# Ivan Head > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ivan_Head > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ivan_Head.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Head > Source revision: 1352854200 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian lawyer}} {{Infobox person | name = Ivan Leigh Head | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|QC|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|07|28}} | birth_place = [Calgary](/source/Calgary), [Alberta](/source/Alberta) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|11|01|1930|07|28}} | death_place = [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) | body_discovered = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | citizenship = | other_names = | known_for = Diplomat, scholar and expert in international law | education = | alma_mater = [University of Alberta](/source/University_of_Alberta)
[Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) | employer = | occupation = | years_active = | height = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relations = | callsign = | awards = [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada) | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Ivan Leigh Head''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|QC}} (July 28, 1930 – November 1, 2004) was a Canadian lawyer, legal scholar, and civil servant. He was an influential foreign policy adviser of Prime Minister [Pierre Trudeau](/source/Pierre_Trudeau). Born in [Calgary](/source/Calgary), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), he received a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree in 1951 and a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) degree in 1952 from the [University of Alberta](/source/University_of_Alberta). He was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1953 and was created a [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel) in 1974. He practiced law in Calgary from 1953 to 1959. He was then awarded [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)'s Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and received a [Master of Laws](/source/Master_of_Laws) degree from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) in 1960. From 1960 to 1963, he was a foreign service officer with the [Department of External Affairs](/source/Department_of_External_Affairs_(Canada)) working in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), and [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia). In 1963, he was appointed an associate professor of law at the University of Alberta. He was appointed a full professor in 1967. In 1967, he was an associate counsel to Pierre Trudeau, the [minister of justice](/source/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada)), for constitutional matters. In 1968, he was the legal assistant to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In 1970, he was named special assistant with special responsibility for advice on foreign policy and conduct of foreign relations. From 1978 to 1991, he was the president of the [International Development Research Centre](/source/International_Development_Research_Centre). In 1991, he was appointed a professor of law at the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) and was the founding director of UBC's [Liu Institute for Global Issues](/source/Liu_Institute_for_Global_Issues). He co-authored with Pierre Trudeau the book ''The Canadian Way: Shaping Canada’s Foreign Policy 1968–1984'' (McClelland & Stewart, 1995, {{ISBN|0-7710-4099-7}}) and was the author of ''On a Hinge of History: The Mutual Vulnerability of South and North'' (University of Toronto Press, {{ISBN|0-8020-2766-0}}). In 1990, he was made an Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada). He was married to Ann and had four children. He died of cancer in Vancouver in 2004. ==Selected publications== * {{cite book |year=1967 |editor1-last=Head |editor1-first=Ivan L. |title="This Fire-Proof House": Canadians Speak Out about Law and Order in the International Community |location=Dobbs Ferry, New York |publisher=Oceana Publications }} * {{cite book |last1=Dawson |first1=Frank Griffith |last2=Head |first2=Ivan L. |year=1971 |title=International Law, National Tribunals and the Rights of Aliens |location=Syracuse, New York |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=978-0-8156-2152-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/internationallaw00daws }} * {{cite book |last1=Head |first1=Ivan L. |year=1991 |title=On a Hinge of History: The Mutual Vulnerability of South and North |url=https://archive.org/details/onhingeofhistory00head |url-access=registration |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-2766-0 }} * {{cite book |last1=Head |first1=Ivan |author-mask1= |last2=Trudeau |first2=Pierre |author-link2=Pierre Trudeau |year=1995 |title=The Canadian Way: Shaping Canada's Foreign Policy 1968–1984 |location=Toronto |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=0-7710-4099-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianwayshapi0000head }} ==References== * {{cite news|title=Ivan Head, The Kissinger of Canada|work=[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)|author=Ron Csillag|page=S9|date=November 6, 2004}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070819004002/http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2004/nov/10_01_2004_dr_head.html University of British Columbia profile] * [http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=haycock&t=33347&d=4233 Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Portal bar|Biography|Canada|Politics|Law}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Head, Ivan}} Category:1930 births Category:2004 deaths Category:20th-century Canadian civil servants Category:Diplomats for Canada Category:Canadian legal scholars Category:Deaths from cancer in British Columbia Category:Harvard Law School alumni Category:International law scholars Category:Officers of the Order of Canada Category:Lawyers from Calgary Category:University of Alberta alumni Category:Academic staff of the University of Alberta Category:Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Category:Canadian King's Counsel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ivan Head](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Head) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Head?action=history)). 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