Special Lecture with The Right Honourable Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, Former Prime Minister of Canada
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe Right Honourable Joe Clark was Canada’s youngest Prime Minister and one of the most distinguished Secretaries of State for External Affairs (Foreign Ministers) in Canadian history. He served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada from June 4, 1979 to March 3, 1980 and as Secretary of State for External Affairs (Foreign Minister) from 1984 to 1991. At home and abroad, he earned and maintains a reputation for integrity and principle.
Today, he applies that experience on the front lines of Canada’s work in promoting democracy and encouraging development in countries from Haiti to Nigeria, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A respected commentator in North America, he is also an innovator in the developing world, helping teach African farmers to harvest and market medicinal plants, unlocking the value of underwater forests and helping design independent Electoral Commissions.
Joe Clark played a key role in some of the defining accomplishments of recent history – the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States, the fight against apartheid, the end of the Cold War and the negotiation of the Charlottetown Accord in Canada (a complex Canadian constitutional accord between the Federal Government, the Provinces and Territories). He connects Canada’s past to our future, and speaks passionately of the potential of modern Canada to make a real difference in today’s complex and challenging world.