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Board Members of the Ireland Canada
University Foundation
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Dr. Craig Dobbin O.C.
Founder and Joint Chairman (Canada)
It is with enormous sadness that we record the death
of Dr. Dobbin on 7th October, 2006. It was his
inspiration, friendship and generosity which led
to the establishment of this Foundation in 1993. His
great support and enthusiasm for the exchange of young
Irish and Canadian scholars between our two countries
has been the linchpin in the Foundation’s continued
development over the years, and the high regard with
it now enjoys in the universities of both Ireland and
Canada.
Read a biography of Dr. Craig Dobbin O.C. here
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Dr. Patrick Hillery
Founder and Joint Chairman (Ireland)
It is with deep sadness that we record the death
of Dr Patrick Hillery on the 12th of April
2008. Dr Patrick Hillary was President of Ireland,
1976 - 90.
Read a biography of Dr. Patrick Hillery here
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Mark Dobbin, Consul General for Ireland in Newfoundland & Labrador
Joint Chairman (Canada)
Mark Dobbin is the founder and President of Killick
Capital Inc., a Newfoundland based private equity company.
He is also the Consul General for Ireland in Newfoundland & Labrador.
He is on the Board of Directors of Aurora Energy Resources
Inc. as well as a board member for Killick Capital's
portfolio investment companies including Plasco Energy
Group Inc. Avatas Aerospace and Consilient Technologies.
From 1998 to 2003 Mr. Dobbin was the Chair and CEO of
Vector Aerospace Corporation a globally recognized aviation
repair and overhaul company. He also served on the Board
of Directors of Stratos Global Corporation, Newfoundland
and Labrador Hydro and the Aerospace Industries Association
of Canada.
Mr. Dobbin is a graduate of the Bachelor of Commerce
(Co-op) program from Memorial University of Newfoundland
and Labrador, and also earned a Masters of Business
Administration (MBA) from Dalhousie University.
In 2000 Mark Dobbin was named one of Canada's Top 40
Under 40; and in 2001 was honored as Alumnus of the
Year for Memorial University's Faculty of Business Administration.
He is a member of the Board of Governors for Junior
Achievement Newfoundland and Labrador, serves on the
Board of Directors for Shallaway, Newfoundland and Labrador
Youth in Chorus. Mr. Dobbin also serves on the Business
Advisory Board for the Government of Newfoundland and
Labrador, as well is a member on the Advisory Board
for Memorial University's Faculty of Business Administration.
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Desmond J. Green
Chairman of MinChem/Indaver Ltd
Desmond J. Green is Chairman of MinChem/Indaver
Ltd, which he founded in 1977 and chairman of Techinvest
a technology newsletter and technology fund advisor.
He was a founder member of the UCD Engineering Graduates
Association and of the Campus Companies Venture Capital
Scheme. He was a founder member and is a former chairman
of the Dalkey School Project, Ireland's first multi-denominational
primary school. There are more than forty such schools
in Ireland now. Desmond is a graduate of University
College Dublin in Chemical Engineering and while a student
was auditor of the Literary& Historical Society.
He did postgraduate work at the University of New Brunswick
in Canada where he obtained an MEngSc and was a faculty
member. He was awarded an Honorary DSc by UNB in 1995. | | Rupert Hamilton
Investment Advisor with TD Waterhouse
Rupert Hamilton is an Investment Advisor with TD Waterhouse
in Toronto. Since moving to Canada from Dublin in 1994,
he has worked in the financial services arena - save
for a 3-year stint as CEO of a private television network.
Rupert graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a
B.A. in History, and from UCD's Smurfit School of Business
with an MBS, specializing in International Business.
He is Past-President of Special Olympics Ontario, a
Board Member of the Sports Celebrities Festival, and
an active supporter of Toronto's Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Professor John Kelly
Executive Director
John Kelly was Professor of Chemical Engineering, Dean
of the Faculty of Engineering & Architecture and
Registrar / Senior Vice-President in University College
Dublin. A Fulbright Scholar to the University of Maryland,
he was Director of the Irish Fulbright Commission.
Read more information on John Kelly here
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Michael Phillips
Former Canadian Ambassador to Ireland
Michael
Phillips served twice at the Canadian Embassy in Dublin and was
Ambassador from 1996 to 1998. He was the first Canadian representative
on the International Fund for Ireland from 1986 to 1988.
While
Minister for Political and Public Affairs in London he ran the cultural
center, Canada House, and worked closely with the Foundation for
Canadian Studies in the UK. In 1990-91 he served on the first Board of
Directors of the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program.
Mr. Phillips has
also served as Canadian Ambassador to Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia. His last posting was as Consul General in New York. He lives
in Ireland with his wife, Oonagh, who is from Buncrana. |
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Kenneth L. Ozmon, O.C., Ph.D., D.Litt. President
Emeritus Saint Mary's University.
Professor of Psychology, President Emeritus of Saint
Mary's University, Nova Scotia, after 21 years as President.
Currently Chairman of the Board of Optipress, Inc. and
the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, and member of the board
of the Centre for Financial Services OmbudsNetwork,
the Halifax Foundation, the Sobey Foundation for Excellence
in Business Studies, Discovery Centre. Former chairman
of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, the Association
of Atlantic Universities and the Association of Universities
and Colleges of Canada. Order of Canada, Queen Elizabeth
II Jubilee Medal, Canada 125th Anniversary Medal, honorary
degrees from St. Thomas University and the University
of International Business and Economics (Beijing).
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Professor William A. Schabas
Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights
William
A. Schabas is director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National
University of Ireland, Galway, where he is professor of human rights
law. He holds appointments at University of Warwick School of
Law, Queen’s University Belfast, and the Université du Québec à
Montréal. He is ‘door tenant’ at 9 Bedford Row, London. Professor
Schabas was a member of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, and sits on the Board of Trustees of the United Nations
Voluntary Fund for Technical Assistance in Human Rights. He is an
Officer of the Order of Canada and Member of the Royal Irish Academy. |  | Professor Vera Regan
Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, UCD.
Vera Regan is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics in University
College Dublin
Vera
Regan is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics in University College
Dublin (School of Languages and Literatures), and has conducted
research on second language acquisition and sociolinguistics. She is
particularly interested in language, migration, integration and
interculturalism, and is a Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes Académiques.
She has received two Fulbright Research Scholarships to the University
of Pennsylvania, and has been President of EUROSLA (the European
Association for Second Language Research) and ACSI (the Association of
Canadian Studies of Ireland). She was a member of the Governing
Authority of University College Dublin, has been a Visiting Professor
at the University of Ottawa,is an Associate Member, Centre for Research
on Language Contact (CRLC), York University, Canada, and has been
awarded the Prix du Québec. |  | Professor Seamus Smyth
Joint Chairman (Ireland)
President Emeritus, National University of Ireland,
Maynooth.
Professor Seamus Smyth recently retired from the position
of President of the National University of Ireland,
Maynooth, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of The National University
of Ireland. Formerly a Professor of Geography, Professor Smyth
has specialised in migration and cultural transfer.
He has published widely on these subjects and is recognised
in particular as an authority on the subject of Irish
Settlement in Canada, on which he has published two
books (University of Toronto Press, 1980 and 1990, both
reprinted 1999), and more than 20 papers and articles.
In 1995 he was awarded Honorary LL.D.s by The Queen's
University of Belfast and by the University of Limerick.
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