Chris Greenshields:
CLASS OF 1970
Beamsville Secondary High SchoolClass of 1970
Beamsville, ON
American University in CairoClass of 1978
Cairo,
Carleton UniversityClass of 1974
Ottawa, ON
Sir Winston Churchill High SchoolClass of 1970
St. catharines, ON
Oakridge Public SchoolClass of 1964
St. catharines, ON
Chris's Story
- Married with three children and 2 grandsons; lives in Ottawa, Ontario
Education:
- Carleton University 1970-1975
- Toured and worked in Europe and Mid-East 1971-1972
- Fellow Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Summer Program, McGill University, 1974
- Fellow Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute: Summer Fellowship July-October 1975, India
Employment:
- Career Foreign Service Officer
- Joined External Affairs, Government of Canada, January 1976
- Commercial Policy Division (Developing countries, Economic Summit), External Affairs 1976;
- North East Asia Division (Japan Desk) External Affairs 1977;
- Arabic Language Training, American University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt (1977-78)
- Second Secretary, Canadian Embassy Cairo, Egypt (1978-80);
- Policy Branch, Canadian International Development Agency (1980-82);
- Economic Relations with Developing Countries (North/South relations), External Affairs and International Trade (1982-84);
- First Secretary, Canadian Permanent Mi...Expand for more
ssion to the International Organizations, Vienna and Vice-Consul, Canadian Embassy to Austria, Vienna (1984-88);
- International Finance Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade (1988-91);
- Counsellor (Economic) Canadian Embassy, Bonn, Germany 1991-95;
- Director Economic Relations with Developing Countries Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade (1995-98);
- Minister Counsellor & Deputy Head of Mission, Canadian Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel (1998-2001);
- Minister Counsellor (Political and Public Affairs), Canadian Embassy Berlin, Germany (2001-2005);
- Director, International Education and Youth Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade (2005-2010);
- Canadian Representative to the Palestinian Authority and Head of Mission, Ramallah, Palestine (2010-2012);
- Director, International Education and Youth Division Foreign Affairs Trade and Development (2013-2014);
- Retired from the Canadian Foreign Service (October 2014 after 38+ years)
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