John English

John English is a Canadian academic who has also been very active in Canadian public life. He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament between 1993 and 1997. Subsequently, he served as a Special Ambassador for Landmines and as a Special Envoy for the election of Canada to the Security Council. He has also served as President of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs; Chair of the Board of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum; and is currently the Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada’s largest think tank devoted exclusively to the study of international affairs. He is concurrently Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

He has written many books and articles and was the official biographer of former Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson. At the request of the Trudeau family, he wrote the two-part Biography of Pierre Elliot Trudeau - Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Volume One: 1919-1968 (2007) and Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, 1968-2000 (2009)

He is a Member of the Order of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a recipient of many literary awards.