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Chris Jones lives in Ottawa and has been involved in Canadian politics and not-for-profit management for over twenty years. In the late 1990s, he spent two years as a political aide to the Leader of the Federal New Democratic Party on Parliament Hill. He worked in association management through the 2000s and spent four years recently as the executive director & CEO of a national, not-for-profit association devoted to the physical health and well being of children and youth in the Canadian K-12 education system. Prior to this, he was Vice-President of Canada’s national tourism industry association during which time he was extensively involved in creating the national program that certified eligible Canadian tour operators active in bringing group travelers from China to Canada under the auspices of the new Approved Destination Status Agreement between the two countries.

Chris has a longstanding interest in political economy. He wrote a Master’s thesis at the London School of Economics and Political Science on French economic planning and later earned a Doctorate in the study of industrial policy-making in the European aerospace industry at the University of Oxford. He was raised in British Columbia and did a BA degree at Queen’s University in Kingston.

Reach him at: jonescp36@gmail.com

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