Background
Clark, Ian Douglas was born on April 15, 1946 in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Son of Sidney and Zella Irene (Stade) Clark.
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Ian Douglas Clark
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Education
Clark completed a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia. He completed a Master of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1972.
Career
His career in the Canada’s Federal Public Service has included positions at the Privy Council Office, Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and concluded as Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada in 1994. Clark also served as an Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund and as President of the Council of Ontario Universities from 1998 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been a professor at the University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance.
Clark is co-author of Academic Reform: Policy Options for Improving the Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Undergraduate Education in Ontario (with David Trick and Richard Van Loon, 2011) and Academic Transformation: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education in Ontario (with David Trick, Greg Moran and Michael Skolnik, 2009), both published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
Achievements
Connections
Married Helen Marjorie Sweet, July 27, 1968.
Awards
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Member of the Order of Canada Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.