AUTHOR
Paul Meyer
Paul Meyer is Adjunct Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University, a Fellow of the Outer Space Institute, a Director of the Canadian Pugwash Group and a Senior Advisor to ICT4Peace. Prior to assuming his current appointments in 2011, Mr. Meyer had a 35-year career with the Canadian Foreign Service. Mr. Meyer had diplomatic assignments in Oslo, Moscow, Brussels (NATO), Washington, Tokyo and from 2003-2007 in Geneva where he served as Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and to the Conference on Disarmament. At the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s HQ, Meyer held a variety of positions including Director General for International Security (1998-2001) and Director General for Security and Intelligence (2007-2010). Throughout his work, Meyer has sought to promote international security by means of creative diplomacy. He currently is teaching a course on diplomacy at SFU’s School for International Studies and is engaged in research and writing on issues of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, outer space security and international cyber security. Paul Meyer became a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group in 2011 and has served as CPG’s Vice-Chair (2013-17) and Chair (2017 -2021).
