Honors College to host Canadian consul general for talk

The Honors College will hold a presentation by Douglas George, consul general of Canada, on "Canada's New Government: New Directions for the United States' Biggest Partner" on Thursday (Feb. 18).

The presentation, followed by a Q&A session and dessert reception, will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Shealy Hall Study Lounge. The event is free and open to the public.

George is the consul general of Canada in Detroit and is responsible for Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. He is a career diplomat with more than 30 years of experience and most recently served as Canada's ambassador to Kuwait.

Widely recognized as one of Canada's trade policy experts, George has worked in numerous economic posts at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, including the Commercial Policy Division, the GATT Division, and the U.S. Trade and Economic Policy Division. He served as senior departmental advisor to Canada's Minister of International Trade as well as director of the Softwood Lumber Division, the Intellectual Property Trade Policy Division, and the Tariffs and Goods Market Access Division.

Abroad, George has directed trade policy issues at the Canadian Mission to the European Union in Brussels as well as serving as a negotiator at the Canadian mission to the GATT/World Trade Organisation in Geneva. He also served in Kingston, Jamaica.

George has a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.