15 Facts About Ian Shugart

Ian Douglas Shugart was a Canadian politician, professor, and public servant who served as a senator from Ontario from September 2022 until his death in October 2023.

Ian Shugart graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in political economy.

Mulroney formed government in 1984 and Ian Shugart worked as a senior policy advisor to the minister of national health and welfare, Jake Epp.

When Epp became minister of energy, mines and resources in 1989, Ian Shugart became his chief of staff.

In 1991, Ian Shugart joined the Public Service of Canada, taking a job as the assistant secretary for the social policy and programs branch in the Federal-Provincial Relations Office.

Ian Shugart would go on to serve in a number of roles in the federal government, including as the executive director of the Medical Research Council, as an assistant deputy minister with Health Canada, and as the associate deputy minister with Environment Canada.

Ian Shugart was promoted to deputy minister for Environment Canada in 2006, where he supported international climate change negotiations and the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.

Ian Shugart became deputy minister of foreign affairs at Global Affairs Canada in 2016, where he managed national security issues and bilateral relationships.

In 2021, Ian Shugart stepped aside in order to receive cancer treatment.

Ian Shugart was appointed to the Senate on September 26,2022, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, after a career in government spanning over 40 years.

In 2022 Ian Shugart retired and Janice Charette assumed the role of clerk.

Ian Shugart joined the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in May 2022 as a part-time professor.

On September 26,2022, Ian Shugart was sworn in as a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada.

Ian Shugart died on October 25,2023, at the age of 66.

Ian Shugart's death was announced in the Senate that same day.