CAPITAL THINKER ACCEPTS CHAIR IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AT CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY

August 31, 2010 · Filed Under Festival News, News

Source: Denise LeBlanc NCC Media Relations

Canada’s Capital Region : The National Capital Commission (NCC) is pleased to announce that one of its own, Dr. Mark Kristmanson, Director of Public Programming for the NCC, will be the 2011 Visiting Chair at the Centre on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Under the auspices of the Canada-US Fulbright Visiting Chair Program, Dr. Kristmanson will study and write as well as lead a graduate seminar on “City Diplomacy”. His studies will examine the special role of capital cities within this emerging area of public diplomacy that includes peace-building initiatives, twinning, city branding and the hosting of international events.

Director of Public Programming with the NCC since 2004, Dr. Kristmanson is responsible for the planning of national events such as Canada Day and Winterlude, as well as commemorations, interpretation, public art and the Capital Infocentre. A member of the National Advisory Committee to the Cultural Capitals of Canada Program from 2002-2009, he has had a distinguished career with Federal and Provincial Crown Corporations, notably as the founding Executive Director of the New Brunswick Arts Board, and Production Director for opera at the National Arts Centre. Dr. Kristmanson is the author of Plateaus of Freedom: Nationality, Culture and State Security in Canada (Oxford University Press 2003).

As a result of this prestigious appointment, Dr. Kristmanson will be away from the NCC starting in late August 2010 until early June 2011. The NCC would like to extend its congratulations to Dr. Kristmanson, and wish him all the best for a “Fulbright” future.

For more information about the NCC, members of the public may contact the NCC at 613-239-5000, 1-800-465-1867, 613-239-5090 (TTY) or 1 866 661-3530 (toll-free TTY), or visit the website at www.canadascapital.gc.ca.

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