Biography of Ambassador John F.G. Hannaford
John F.G. Hannaford, Canada's
Ambassador to Norway
Until August 2009, John F.G. Hannaford was Deputy Legal Adviser and Director General of the Legal Bureau of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. A member of Canada's Foreign Service, he has had assignments in both Ottawa and at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Mr. Hannaford has also been counsel in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, and concerning the agreements of the World Trade Organisation, and has been a policy advisor in disputes under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Mr. Hannaford graduated from Queen’s University at Kingston with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class) in history. Following receipt of a masters degree in international relations at the London School of Economics, he completed a law degree at the University of Toronto and clerked for Chief Justice Charles Dubin and the Justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Mr. Hannaford is co-author of Investment Disputes Under NAFTA: An Annotated Guide to NAFTA Chapter 11 published in 2006 by Kluwer International (together with Meg Kinnear and Andrea K. Bjorklund) and has been a Part-Time Professor of the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) at the University of Ottawa.
