speaker biographies
Margaret Biggs is the Chair of the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa and a former President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Dr. Biggs is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University.
David Black is Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Development Studies, and Professor and Chair of Political Science at Dalhousie University. His publications include Canada and Africa in the New Millennium: The Politics of Consistent Inconsistency (2015), and (as co-editor with Stephen Brown and Molly den Heyer) Rethinking Canadian Aid, 2nd edn (2016).
Stephen Brown is Professor of Political Science at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses mainly on the intersection of the policies and practices of Northern countries and other international actors with politics in Southern countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. He has published widely on Canadian foreign aid, among other topics. More information is available at www.stephenbrown.xyz.