- Ivan Head
Ivan Leigh Head, O.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.M., LL.D. (
July 28 1930 –November 1 2004 ) was a Canadian lawyer, legal academic, and civil servant. He was an influential foreign policy adviser of Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau .Born in
Calgary ,Alberta , he received aBachelor of Arts degree in 1951 and aBachelor of Laws degree in 1952 from theUniversity of Alberta . He was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1953 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1974. He practiced law in Calgary from 1953 to 1959. He was then awardedHarvard University 's Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and received aMaster of Laws degree fromHarvard Law School in 1960.From 1960 to 1963, he was a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of External Affairs working in Ottawa and Kuala Lumpur. In 1963, he was appointed an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Alberta. He was appointed a full Professor in 1967. In 1967, he was an associate counsel to Pierre Trudeau, the Minister of Justice, for constitutional matters. In 1968, he was the legal assistant to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In 1970, he was named Special Assistant with special responsibility for advice on foreign policy and conduct of foreign relations.
From 1978 to 1991, he was the president of the
International Development Research Centre . In 1991, he was appointed a Professor in the Faculty of Law at theUniversity of British Columbia and was the founding director of UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues.He co-authored with Pierre Elliot Trudeau the book "The Canadian Way: Shaping Canada’s Foreign Policy 1968-1984" (McClelland & Stewart, 1995, ISBN 0771040997) and was the author of "On a Hinge of History: The Mutual Vulnerability of South and North" (University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0802027660).
In 1990, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada .He was married to Ann and had four children. He died of cancer in Vancouver in 2004.
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* [http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2004/nov/10_01_2004_dr_head.html University of British Columbia profile]
* [http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=haycock&t=33347&d=4233 Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry]
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