#  William Lyon Mackenzie King Chairs 

 



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**Claude Bissell** (1967–1968)  
Department of English  
University of Toronto  
*Department of English, Harvard University*

**J. Stefan Dupré** (1968–1969)  
Professor Emeritus  
Department of Political Science  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Albert Breton** (1969–1970)  
Professor of Economics, Emeritus  
Department of Economics  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**Thomas Arthur Wilson** (1972–1973)  
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**Paul Weiler** (1978–1981)  
Friendly Professor of Law  
*Harvard Law School*

**James Douglas Fleck, O.C.** (1978–1979)  
President, Fleck Management Service  
Emeritus M. Wallace McCutcheon Professor of Business Government Relations Joseph L. Rotman School of Management  
University of Toronto  
*Business and Public Management Unit, Harvard Business School*

**H. Vivian Nelles** (1981–1982)  
L.R. Wilson Professor of Canadian History   
Department of History  
McMaster University  
*Department of History, Harvard University*

**Alan Cairns** (1982–1983)  
Visiting Professor  
Department of Political Science  
University of Waterloo  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Anthony Scott** (1983–1984)  
Professor of Economics and Political Science, Emeritus  
University of British Columbia  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**Tom Axworthy** (1985-1986)  
Chairman for the Centre for the Study of Democracy Queen’s University  
School of Policy Studies  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Jane Jenson** (1989 fall and 1988 calendar year)  
Professor of Political Science  
Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Governance  
Carleton University   
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Allan E. Gottlieb** (1989 spring)  
*Harvard Law School*

**John C. Courtney** (1990–1991)  
Professor Emeritus, Political Studies  
Department of Political Studies  
University of Saskatchewan  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**John F. Helliwell** (1991–1994)  
Arthur J. E. Child Foundation Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Professor Emeritus of Economics at UBC  
Department of Economics  
University of British Columbia  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**Richard Johnston** (1994–1995)  
Professor of Political Science  
Department of Political Science  
University of Pennsylvania  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**1995-1996**  
*No Chair formally named, but Prof. John Helliwell and Marsha Chandler, UCSD Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, co-chaired the seminar series*

**Raymond Breton** (1996–1997)  
Professor of Sociology  
Sociology Department  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Sociology, Harvard University*

**Brian Mandell** (1997 fall)  
Lecturer in Public Policy  
John F. Kennedy School of Government  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Richard Simeon** (1998)  
Professor of Political Science  
Department of Political Science  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Joy Parr** (1999 spring)  
Canada Research Chair, Technology, Culture, and Risk  
Faculty of Information and Media Studies  
University of Western Ontario  
*Department of History, Harvard University*

**Pierre Martin** (1999–2000)  
Professor of Political Science  
Université de Montréal  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Jeffrey G. Reitz** (2000–2001)  
Professor of Sociology, and R.F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies  
Centre for Industrial Relations  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Sociology, Harvard University*

**Angelo Melino** (2001–2002)  
Professor of Economics  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**Robert Vipond** (2002–2003)  
Department of Political Science  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Rosemary J. Coombe** (2003–2004)  
Professor of Social Anthropology  
Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Cultural Studies  
Communications and Culture Program  
York University  
*Department of Anthropology, Harvard University*

**Kerry Rittich** (2004 fall)  
Professor of Law  
University of Toronto  
*Harvard Law School*

**Randall Morck** (calendar year 2005)  
Stephen A. Jarislowsky Distinguished Professor of Finance  
School of Business  
University of Alberta  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**Laurier Turgeon** (2006 spring)  
Professor of History and Ethnology  
History Department  
Laval University  
*Department of History, Harvard University*

**Richard Simeon** (2006–2008)  
Professor of Political Science  
Department of Political Science  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Gérard Bouchard** (2008–2009)  
Directeur du Projet BALSAC  
Professor of History  
Department of History  
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi  
*Department of Sociology, Harvard University*

**Ruth Phillips** (2009–2010)  
Professor of Art History  
Carleton University  
Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture  
*History Department, Harvard University*

**Philip Oreopoulos** (2010–2011)  
Associate Professor  
Department of Economics  
University of Toronto  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**James Dunn** (2011–2012)  
Associate Professor  
Department of Health, Aging, and Society  
McMaster University  
Research Scientist  
St. Michael's Hospital  
*Harvard School of Public Health*

**Francine McKenzie** (2012–2013)  
Associate Professor  
Department of History  
Western University, Ontario  
*Department of History, Harvard University*

**George Elliott Clarke** (2013–2014)  
E. J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature  
Department of English  
University of Toronto  
*Department of English, Harvard University*

**Marcel Fournier** (2014–2015)  
Professor of Sociology  
Department of Sociology  
University of Montreal  
*Department of Sociology, Harvard University*

**Alison Mountz** (2015-2016)  
Canada Research Chair in Global Migration  
Balsillie School of International Affairs + Geography and Environmental Studies  
Wilfrid Laurier University  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Krishna Pendakur** (2016-2017)  
Professor of Economics  
Department of Economics  
Simon Fraser University  
*Department of Economics, Harvard University*

**Charmaine Nelson** (2017-2018)  
Professor of Art History  
McGill University  
*Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University*

**Ron Niezen** (2018-2019)  
Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy  
Faculties of Law and of Arts  
McGill University  
*Department of Anthropology, Harvard University*

**Elke Winter** (2019-2021)  
Professor of Sociology  
University of Ottawa  
*Department of Sociology, Harvard University*

**Vincent Chiao** (2021-2022)  
Professor of Law  
University of Toronto  
*Harvard Law School, Harvard University*

**Kathy Bickmore** (2022-2023)  
Professor, Curriculum & Pedagogy and Comparative International Development Education  
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto  
*Harvard Graduate School of Education*

**Pamela Klassen** (2022-2023)  
Professor & Chair, Department for the Study of Religion  
Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto  
*Departments of English and Religion, Harvard University*

**Antonia Maioni** (2023-2024) (2024 fall)  
Professor of Political Science  
The School of Population and Global Health, McGill University  
*Department of Government, Harvard University*

**Ayelet Shachar** (2025-2026)  
Professor of Law, Political Science, and Global Affairs  
Henry N. R. Jackman Faculty of Law, University of Toronto  
*Harvard Law School, Harvard University*