Event Date: November 8, 2011
Location: Social Science Building, 120 University pvt, Room 4004

BRUCE LEVY, Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.

Presented by CIPS.
Free. In English. Open to students, faculty and staff of the University of Ottawa only. Pre-registration is required. Please contact [email protected].

This event will take place under the Chatham House Rule.

Bruce Levy is a career officer in the Canadian Foreign Service and has been High Commissioner (Ambassador) to Sri Lanka and Maldives since October 2009. Prior to transferring to Colombo, Levy served four years at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC, as Minister-Counsellor for Political Affairs, heading a section responsible for analyzing and reporting on US international and defense issues. Levy has also been posted to political officer positions in Manila, Bangkok and Hanoi. His assignments in Ottawa have included the Privy Council Office, where he advised on the Americas, and at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, where he was Director of US Relations from 2001-05.