Themes for speeches by the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, P.C., C.C.

Joe Clark remains very active in international affairs, as:

• Vice-Chairman of the Global Leadership Foundation (www.g-l-f.org), a London-based not-for-profit organization of former Heads of Government and others which helps leaders in developing countries face tough governance decisions;
• Co-founder of an innovative Canadian company which has won the concession to harvest the hardwood forests under Volta Lake in Ghana, and board member of the successor company, Triton Logging Inc (www.tritonlogging.com);
• Member of the Inter-American Dialogue (www.thedialogue.org), the premier center for policy analysis, exchange and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs;
• Respected leader in foreign missions and other activities of the National Democratic Institute (www.ndi.org) and the Carter Center (www.cartercenter.org);
• Board member of GlobeScan Incorporated (www.GlobeScan.com); Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific (www.pearsoncollege.ca); Biotechnologie pour le developpement durable en Afrique (www.bdafoundation.org); and other organizations;
• Professor of Practice, Institute for the Study of International Development McGill University (www.mcgill.ca/isid).

Among the issues he addresses before Canadian and international audiences are the following:

• "Economics Plus: Canada's Strong Assets in a Changing World";
• "Managing Diversity: The World's Great Challenge and Canada's Unique Credentials";
• "Corporate Social Responsibility: An Imperative now, no longer a Luxury";
• "Mandate and Imagination: How Citizens and Non-State Actors achieve Real International Change";
• "The Two Sides of the Canadian Coin: the Opportunities for Canada as the World's Power Structures Change";
• "Canada and the USA: Canada's Assets and Advantages in a Changing Partnership";
• "Working with Africa";
• "Rescuing Canada's Political System: Building Agreement, not Conflict"
• "Lessons in Leadership: Facing Change and Building Value."

Selected Speeches and Conferences (2009-2010 only)

"Changes in the Canada-US Partnership", address to touring members of the Sacramento Seminar, Rideau Club, Ottawa, Ontario, June 14, 2010

"Preparing for the Future" address to the Graduate Students Association, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta May 7, 2010.

"Principal Threats to Democracy", opening remarks to a conversation with authors Chris Hedges, Irshad Manji and Ronald Wright, at the Globe and Mail Open House Festival, Toronto, Ontario, May 2, 2010;

"Democratic Governance in the Developing World": opening remarks to the keynote round-table of the 8th annual meeting of the Democratic Governance Group of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Dakar, Senegal, February 15, 2010;

"Canada's Assets in a Changing World": Allan J MacEachen Lecture in Politics, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, October 22, 2009;

"Parallels between Canada and South Africa" - address to the Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa, October 6, 2009;

"Political Stability or Conflict: What does it mean for business"?, address to the S.C.C.O. Institute annual Conference, Schloss Emlau, Germany, September 11, 2009.

"Foreign Policy as a Canadian Asset", keynote address to the Canadian International Council conference, Vancouver, B.C., May 28, 2009.

"Promoting Private Sector-Led Prosperity in the Emerging Decade: The Quest for Competitiveness," remarks to the pre-Summit Forum, the Summit of the Americas Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 16-16, 2009.