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Governor General David Johnston
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Governor General David Johnston
David Johnston began his professional career as an
assistant professor in the Faculty...
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The Governor General
Governor General David Johnston
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Sharon Johnston
Former Governors General
Governor General David Johnston
David Johnston began his professional career as an
assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s
University in 1966, moving to the Law Faculty at the
University of Toronto in 1968.
He became dean of the
Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario in
1974.
In 1979, he was named principal and vicechancellor of McGill University, and in July 1994, he
returned to the McGill Faculty of Law as a full-time
professor.
In June 1999, he became the fifth president
of the University of Waterloo.
Mr.
Johnston has served on many provincial and federal
task forces and committees.
He has also served on the
boards of a number of companies, including Arise, CGI,
Fairfax, and Masco.
He was president of the Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada and of the
Conférence des recteurs et d
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