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Norman Spector
received his BA (Honours) in Political Science from McGill
University
; his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science from Columbia
University, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow; and his MS degree in
Television, Film and Radio from Syracuse University, where he was a
Newhouse Fellow.
After lecturing for a
year at
St. Paul
's College, University
of
Ottawa, he entered the Ontario Public Service and eventually became Executive
Director at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. In 1980, he
moved to
British Columbia
and, from 1982-86, served as deputy minister to Premier Bill Bennett.
In August, 1986,
Norman moved to Ottawa as Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial
Relations, a position he filled until August, 1990, when he became Chief
of Staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In February, 1992, he was
appointed Ambassador of Canada to
Israel
and the Palestinian Authority, and High Commissioner to Cyprus.
He returned to
Canada
in August, 1995 to resume his career as a deputy minister, when Prime
Minister Chrétien appointed him President of the Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency. He resigned from the public service a year later and
became Publisher of The Jerusalem Post in May, 1997, after a brief stint
at as VP Corporate Affairs at ITL in Montreal.
Norman
is fluent in English, French and Hebrew, and has knowledge of Russian and
Arabic. He is currently a columnist for The Globe and Mail and Le Devoir
nationally, and the Vancouver Sun and Victoria Times-Colonist in
British Columbia. He is a frequent commentator on
television and radio in both English and French. His book, Chronicle of a
War Foretold: How Mideast Peace Became
America’s Fight, was published by Douglas and McIntyre in 2003.
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