12 Facts About Stephen Toope

Stephen Toope served as dean of McGill University Faculty of Law from 1994 to 1999.

Stephen Toope is the youngest person to have held the position.

Stephen Toope then headed the Trudeau Foundation, named in honor of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

In 2006, Stephen Toope became the 12th president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia succeeding Martha Piper.

Stephen Toope held an academic position at the university as a tenured professor of law.

Stephen Toope assumed the presidential post on July 1,2006, and held the position for eight years, until June 30,2014.

In January 2015, Stephen Toope became the director of the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.

Stephen Toope was named Officer of the Order of Canada in 2015.

Stephen Toope is concurrently professor of international law at the Faculty of Law, a Professorial Fellow of Clare Hall, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College.

Stephen Toope holds a number of honorary doctorates, including from the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, McGill University and the University of Bristol.

On September 20,2021, Stephen Toope announced he would be stepping down as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, two years short of completing his seven-year term.

Stephen Toope took up residence in Cambridge in 2018, along with his wife, Paula Rosen, a speech-language pathologist and musical theatre composer.