Canada Samantha Nutt and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Izzeldin Abuelaish. The event is well attended by NPSIA students and professors, and by members of Ottawa's diplomatic community and the wider international affairs community. Notable alumni There are over 2,000 NPSIA alumni in a wide variety of positions within the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. NPSIA alumni are represented by the NPSIA Alumni Association, which has an active chapter in Ottawa and contacts in a variety of major world cities. Canadian government and politics Margaret Biggs, Former President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Senator Peter Boehm, Former Deputy Minister of International Development Perry Calderwood, Ambassador to Cuba Ariel Delouya, Former Ambassador to Tunisia Wendy Drukier, Ambassador to Spain Greg Giokas, Former High Commissioner to Pakistan Elissa Golberg, Assistant Deputy Minister. Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. Former Representative of Canada in Kandahar Michael Gort, Ambassador to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras Jim Judd, Former Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) (2004-2009) David McLaughlin, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament for Churchill, Manitoba Alexandra Bugailiskis, Ambassador to the Republics of Italy, San Marino and Albania, High Commissioner to Malta and Permanent Representative to the WFP, FAO and IFAD, Former Ambassador to Syria, Cuba, and Poland and High Commissioner to Cyprus J. Gregory Goldhawk, Former Ambassador to Mongolia Kevin Hamilton, Former Ambassador to Romania Ron Hoffmann, Former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand Deanna Horton, Former Ambassador to Vietnam Sara Hradecky, Former High Commissioner to Kenya James Lambert, Former Ambassador to the Netherlands Brian Oak, Former Ambassador to Ecuador Guillermo Rishchynski, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Christopher Shapardanov, Former Ambassador to Finland Graham Shantz, Former Ambassador to Spain Artur Wilczynski, Former Ambassador to Norway Foreign governments Jorge Castaneda, Peruvian Ambassador to Canada Frances Guy, Former British Ambassador to Lebanon and Yemen Christopher Fitzherbert Hackett, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Barbados Andreas Kakouris, Cypriot Diplomat. Former Ambassador to Sweden and Latvia E Weidi N. Mwasakafyuka, Former Tanzanian Ambassador to France References External links Official NPSIA blog NPSIA Students' Association blog NPSIA Benefit Soirée page (archived information from 2012/2013 event) Carleton University Schools of international relations Universities and colleges in Canada Educational institutions established in 1965 1965 establishments in Ontario