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SUMMARY:Meet with the Vice Chancellor\, Stephen Toope: The Global University in an Age of Anxiety
DESCRIPTION:Tue 2nd April 19:00 â€“ Meet with the Vice Chancellor\, Stephen Toope\n \nProfessor Stephen Toope\, the Vice-Chancellor of the University\, is coming to Paris and we have set up an opportunity for our members to meet him and get first hand information on how he sees the future of the University and what is being done to mitigate against the potential impact of Brexit. \nMembers and guests will be welcomed in the presitigious Dining Rooms of the HSBC Headquarters on the Champs-ElysÃ©es. Professor Toope will give aÂ  talk onÂ “The Global University in an Age of Anxiety”\, including a Q&A session\, before we mix informally for you to be able to chat with the Vice-Chancellor over a cocktail. \nProfessor Stephen Toope\nProfessor Stephen J Toope joined Cambridge after a distinguished career as a scholar and academic leader. He was Director of the University of Torontoâ€™s Munk School of Global Affairs (2015-2017)\, and before that President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia (2006-2014). He served as President of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (2002-2006)\, and as Dean of Law at McGill University (1994-1999).Â On 2Â October 2017Â Professor ToopeÂ became the 346th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. \nBorn in Montreal\, Canada (1958)\, Stephen Toope studied History and Literature at Harvard University\, graduating magna cum laude (1979)\, before earning degrees in common law and civil law at McGill University (1983). He is an alumnus of Trinity College\, Cambridge\, where he completed a PhD under the supervision of Sir Derek Bowett (1987). \nProfessor Toopeâ€™s academic interests are in international law\, human rights\, international legal theory and international development.Â  \nHe has been Chair of the Board of Universities Canada\, and President of Canadaâ€™s Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. He is a past Director of the Public Policy Forum\, of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research\, and of the Royal Conservatory of Music â€“ from which he received an Honorary Fellowship. \nAmong the distinctions he has received are the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (2012)\, the United Way of Canada Presidentâ€™s Award of Distinction (2014)\, various honorary degrees\, and the John Read Medal of the Canadian Council of International Law (2015). Â In recognition of his service and accomplishments\, in 2015 he was inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada â€“ one of Canadaâ€™s highest honours.Â  \nStephen Toope is married to speech therapist and musical theatre composer Paula Rosen. They live in Cambridge and have three adult children.
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LOCATION:HSBC Building\, 109 Champs ElysÃ©es\, Paris\, 75008\, France
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