Ian D. Clark, (born April 15, 1946) is an adjunct professor at the

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, a senior fellow in the

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at the

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, a Canadian former civil servant, and former president of the

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. Clark completed a Bachelor of Science from the

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in 1966, a DPhil from the

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in 1969, and a

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at the

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in 1972. His career in the Canadian Public Service has included positions at the Privy Council Office, Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, and concluded as Secretary of the

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in 1994. Clark is past chair of Statistics Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Post-secondary Education Statistics and the Departmental Audit Committee for Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada. He is a member of the editorial board of the Canadian Public Administration Journal. Clark also served as an Executive Director at the

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and as President of the

from 1998 to 2007. From 2007-2019, he was a professor at the

University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto is an interdisciplinary academic centre with various research and educational programs committed to the field of globalization. Located in Toronto, Ontario, it offer ...

(now the

) where he is currently a senior fellow. In 2018, Clark became an adjunct professor in the School of Public Administration at

. In May 2009, he was made a

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for his contributions to "further Canadian public policy, governance and education". Clark is co-author of
Academic Reform: Policy Options for Improving the Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Undergraduate Education in Ontario
' (with David Trick and Richard Van Loon, 2011) and
Academic Transformation: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education in Ontario
' (with David Trick, Greg Moran and Michael Skolnik, 2009), both published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Along wit
Leslie A. Pal
Ian Clark is the co-creator of th
Atlas of Public Management
an online encyclopedia of public policy concepts, curricula, and resources that began in 2008 as a multi-year research project funded by the Government of Canada.

References

External links

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy ProfileAtlas of Public Management

Academic ReformAcademic TransformationIan Clark's Website
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