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O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture Series
Inaugurated in December 1991, it honours Dr. O.D. Skelton, a prime architect of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (then Department of External Affairs) and of Canadian foreign policy. This lecture series encourages the scholarly examination of Canada’s international relations with distinguished Canadian lecturers.
The O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture (ODSML) is given annually during the academic year. Before becoming Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King’s adviser on international relations and then his second under-secretary of state for external affairs, Skelton had been Sir John A. Macdonald Professor of Political and Economic Science and then Dean of Arts at Queen’s University. King’s choice of Skelton to succeed Sir Joseph Pope was influenced in part by an address which Skelton gave to the Canadian Club in Ottawa in 1922. As head of the Department of External Affairs for more than 15 years, Skelton helped to define a distinct Canadian foreign policy. A firm believer in appointment and promotion by merit, he was responsible for the recruitment of a remarkably able group of foreign service officers. In view of Skelton’s scholarly background and his contribution to Canadian public life, we decided to honour his memory with a public lecture series.
O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture, Ottawa, 10 March 2011
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Morris Rosenberg, is pleased to announce that the O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture for 2010-11 will be given by the distinguished Canadian journalist and author, Chrystia Freeland. Ms. Freeland’s lecture will be entitled “Finding a Place in a Rebalanced Global Economy: the New Foreign Policy Challenge”.
The lecture will take place at 6.00 p.m. on Thursday, 10 March 2011, in the Marcel Cadieux Auditorium of the Lester B. Pearson Building, 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa. A brief question period will follow the lecture. Simultaneous interpretation will be available throughout the proceedings. Following the lecture, there will be a vin d’honneur (reception) in the adjacent O. D. Skelton Lobby, which is open to all present.
Everyone is welcome to attend this event and there is no admission charge. Please note, however, that there are no reserved seats. The Marcel Cadieux Auditorium is wheelchair-accessible. Please note that there is very little public parking at the Pearson Building.
