John J. Kirton

Professor Emeritus
MU 209N
416-946-8953

Campus

Areas of Interest

  • Canadian Foreign Policy
  • G8, G20 and BRICS Summit Systems
  • Global Finance
  • Global Environmental Governance
  • NAFTA
  • Global Health Governance

Biography

John Kirton directs the G7 Research Group, Canadian Foreign Policy Research Group, G20 Research Group, BRICS Research Group and Global Health Diplomacy Program. Research interests include the global summit governance and Canadian foreign policy, global health governance, global finance and global environmental governance. His publications include Global Governance of Climate Change: G7, G20 and UN Leadership (Routledge, 2016), China’s G20 Leadership (Routledge, 2016), G20 Governance for a Globalized World (Ashgate, 2013), Canadian Foreign Policy in a Changing World (Thomson Nelson, 2007), Environmental Regulations and Corporate Strategy: A NAFTA Perspective (Oxford University Press, 1999) and Canada as a Principal Power (John Wiley, 1983).

Education

MESc, University of Toronto
MA, Carleton University
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Publications