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{{Short description|Canadian legal scholar (born 1958)}}
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| image = Stephen Toope, McGill University, Law Convocation Ceremony, June 1, 2017.jpg
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| caption = Toope at [[McGill University]] Law [[Convocation#University use|convocation ceremony]] in 2017
| caption = Toope in 2022
| office = President and CEO, [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]] (CIFAR)
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| office = 346th [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]]
| term_start = October 1, 2017
| term_start = November 1, 2022
| predecessor = Sir [[Leszek Borysiewicz]]
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| predecessor = [[Alan Bernstein]]
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| office1 = [[Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]]
| term_start1 = October 1, 2017
| term_end1 = September 30, 2022
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| predecessor1 = [[Sir Leszek Borysiewicz]]
| successor1 = [[Anthony Freeling]] (acting)
| office2 = 2nd Director of the [[Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy]]
| office2 = 2nd Director of the [[Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy]]
| term_start2 = June 1, 2015
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* [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])
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* [[McGill University]] ([[LLB]], [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]])
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'''Stephen John Toope''' {{post-nominals|OC}} (born February 14, 1958) is a Canadian [[legal scholar]], [[academic administrator]] and a scholar specializing in human rights, [[public international law]] and international relations.
'''Stephen John Toope''' {{post-nominals|OC|FRSC}} (born February 14, 1958) is a Canadian [[legal scholar]], [[academic administrator]] and a scholar specializing in human rights, [[public international law]] and international relations. In November 2022, he was appointed as the fifth president and CEO of the [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]] (CIFAR). Prior to this, he served for five years as the 346th [[Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]].

In April 2013 he announced he was stepping down as [[University of BC]] president, following an eight-year term.<ref name="Staff">{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/452628/ubc-president-stephen-toope-leaving-post-next-year/ |title=UBC president Stephen Toope leaving post next year |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 3, 2013 |website=www.globalnews.com |publisher=Global News |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> He was named [[Officer of the Order of Canada]] in 2015.<ref>[http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1296405-four-nova-scotians-among-order-of-canada-honourees "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees"]. ''[[The Chronicle-Herald]]'', July 1, 2015.</ref> On 1 October 2017, he became the 346th [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[University of Cambridge]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2016-17/weekly/6436/section1.shtml#heading2-1]</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Toope graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in [[English Literature]] and [[European History]]. He then received two law degrees – in common law and civil law<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/en/community/stephen-j-toope |title=Stephen J. Toope |last=Anon. |date=December 19, 2012 |work=Fondation Trudeau|access-date=January 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> – from the [[McGill University Faculty of Law]] in 1983, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the ''[[McGill Law Journal]]''. In 1987, he earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in arbitration law at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Cambridge |title=Arbitrations involving states and foreign private parties : A study in contemporary legal process |first=Stephen John |last=Toope |date=1986 |url=http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=14652 |id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.382706}}|website=lib.cam.ac.uk|oclc=499910996}}</ref>
Toope graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in [[English Literature]] and [[European History]]. He then received two law degrees – in common law and civil law<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/en/community/stephen-j-toope |title=Stephen J. Toope |last=Anon. |date=December 19, 2012 |work=Fondation Trudeau|access-date=January 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> – from the [[McGill University Faculty of Law]] in 1983, where he served as editor-in-chief of the ''[[McGill Law Journal]]''. In 1987, he was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in arbitration law at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Cambridge |title=Arbitrations involving states and foreign private parties : A study in contemporary legal process |first=Stephen John |last=Toope |date=1986 |url=http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=14652 |id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.382706}}|website=lib.cam.ac.uk|oclc=499910996}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
After completing his PhD, Toope joined McGill University's faculty.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuum est, Mr. President |work=[[Ubyssey]] |date=March 24, 2006 |url=http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/20060324/index.html |access-date=May 20, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165619/http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/20060324/index.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
After completing his PhD, Toope joined McGill University's faculty.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuum est, Mr. President |work=[[Ubyssey]] |date=March 24, 2006 |url=http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/20060324/index.html |access-date=May 20, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165619/http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/20060324/index.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He served as dean of [[McGill University Faculty of Law]] from 1994 to 1999. He is the youngest person to have held the position.{{cn|date=July 2024}} During his tenure as dean, he led the then-largest capital campaign in Canadian law faculty history to build a new Law library, and oversaw the renewal of the faculty's curriculum.


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Toope then headed the [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation|Trudeau Foundation]], named in honor of Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]].<ref>Waldie, P., [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-cambridges-canadian-leader-seeks-answers-and-justice-for-its-slave/ "Cambridge’s Canadian leader seeks answers and justice for its slave-trade past—and finds controversy"], ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 16, 2019.</ref>
He served as dean of [[McGill University Faculty of Law]] from 1994 to 1999. He is the youngest person to have held the position. During his tenure as dean, he led the then-largest capital campaign in Canadian law faculty history to build a new Law library, and oversaw the renewal of the faculty's curriculum.


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In 2006, Toope became the 12th president and [[vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of British Columbia]] succeeding [[Martha Piper]]. He also held an academic position at the university as a tenured professor of law. He assumed the presidential post on July 1, 2006, and held the position for eight years, until June 30, 2014. On April 3, 2013, it was announced that Toope would leave the UBC presidency effective June 2014 to "pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations".<ref>{{cite web |last=UBC Public Affairs |title=Stephen Toope to leave UBC Presidency in June 2014. |date=April 3, 2013 |url=http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2013/04/03/stephen-toope-to-leave-ubc-presidency-in-june-2014/ |access-date=April 3, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Staff">{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/452628/ubc-president-stephen-toope-leaving-post-next-year/ |title=UBC president Stephen Toope leaving post next year |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 3, 2013 |website=www.globalnews.com |publisher=Global News |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
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Toope then headed the [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation|Trudeau Foundation]], named in honor of Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]].<ref>Waldie, P., [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-cambridges-canadian-leader-seeks-answers-and-justice-for-its-slave/ "Cambridge’s Canadian leader seeks answers and justice for its slave-trade past—and finds controversy"], ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 16, 2019.</ref> The Foundation is an independent, private, and non-partisan Canadian educational foundation that focuses on identifying outstanding talent in the social sciences and humanities, thereby building a network to promote public debate on issues of societal importance. The Foundation awards five fellowships and 15 doctoral candidate scholarships annually to recognize outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences that exemplify innovative public policy approaches and a commitment to public engagement. Established in 2002, the Foundation manages an endowment of more than C$140 million.


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In January 2015, Toope became the director of the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[Munk School of Global Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/profile/toope-stephen-j/|title=Stephen J. Toope {{!}} Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy|website=munkschool.utoronto.ca|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>
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In 2006, Toope became the 12th president and [[vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of British Columbia]] succeeding [[Martha Piper]]. He also held an academic position at the university as a tenured professor of law. He assumed the presidential post on July 1, 2006, and held the position for eight years, until June 30, 2014. On April 3, 2013, it was announced that Toope would leave the UBC presidency effective June 2014 to "pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations".<ref>{{cite web |last=UBC Public Affairs |title=Stephen Toope to leave UBC Presidency in June 2014. |url=http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2013/04/03/stephen-toope-to-leave-ubc-presidency-in-june-2014/ |access-date=April 3, 2013}}</ref>


He was named [[Officer of the Order of Canada]] in 2015.<ref>[http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1296405-four-nova-scotians-among-order-of-canada-honourees "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees"]. ''[[The Chronicle-Herald]]'', July 1, 2015.</ref>
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In January 2015, Toope became the Director of the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[Munk School of Global Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/profile/toope-stephen-j/|title=Stephen J. Toope {{!}} Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy|website=munkschool.utoronto.ca|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>


On October 2, 2017, he became the 346th person to serve as [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor]] at [[Cambridge University]] in England, becoming the first non-Briton to do so.<ref name="Coyle">{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/09/10/the-346th-person-to-run-cambridge-university-is-the-first-canadian.html |title=A Canadian is poised to shake up Cambridge University – the first non-Briton in 800 years |author=Jim Coyle |date=September 10, 2017 |website=www.thestar.com |publisher=[[Toronto Star|The Star]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> He is concurrently [[Professor]] of International Law at the Faculty of Law, a [[Fellow#In ancient universities|Professorial Fellow]] of [[Clare Hall, Cambridge|Clare Hall]], and an [[Honorary Fellow]] of [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]].
On October 1, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2016-17/weekly/6436/section1.shtml#heading2-1|title = Notices - Cambridge University Reporter 6436}}</ref> he became the 346th person to serve as [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor]] at [[Cambridge University]] in England, becoming the first non-Briton to do so.<ref name="Coyle">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/09/10/the-346th-person-to-run-cambridge-university-is-the-first-canadian.html |title=A Canadian is poised to shake up Cambridge University – the first non-Briton in 800 years |author=Jim Coyle |date=September 10, 2017 |newspaper=The Toronto Star |publisher=[[Toronto Star|The Star]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> He is concurrently [[professor]] of international law at the Faculty of Law, a [[Fellow#In ancient universities|Professorial Fellow]] of [[Clare Hall, Cambridge|Clare Hall]], and an [[Honorary Fellow]] of [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]].


Toope holds a number of honorary doctorates, including from the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, McGill University<ref name="McGill">{{cite web |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/news/stephen-toope-receive-honorary-doctorate-mcgill-university-267867 |title=Stephen Toope to receive honorary doctorate from McGill University |author=<!--Not stated-->|date=|website=www.mcgill.ca |publisher=McGill University |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> and the University of Bristol. In 2019, he received an honorary LLD from the [[Law Society of Ontario]].<ref name="Society">{{cite web |author=Law Society of Ontario |date=June 20, 2019 |title=Law Society to present honorary LLD to legal scholar, Professor Stephen Toope, O.C., on June 26 |url=http://www.lawsocietygazette.ca/news/law-society-to-present-honorary-lld-to-legal-scholar-professor-stephen-toope-on-june-26/ |access-date=June 20, 2019 |website=www.lawsocietygazette.com |publisher=Law Society Gazette}}</ref> The same year, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/press-release-rsc-presents-class-2019|title= The RSC presents the Class of 2019|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=September 10, 2019 |website=rsc-src.ca|publisher=Royal Society of Canada |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>
Toope has been consulted extensively by the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade|Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade]] and the [[Canadian International Development Agency]]. He has won publishing awards from the [[American Society of International Law]] and the [[Canadian Tax Foundation]].


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His service to the community includes serving on the boards of organizations that promote human rights and international development, including the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, the [[World University Service|World University Service of Canada]], the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances <ref>Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, [https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160513-Toope-Full-CV-2016_Public.pdf CV of Stephen J. Toope], Spring 2016.</ref> and Canada's [[International Development Research Centre]] (IDRC).
He has also conducted various human rights seminars for government officials in Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and was a member of the [[United Nations|UN]] observer delegation to the first post-apartheid South African elections. He has also served as Research Director, Office of the Special Representative concerning the [[Royal Commission on Aboriginal People]] in 1991.


In 2017, he received an honorary doctorate from McGill University.<ref name="McGill">{{cite web |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/news/stephen-toope-receive-honorary-doctorate-mcgill-university-267867 |title=Stephen Toope to receive honorary doctorate from McGill University |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 25, 2017 |website=www.mcgill.ca |publisher=McGill University |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
In a 2018 op-ed he criticized British politicians for "condemning UK universities as broken and in need of market discipline."<ref name="Bennett">{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/turning-universities-into-businesses-caused-strikes-hzrxsv2q6 |title=Turning universities into businesses 'caused strikes', says Cambridge vice-chancellor Stephen Toope |author=Rosemary Bennett |date=March 16, 2018 |website=www.thetimes.com |publisher=[[The Times]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>


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During his annual university address,<ref name="Associated">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/environment-climate-climate-change-archive-endowments-fa1787ca5258a6417c5fa138d9c6b3e5 |title=Cambridge University ending fossil fuel investments |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 1, 2020 |website=www.apnews.com |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> in 2020 he announced Cambridge was removing fossil fuel investments from its portfolio.<ref name="AP">{{cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/cambridge-university-ending-fossil-fuel-investments/572596932/ |title=Cambridge University ending fossil fuel investments |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 1, 2020 |website=www.startribune.com |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
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His service to the community includes serving on the boards of non-governmental organizations that promote human rights and international development, including the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, the [[World University Service|World University Service of Canada]] and the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.<ref>Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, [https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160513-Toope-Full-CV-2016_Public.pdf CV of Stephen J. Toope], Spring 2016.</ref>


On September 20, 2021, Toope announced he would be stepping down as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, two years short of completing his seven-year term.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-20|title=Statement about the Vice-Chancellor|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/statement-about-the-vice-chancellor|access-date=2021-09-20|website=University of Cambridge|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Woolcock |first1=Nicola |title=Privately educated pupils to lose places at Oxbridge, vice-chancellor warns |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/privately-educated-pupils-to-lose-places-at-oxbridge-vice-chancellor-warns-7crr2vlgx |access-date=May 4, 2022 |work=The Times |date=May 3, 2022}}</ref> His last day in the role was September 30, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Cordelia |title=An update on the search for the next Vice-Chancellor |url=https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/an-update-on-the-search-for-the-next-vice-chancellor |website=For staff |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=en |date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
In an op-edit, in 2018 he criticized British politicians for "condemning UK universities as broken and in need of market discipline."<ref name="Bennett">{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/turning-universities-into-businesses-caused-strikes-hzrxsv2q6 |title=Turning universities into businesses 'caused strikes', says Cambridge vice-chancellor Stephen Toope |author=Rosemary Bennett |date=March 16, 2018 |website=www.thetimes.com |publisher=[[The Times]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>


In May 2022, he was selected as the 5th President of [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]] (CIFAR), commencing November 1, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cifar.ca/cifarnews/2022/05/05/dr-stephen-toope-named-cifars-next-president-and-ceo/ |title=Dr. Stephen Toope named CIFAR's next President and CEO|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022-06-05|website=www.cifar.ca|language=en|access-date=2022-05-19}}</ref>
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In 2019, he received an honorary LLD from the [[Law Society of Ontario]].<ref name="Society">{{cite web |url=http://www.lawsocietygazette.ca/news/law-society-to-present-honorary-lld-to-legal-scholar-professor-stephen-toope-on-june-26/ |title=Law Society to present honorary LLD to legal scholar, Professor Stephen Toope, O.C., on June 26 |author=Law Society of Ontario |date=June 20, 2019 |website=www.lawsocietygazette.com |publisher=Law Society Gazette |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> During his annual university address,<ref name="Associated">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/environment-climate-climate-change-archive-endowments-fa1787ca5258a6417c5fa138d9c6b3e5 |title=Cambridge University ending fossil fuel investments |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 1, 2020 |website=www.apnews.com |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> in 2020 he announced Cambridge was removing fossil fuel investments from its portfolio.<ref name="AP">{{cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/cambridge-university-ending-fossil-fuel-investments/572596932/ |title=Cambridge University ending fossil fuel investments |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 1, 2020 |website=www.startribune.com |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>

==Controversy==
Toope was mentioned in a controversy about Jesus College's China/UK Global Issues Dialogue Centre.

The Dialogue Centre published in February 2020 a report about telecommunications reforms. It praised Huawei, advancing ideas thought to be beneficial to Chinese interests. The report carried a foreword from the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

On July 9, 2020, after Freedom of Information requests, Jesus College admitted it had accepted £200,000 for the Dialogue Centre from a branch of the Chinese State Council, £55,000 from another branch for the China Centre and £150,000 from Huawei for the digital report. Until then, not even the Fellows of Jesus College – the governing body – had been informed.


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Stephen Toope
OC FRSC
Toope in 2022
President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 1, 2022
Preceded byAlan Bernstein
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
In office
October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2022
Preceded bySir Leszek Borysiewicz
Succeeded byAnthony Freeling (acting)
2nd Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
In office
June 1, 2015 – October 1, 2017
Preceded byJanice Stein
Succeeded byRandall Hansen (interim)
12th President of the University of British Columbia
In office
July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2014
Preceded byMartha Piper
Succeeded byArvind Gupta
Personal details
Born
Stephen John Toope

(1958-02-14) February 14, 1958 (age 66)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
SpousePaula Rosen
Children3
Alma mater
OccupationAcademic administrator
ProfessionAcademic, lawyer, legal scholar, pedagogue

Stephen John Toope OC FRSC (born February 14, 1958) is a Canadian legal scholar, academic administrator and a scholar specializing in human rights, public international law and international relations. In November 2022, he was appointed as the fifth president and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Prior to this, he served for five years as the 346th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Education

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Toope graduated from Harvard College in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and European History. He then received two law degrees – in common law and civil law[1] – from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1983, where he served as editor-in-chief of the McGill Law Journal. In 1987, he was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in arbitration law at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

Career

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After completing his PhD, Toope joined McGill University's faculty.[3] He served as dean of McGill University Faculty of Law from 1994 to 1999. He is the youngest person to have held the position.[citation needed] During his tenure as dean, he led the then-largest capital campaign in Canadian law faculty history to build a new Law library, and oversaw the renewal of the faculty's curriculum.

Toope then headed the Trudeau Foundation, named in honor of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.[4]

In 2006, Toope became the 12th president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia succeeding Martha Piper. He also held an academic position at the university as a tenured professor of law. He assumed the presidential post on July 1, 2006, and held the position for eight years, until June 30, 2014. On April 3, 2013, it was announced that Toope would leave the UBC presidency effective June 2014 to "pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations".[5][6]

In January 2015, Toope became the director of the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.[7]

He was named Officer of the Order of Canada in 2015.[8]

On October 1, 2017,[9] he became the 346th person to serve as Vice-Chancellor at Cambridge University in England, becoming the first non-Briton to do so.[10] He is concurrently professor of international law at the Faculty of Law, a Professorial Fellow of Clare Hall, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College.

Toope holds a number of honorary doctorates, including from the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, McGill University[11] and the University of Bristol. In 2019, he received an honorary LLD from the Law Society of Ontario.[12] The same year, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[13]

His service to the community includes serving on the boards of organizations that promote human rights and international development, including the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, the World University Service of Canada, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances [14] and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

In a 2018 op-ed he criticized British politicians for "condemning UK universities as broken and in need of market discipline."[15]

During his annual university address,[16] in 2020 he announced Cambridge was removing fossil fuel investments from its portfolio.[17]

On September 20, 2021, Toope announced he would be stepping down as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, two years short of completing his seven-year term.[18][19] His last day in the role was September 30, 2022.[20]

In May 2022, he was selected as the 5th President of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), commencing November 1, 2022.[21]

Personal

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Toope took up residence in Cambridge in 2018, along with his wife, Paula Rosen, a speech-language pathologist and musical theatre composer. They have three adult children.[22]

References

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  1. ^ Anon. (December 19, 2012). "Stephen J. Toope". Fondation Trudeau. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Toope, Stephen John (1986). Arbitrations involving states and foreign private parties : A study in contemporary legal process. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 499910996. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.382706.
  3. ^ "Tuum est, Mr. President". Ubyssey. March 24, 2006. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2006.
  4. ^ Waldie, P., "Cambridge’s Canadian leader seeks answers and justice for its slave-trade past—and finds controversy", The Globe and Mail, December 16, 2019.
  5. ^ UBC Public Affairs (April 3, 2013). "Stephen Toope to leave UBC Presidency in June 2014". Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  6. ^ "UBC president Stephen Toope leaving post next year". www.globalnews.com. Global News. April 3, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Stephen J. Toope | Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy". munkschool.utoronto.ca. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  8. ^ "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle-Herald, July 1, 2015.
  9. ^ "Notices - Cambridge University Reporter 6436".
  10. ^ Jim Coyle (September 10, 2017). "A Canadian is poised to shake up Cambridge University – the first non-Briton in 800 years". The Toronto Star. The Star. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  11. ^ "Stephen Toope to receive honorary doctorate from McGill University". www.mcgill.ca. McGill University. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  12. ^ Law Society of Ontario (June 20, 2019). "Law Society to present honorary LLD to legal scholar, Professor Stephen Toope, O.C., on June 26". www.lawsocietygazette.com. Law Society Gazette. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "The RSC presents the Class of 2019". rsc-src.ca. Royal Society of Canada. September 10, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  14. ^ Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, CV of Stephen J. Toope, Spring 2016.
  15. ^ Rosemary Bennett (March 16, 2018). "Turning universities into businesses 'caused strikes', says Cambridge vice-chancellor Stephen Toope". www.thetimes.com. The Times. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  16. ^ "Cambridge University ending fossil fuel investments". www.apnews.com. Associated Press. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  17. ^ "Cambridge University ending fossil fuel investments". www.startribune.com. Associated Press. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  18. ^ "Statement about the Vice-Chancellor". University of Cambridge. September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  19. ^ Woolcock, Nicola (May 3, 2022). "Privately educated pupils to lose places at Oxbridge, vice-chancellor warns". The Times. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  20. ^ Brown, Cordelia (January 10, 2022). "An update on the search for the next Vice-Chancellor". For staff. University of Cambridge. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  21. ^ "Dr. Stephen Toope named CIFAR's next President and CEO". www.cifar.ca. June 5, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  22. ^ Weglowska, Magdalena (February 23, 2015). "Professor Stephen J Toope". www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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