Canadian academic nominated for position at England’s Cambridge University
TORONTO — The director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs has been nominated as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
The nomination of Prof. Stephen Toope — an international law scholar and former president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia — is subject to the approval of the governing body of the British university.
In announcing the nomination on Monday, the university said Toope is a scholar specializing in human rights, international dispute resolution, international environmental law, and the use of force.
Toope has degrees in common law and civil law with honours from McGill University, and is an alumnus of Trinity College Cambridge, where he completed his doctorate in 1987.