became director of the Liberal Party of Canada's caucus research bureau in 1990. Along with Paul Martin, she co-authored Creating Opportunity, as the party's campaign platform for the 1993 federal election was called. After Liberal leader Jean Chrétien became Prime Minister of Canada, Hošek was appointed Director of Policy and Research in the Prime Minister's Office, and wrote the Liberal platforms for the 1997 and 2000 federal elections In 2001, Hošek left the PMO to become president and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. She retired from this position in May 2012. On October 27, 2002, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa. On October 5, 2006, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. On June 25, 2009, she received an honorary doctorate from York University (Ontario). Archives There is a Chaviva Hosek fonds at Library and Archives Canada. References Notes Citations External links 1946 births Living people Canadian feminists Canadian people of Czech-Jewish descent Canadian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Women government ministers of Canada Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Czech feminists Feminist studies scholars Harvard University alumni Jewish Canadian politicians Jewish feminists Ontario Liberal Party MPPs McGill University alumni Officers of the Order of Canada Politicians from Toronto University of Toronto faculty Women MPPs in Ontario Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Jewish women politicians People from Chomutov