's Internet site: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca Biographical Notes Margaret Catley-Carlson has been President of the Population Council, based in New York, since 1993. Prior to joining the Council, Ms. Catley-Carlson was Deputy Minister, Health and Welfare Canada, from 1989 to 1992. During her 25-year career in government service, she was also President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), from 1983 to 1989, and Deputy Executive Director, Operations, of UNICEF, from 1981 to 1983. Her career began in the Department of External Affairs, where she held diplomatic posts in Sri Lanka and London, and subsequently became Assistant Undersecretary for External Affairs. Beryl Gaffney was the Member of Parliament for Nepean, Ontario, for two terms (1988-1993 and 1993-1997). She was Councillor, City of Nepean and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC) (1978-88), and an administrative employee, City of Nepean Parks and Recreation Department (1967-78). She has been involved with various committees concerned with human rights, heritage and the arts: Member, the International Committee on Human Rights (1989- ); Member, the Foreign Affairs Committee (1997); Chair, the Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1993-96); Member, the Health Committee (1996); Chair, the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (1995); Chair, the Standing Committee on Human Rights (national issues) (1994); and Liberal Party Critic for Human Rights and Associate Critic for the Status of Women (1989-93). From 1978 to 1988, she was Chair of the Nepean Parks and Recreation Committee; Founder and Chair of the Nepean Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee; the Museum Board; and the Archives Committee. From 1983 to 1987, she was also Chair of the RMOC Advisory Committee on the Arts. Herb Breau was a Member of Parliament from 1968 to 1984; he is now a businessman. He served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Task Forces on North-South Relations and on Fiscal Federalism in Canada. He was also Chairman of the Parliamentary Association of Canada-United States from 1977 to 1981 and a member of the Trilateral Commission from 1981 to 1984. He took the Privy Councillor's oath and was appointed Fisheries and Oceans Minister on June 30, 1984. Mr. Breau served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry and Commerce, the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, and as the Secretary of State for External Affairs. He returned to private life in 1984. Jacques Gérin is a consultant for Hatch & Associés Inc. in Montreal, and is an engineer with national and international experience in economic development, management of natural resources, and the environment. He was President of Hatch & Associés Inc. from 1990 to 1998; he served as Associate Deputy Minister (North) of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from 1985 to 1989; Deputy Minister of Environment Canada from 1982 to 1985; Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Environment Canada from 1977 to 1982; and Secretary to the Cabinet Committee on Priorities and Planning at the Privy Council Office from 1975 to 1977. Mr. Gérin was also Vice-President of CIDA from 1971 to 1975. Olav Slaymaker is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and is Chairman of the Liu Centre for International Studies Steering Committee at UBC. Since 1968, he has held a number of positions at UBC: he was Chairman of the Sustainable Development Research Initiative in 1990 and he served as Acting Director of the UBC Sustainable Development Research Institute from 1991 to 1992. Dr. Slaymaker was also Visiting Professor at the Universities of Canterbury (New Zealand), Southern Illinois (United States), and Oslo (Norway). In 1993, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and he has served as Senior Vice-President of the International Association of Geomorphologists. Dr. Slaymaker has a PhD in Geography from Cambridge University (1968). |