predecessor children nationality profession office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
janis stein 3 canadian academic , lawyer , legal scholar , pedagogue director of toronto , munk school of global affairs , university 14 february 1958 2015 paula rosen stephen_j . _ toope.jpg stephen toope
 stephen j. toope administrator harvard university , mcgill university , cambridge university
stephen toope

stephen j. toope , -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- is the current director of the university of toronto 's munk school of global affairs .
he assumed the position of director in january , 2015 .
previously , he was the president and vice-chancellor of the university of british columbia .
he assumed the presidential post on july 1 , 2006 and held the position for eight years , until june 30 , 2014 .
before that , he was the president of the pierre elliott trudeau foundation .
a scholar specializing in human rights , public international law and international relations , toope was the 12th president and vice-chancellor of the university of british columbia , succeeding martha piper , after nine years of service .
while at ubc , he also held an academic position at the university as a tenured professor of law .
on april 3 , 2013 it was announced that toope would leave the ubc presidency effective june 2014 to `` pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations '' .
he was named an officer of the order of canada in 2015 .
