Alan Bowker, BA

Bachelor of Arts

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, MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...

, Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 is a Canadian educator and former diplomat

Diplomat

A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...

. Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta

Alberta

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 http://w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/PublicationContentOnly.asp?publication_id=376713&Language=E&MODE=CONTENTONLY&Local=False, he is currently an associate professor at the Royal Military College of Canada

Royal Military College of Canada

The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...

 History Department where he teaches Canadian history, Canadian external relations

Foreign relations of Canada

The foreign relations of Canada are Canada's relations with other governments and peoples. Canada's most important relationship, being the largest trading relationship in the world, is with the United States...

 and the history of the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

 and Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy and Civics

Civics

Civics is the study of rights and duties of citizenship. In other words, it is the study of government with attention to the role of citizens ― as opposed to external factors ― in the operation and oversight of government....

 for the Political Science Department. He is formerly a High Commissioner to Guyana

Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

 and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

. He published the books entitled Stephen Leacock: Social Criticism and On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock, Memories and Reflections.

External links

• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts
• Department of History of the Royal Military College of Canada
• Google Books search query of Alan Bowker