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CIC Young Professionals Network: In Conversation with Canada’s Ambassador to Israel Lisa Stadelbauer
February 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Free
On February 8, 2022, the CIC Young Professionals Network will be joined by Canada’s Ambassador to Israel, Lisa Stadelbauer to discuss Canada-Israeli relations today and in the future, as well as to take audience questions.
About the Speaker:
Lisa Stadelbauer is Canada’s Ambassador to Israel. Ambassador Stadelbauer joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1990 with her first assignment abroad in 1992 to Tel Aviv. She later served in Hanoi as counsellor and then in Oslo as counsellor and consul. From 2011 to 2015, she served as ambassador to Zimbabwe and Angola and high commissioner in Botswana. In Ottawa, she has served in a number of functions, including as director of the Eastern and Southern Africa Division, deputy to Canada’s Africa personal representative to the G8 and, from 2015 to 2017, director general of the Pan-Africa Bureau. She also served in the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat of the Privy Council Office. Most recently, Ms. Stadelbauer served as Canada’s high commissioner in Kenya, with accreditation to Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda. She also served as Canada’s permanent representative to the United Nations Environment Programme and UN-Habitat.