Roy Norton's final Canadian Foreign Service assignment - as Chief of Protocol of Canada - concluded in 2019. He then joined the Balsillie School of International Affairs – first as Diplomat-in-Residence, continuing as a Fellow. He’s also Adjunct Assistant Professor (of Political Science and Public Service) at the University of Waterloo. All his diplomatic assignments abroad were in the USA: he was Canada’s Consul General in each of Chicago (2014-16) and Detroit (2010-14), and Minister (Congressional & Public Affairs) at Canada's Embassy in Washington, D.C. (2006-10). During an earlier assignment to the Embassy in Washington, as First Secretary (Economic), he was a member of Canada’s negotiating teams for the Investment and Intellectual Property chapters of NAFTA. Between 2000 and 2006, in the Government of Ontario, Roy served as President & CEO of Ontario Exports Inc., then as Assistant Deputy Minister (International Relations). For 8 years early in his career, he worked in Canada’s Parliament, then for 5 as Senior Policy Advisor to Canada’s Foreign Minister. He holds a Ph.D. (in International Relations) from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and Masters’ degrees from SAIS, Harvard’s Kennedy School, and Carleton University in Ottawa. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, a Global Fellow of the Wilson Center for Scholars in D.C., a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, and an enthusiast for Major League Baseball & Golden Retrievers.