Conversations with the Chancellor: Ambassador Kerry Buck

Trinity College’s Chancellor, Bill Graham welcomed special guest Kerry Buck, Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council (NATO).

Ambassador Buck previously served as Political Director and Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Affairs from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, she held Assistant Deputy Minister portfolios for Africa and for Latin America and the Caribbean, and was the head of the Afghanistan Task Force. She has also served in a number of other senior positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, including Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb (2008-2009), for Afghanistan (2006-2008), and for Public Diplomacy and Federal-Provincial Affairs (2006-2007), and Director for Human Rights (2000-2001). She was posted to the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (1994-1996). Ms. Buck (BA Hons, Political Science, University of Western Ontario; Common Law and Civil Law, LLB, BCL, McGill University) joined Canada’s then Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1991.

Watch a video of their candid conversations,”Global (In)Security: Is NATO up to the Job?”

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