Deborah Chatsis was the Ambassador of Canada to Vietnam, Director of South Asia Relations, Global Affairs Canada, Ambassador of Canada to Guatemala and High Commissioner to Belize. Chatsis was born in

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; she grew up in

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as a member of

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. A

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graduate (Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983 and a Bachelor of Laws 1986), she continued on to earn a Master of Laws degree from the

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in which she specialized in international law. After a break in her educational career, she returned to school, this time from the

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where she earned a Master in Public Administration. She attended as a Fulbright Scholar from 2006 to 2007. The University of Saskatchewan awarded her an honorary Doctor of Laws in 2015.

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