Rideau Institute

Personnel

Directors

• Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute, former UN Ambassador for Disarmament
• Steven Staples, Vice-President of the Rideau Institute, commentator, and author of
• Michael Byers, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia and author of
• Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of numerous books and studies on Canadian public policy
• Kathleen Ruff, former Director of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission and former director of the Court Challenges Program
• Mel Watkins, professor emeritus of economics and political science, University College, University of Toronto; author; and well-known Canadian political figure

  Senior Advisors

• Maude Barlow, author and Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
• Peter Coombes, co-founder of Ceasefire.ca and Job Evaluation Representative for CUPE
• Murray Dobbin, political commentator and author
• Walter Dorn, Associate Professor of Defence Studies, Royal Military College of Canada
• Mel Hurtig, author, former publisher, and founder of The Council of Canadians
• Wade Huntley, Director of the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
• Anil Naidoo, International water policy analyst and Project Organizer of the Blue Planet Project
• Douglas Roche, author, former parliamentarian and senator
• Bill Robinson, former Program Associate, Project Ploughshares
• Erika Simpson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Western Ontario
• Scott Sinclair, director of Trade and Investment Research Project, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Alice Slater, Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, NY
• Gar Pardy, former Canadian diplomat