Board of Directors
Karen Hanna was most recently Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Loblaw Companies, with responsibility for HR strategy and services for 135,000 colleagues. She has general management, sales and marketing, advertising and HR experience with Canadian and multinational corporations. Karen has worked in technology, retail, manufacturing, brand marketing, and publishing. She established a business consulting and executive coaching firm in 2001.
Karen has lived in four countries and worked in more than twenty, with
a focus on Asia. She attended the University of Western Ontario and
graduated with a Bachelor of Humanities from McMaster University. She
has served on non-profit boards in Australia, the U.S. and Canada.
Janice Gross Stein (Vice-Chair)
Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management
in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the Munk
School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. She is a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Canada and
the Order of Ontario. Her most recent publications include Networks
of Knowledge: Innovation in International Learning (2000); The
Cult of Efficiency (2001); and Street Protests and Fantasy
Parks (2001). She is a contributor to Canada by Picasso
(2006) and the co-author of The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar
(2007). She was the Massey Lecturer in 2001 and a Trudeau Fellow. She
was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for an outstanding
contribution by a social scientist to public debate. She is an Honorary
Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2006,
she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Alberta
and the University of Cape Breton.
Jonathan Wilkinson (Treasurer)
Jonathan is presently Senior Vice President, Business Development with Nexterra Systems Corporation in Vancouver. Nexterra is a world leader in the development and supply of biomass gasification solutions.
From 2002-2008 Jonathan was President and Chief Executive Officer of QuestAir Technologies Inc. – a publicly traded industrial technology company with interests in clean energy and traditional energy markets. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, Jonathan held roles as Vice President Business Development and Chief Operating Officer.
Before joining QuestAir, Jonathan worked as a as Manager in the Toronto office of Bain and Company - one of the world's leading strategy-consulting firms. Mr. Wilkinson also has previous experience in government service having worked as a constitutional negotiator (during the Charlottetown Round of discussions), a federal-provincial relations specialist, and a Special Advisor to the Premier of Saskatchewan.
A Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Wilkinson has obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons.) from the University of Saskatchewan and Masters of Arts degrees from Oxford University and McGill University. Mr. Wilkinson has also completed the Executive Development Program at the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.
Jonathan participates actively in community and charitable activities. He is presently Vice-Chair of the Board of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. In addition, he is the past Chair of the British Columbia Technology Industries Association (BCTIA). The BCTIA is a not-for-profit, member-funded organization representing the technology companies from across BC.
Jonathan previously sat for several years on the Campaign Cabinet of
the United Way of the Lower Mainland and on the Boards of the BC Chapter
of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Fuel Cells
Canada and the Advisory Board of the BC Power Technology Alliance.
Briony was born and raised in Toronto and is the grand-daughter of
Walter and Elizabeth Gordon and the daughter of Jane and Bill Glassco.
She is an actress and a playwright. Briony studied first at Syracuse
University then moved to the UK to further her acting training. She
lived and worked in London for 19 years returning to Toronto with her
husband and their three children in 2003. Although Briony continues
to write and act she also runs Presenting With Confidence, designing
and running workshops that help students with their presentation and
communication skills. Briony has been passionately active in all her
communities, initiating and facilitating school councils, local gardening
schemes, twins groups, and since moving back to Canada she has continued
to be involved in local initiatives that focus on building strong neighbourhoods,
schools and empowering those around her.
Joe Linklater is an experienced political leader and program manager with considerable knowledge in building and implementing public policy and First Nation self-governance. He has contributed to successful intergovernmental relations at the federal, provincial and inter-provincial levels and is well known for his significant expertise in establishing and overseeing economic development initiatives and trust structures.
Since 1998, Joe Linklater has held the position as Chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. Chief Linklater is on the Board of Director for the Vuntut Development Corporation and the Chair of the Yukon Chiefs Committee on Education and the Self Government Chiefs Committee (Yukon). He is also Chair of the Gwich'in Council International, Executive member of the Yukon Education Reform Project and a board member of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board.
Member of the Vuntut Gwitchin Council (1997-98) and served as its Director of Natural Resources and Implementation (1996-97).
Chief Linklater is unwavering in his long-standing commitment to working for his community and has assisted in establishing a number of community volunteer groups.
He holds a Diploma in First Nations Management.
Kyra Montagu is a practicing psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in Cambridge, Massachusetts after a previous career developing many different kinds of programs with both museums and artists in the Boston area. She has become increasingly interested recently in issues affecting refugees and their livelihoods.
Kyra is married to Jean (Coco) Montagu and is the mother of Sasha and Dominic Montagu.
Jennifer Mary Welsh was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Saskatchewan (where she won the Governor General’s Medal) and a Masters and Doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford (where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar). She is a former Jean Monnet Fellow of the European University Institute in Florence, and was a Cadieux Research Fellow in the Policy Planning Staff of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. Jennifer has taught international relations at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the Central European University. She is currently University Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Somerville College.
In addition to her academic career, Jennifer spent five years in the private sector – first as a consultant with the international firm, McKinsey and Company, and subsequently as a partner in d~Code, a research and strategy firm focused on the “Nexus Generation.” She is on the Editorial Board of the Round Table, and a member of the Banff Forum, the Pacific Council on Foreign Relations, and the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
Jennifer is the author and co-author of five books and a series of articles on international relations. Her most recent publications include Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2004) and At Home in the World: Canada's Global Vision for the 21st Century (HarperCollins Canada, 2004). She lives in Oxford, and spends her summers at Lumsden Beach Saskatchewan.