I am an international human rights lawyer, with over 35 years of experience, including serving as Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada for 21 years.
I am currently a Senior Fellow with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and a Fellow with the Atlantic Human Rights Centre at St. Thomas University. I am an adjunct professor of international human rights with the faculties of law at the University of Ottawa and Dalhousie University. In the past I have been a visiting professor and a sessional lecturer with Osgoode Law School at York University and for several years was a lecturer with the capstone seminar in international human rights law and policy with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.