Margaret Catley-Carlson, (born 6 October 1942) is a
Canadian
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civil servant. She was Chair and is now a Patron of the
Global Water Partnership
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, a working partnership among all those involved in water management formed in 1996 by the
World Bank
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, the
United Nations Development Program
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and the
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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. Beginning in 2000 she also served as the Chair of the now dissolved Water Resources Advisory Committee of
Suez
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, a multinational private water company.
Born in
Regina, Saskatchewan
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,
[ ] she grew up in
Nelson, British Columbia
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[ ] before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of British Columbia
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in 1966. In 1966, she joined the
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and had assignments in
Colombo
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and
London
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. In 1978, she was appointed Vice President (Multilateral) of the
Canadian International Development Agency
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(CIDA). and was Senior Vice President/Acting President from 1979 to 1980. In 1981, she was assistant secretary general in the
United Nations
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, serving as deputy executive director of operations for the
United Nations Children's Fund
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. From 1983 to 1989, she was President of the CIDA. From 1989 to 1992, she was the Deputy Minister of
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. From 1992 to 1996, she was the Chair of the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council at the
WHO
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.
From 1993 to 1999, she was the sixth president of the
Population Council
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.
In 1984, she was appointed to the Board of Governor of the
International Development Research Centre
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(IDRC), a Canadian crown corporation that supports researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. She has served for four non-consecutive terms. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the
International Institute for Environment and Development
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.
In 2002, she was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the ...
in recognition of "her distinguished public service career". She has received honorary degrees from the
University of Regina
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(1985),
Saint Mary's University,
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
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(1986),
Concordia University
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(1989),
Mount Saint Vincent University
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(1990), University of British Columbia (1993),
University of Calgary
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(1994),
Carleton University
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(1994) and
University of Dundee
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, as a Doctor of Law, Honoris Causa (2007).
In 2012, she was awarded the
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
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.
References
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1942 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian civil servants
Officers of the Order of Canada
University of British Columbia alumni
People from Nelson, British Columbia
People from Regina, Saskatchewan
Presidents of the Population Council