CURRICULUM VITAE. Dr. Richard Clippingdale

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1 Dr. Richard Clippingdale, is the President of consulting firm RTC Services, and adjunct research professor at Carleton University s history department and a fellow at both Carleton University s School of Canadian Studies and the University of Ottawa s Centre on Governance. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Canadian History. He has wide experience in public policy, politics and research in Canada and abroad. He has been an invited professor at the University of Bordeaux in France; has done extensive work with UNESCO; has acted as the chief of staff to the Minister of Communications and as a senior policy advisor to the Leader of the Opposition; and he was the Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for the development of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, negotiating Japanese-Canadian Redress, and developing the Act to Establish the Department of Multiculturalism and Citizenship. CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Richard Clippingdale President RTC Services 53 Waxwing Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1V 9H1 Tel: (613) ; Fax: (613) [email protected] Fellow and former Director Graduate School of Canadian Studies Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario Adjunct Research Professor Department of History Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario Fellow Centre on Governance University of Ottawa *** Wide Experience at Senior levels in Government, Public Affairs, Academe and the Private Sector

2 - 2 - RECENT HIGHLIGHTS taped expert interview contribution for CPAC-TV Prime Ministers series, on Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 2003 (to be released in 2004) completed accepted text for Dictionary of Canadian Biography on Sir John Willison ( ) for Volume XV (to be published in 2004) served as Senior Consultant for Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to manage intra-agency development of strategy for acceleration of international achievement of Health, Nutrition and Population aspects of World Summit Millenium Development Goals, in liaison with other federal government departments, the World Bank, the British Department for International Development (DfID) and other countries, 2003 delivered and led for Universalia Management Group/SIGMA VI a series of senior executive development programs under the Yeltsin Democracy Fellowship Program for senior Russian leaders visiting Canada in a wide range of public sector fields (e.g., taxation reform, results based management and modern accountability/governance, budgetary policy and practice, state supervision of finances, intergovernmental relations in federalism, statistics modernisation, state interaction with the private sector etc., planned, organized and directed for the Office of the Director General and the Bureau of Strategic Planning of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) a major transformation exercise in resultsbased performance management and organizational learning for all sectors of the Paris HQ Secretariat, planned, organized and directed research and writing of policy papers and memoranda for international circulation by the Policy Action Group on Learning, State of the State of the World Forum s Commission on Globalization, directed for the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada a major strategic analysis of the perspectives of senior Public Service leaders (DMs and ADMs) on the future of the evaluation function as part of modernized results-based programming, accountability and governance, 2000 served as senior policy and research associate for M. Michel Agnaieff, Chair, Task Force on UNESCO in the 21 st Century for the UNESCO Executive Board, , in liaison with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and the Canadian Ambassador to UNESCO 2

3 - 3 - directed for Canadian Heritage Dept., working with Universalia Management Group, a forward-looking review of grants and contributions practices of the Multiculturalism Program across Canada, developed for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada analyses, position papers and speaking notes for Canada s successful sponsorship of the creation of a Task Force for UNESCO in the 21 st Century by the UNESCO Executive Board, 1999 Directed and led for Universalia/SIGMA VI sections of the Canada-Caricom Scholarship Program for training of Commonwealth Caribbean civil service leaders, 1997 delivered for the Canadian Centre for Management Development (Government of Canada) the first offerings of the new Senior Executive Management Program, inaugurated the first Canada-USA Reinventing Government International Exchange, 1995-'96, in collaboration with the National Performance Review Office of the Vice President of the United States, 1995 planned and directed regular meetings of Assistant Deputy Ministers (level below equivalent of Permanent Secretaries) for Canada s Privy Council Office (equivalent of Cabinet Office), HIGHEST DEGREE: Ph.D. (Canadian History), University of Toronto, 1970 LANGUAGES: English, French EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Associate Vice-Principal, CCMD and Director, Advanced Management Program Assistant Under Secretary of State (ADM) Corporate Policy and Public Affairs Government of Canada Professeur invité, Centre d'études canadiennes, Institut d'études politiques, Université de Bordeaux, France Director, Institute of Canadian Studies, Carleton University Senior Policy Adviser to Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, P.C., M.P., Leader of the Opposition 3

4 Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, Minister of Communications and Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Social Development, Hon. David Macdonald, P.C., M.P Graduate Chairman, Department of History, Carleton University Member, Department of History, Carleton University GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES As the Associate Vice-Principal and Director, Advanced Management Program, Canadian Centre for Management Development ( ) was responsible for: reorganization and redirection of the Government's premier executive development course for senior managers, the Advanced Management Program, including development and leadership of international visit segments - to Russia, Poland, Germany, France, the European Union, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Egypt, the USA and the UK; design and development of the new Senior Executive Management Program; As the Assistant Under Secretary of State, Corporate Policy and Public Affairs ( )was responsible for: departmental policy, strategic planning, communications, evaluations, legal affairs and secretariat activities as well as the State Ceremonial Branch. Major involvements were: direction of the comprehensive evaluation process aimed at the fundamental restructuring of the department (to become Canadian Heritage), 1992; development of Voyageurs Canada 1992 (largest ever Canadian youth exchange); creation of, and liaison with, the Canada 125 Corporation, ; Canada Day and Royal Visits, ; development and legislative management of the Act to establish the Department of Multiculturalism and Citizenship, ; concept development for Spicer Commission,1990; development of a new Citizenship Act; organization of "Towards 1992" Conference, in 1989; 4

5 - 5 - negotiation of Japanese-Canadian Redress, 1988; development and legislative management of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, As the Senior Policy Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition ( ), directed the full range of Opposition policy and research activities, with particular leadership on Constitutional issues. As the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State, Minister of Communications and Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Social Development ( ) directed all ministerial staffs, coordinated policy development and liaised with the staffs of the Prime Minister and other ministers. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES As the Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies, Carleton University ( ) directed the M.A. and undergraduate interdisciplinary degree programs, involving collaboration and supervision from more than twenty university departments and liaised with parallel programs in Canada and abroad. As professeur invité, Centre d`études canadiennes, Institut d études politiques, Université de Bordeaux, France during a sabbatical year ( ), co-instructed the core seminar on "Le Canada" for thirty French graduate students. As the Graduate Chairman, Department of History, Carleton University ( ), directed all graduate activities, including the first years of the Department's Ph.D. program. During the Carleton University years, served on Senate Executive ( ); Senate ( , , ; as Panel Chairman, Ontario Graduate Scholarships (1978,1984; as Consultant, National Museums of Canada, National Discovery Train Project ( ); as Member, Ontario Conservation Review Board ( ); as Executive Member, Ontario Bicentennial Commission ( ); as Co-Chairman and Co-organizer, Canada - Israel Conference on Culture and Communications, Jerusalem (June 1986) and Ottawa (October 1986); as Executive Member, Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute ( ); and as Member, International Council of Canadian Studies ( ). ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS: HIGHLIGHTS National Research Council Canada-France Award (1984); Queen Elizabeth II Ontario Scholarship ( ); Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (Princeton University, ) 5

6 - 6 - CHIEF PUBLICATIONS (full list available as appendix, on request) Laurier: His Life and World (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1979). "Introduction" and editing of H.B. Neatby, Laurier and a Liberal Quebec (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973). "J.S. Willison and Canadian Nationalism, ", Canadian Historical Association, Historical Papers, 1969, pp "History Since Confederation, ", The Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton, 1985), II, pp. 819 ff. "The Renaissance of Ontario History", Acadiensis VIII (Fall 1978). Book reviews ( ) in Canadian Historical Review, Social History, Books in Canada, and Ottawa Citizen. "Canadian Studies in Canada, 1983", paper delivered to Joint Conference of the American Council on Education and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Toronto (October 14, 1983). "The SSHRC - Canadian Studies Issue: A Look Ahead", Social Sciences in Canada, X (September 1982), pp. 6ff.. 6