Phil Rourke

Phil Rourke is Executive Director of CTPL, responsible for all strategic management and operational issues.  In the Centre’s international programming, Phil specializes in trade-related capacity building, and particularly in helping to build sustainable think tanks and public-private partnerships with universities and nongovernmental organizations. Phil also has considerable experience with the public policy dimensions of trade and economic issues, particularly through his international work with CTPL and his previous roles as research advisor to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) and the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Phil holds an MA from The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, and an MBA from Queen's University.

Noteable publications include: Next steps for the hemispheric trade strategy