Stephen John Toope was born on February 14,1958 and is a Canadian legal scholar, academic administrator and a scholar specializing in human rights, public international law and international relations.
15 Facts About Stephen Toope
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Stephen Toope served as dean of McGill University Faculty of Law from 1994 to 1999.
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Stephen Toope is the youngest person to have held the position.
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Stephen Toope then headed the Trudeau Foundation, named in honor of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
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In 2006, Stephen Toope became the 12th president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia succeeding Martha Piper.
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Stephen Toope held an academic position at the university as a tenured professor of law.
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Stephen Toope assumed the presidential post on July 1,2006, and held the position for eight years, until June 30,2014.
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In January 2015, Stephen Toope became the director of the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.
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Stephen Toope was named Officer of the Order of Canada in 2015.
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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.
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Stephen Toope has been consulted extensively by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian International Development Agency.
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Stephen Toope has won publishing awards from the American Society of International Law and the Canadian Tax Foundation.
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Stephen Toope has conducted various human rights seminars for government officials in Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and was a member of the UN observer delegation to the first post-apartheid South African elections.
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Stephen Toope has served as Research Director, Office of the Special Representative concerning the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People in 1991.
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Stephen Toope took up residence in Cambridge in 2018, along with his wife, Paula Rosen, a speech-language pathologist and musical theatre composer.