The staff, Board, Council Members and Research Associates of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives mourn the sudden passing of Stephen Clarkson, a leading Canadian intellectual and professor of political economy at the University of Toronto, and friend of the CCPA.
Stephen was a formidable scholar, deeply engaged in the major policy debates of our time, in a career that spanned over six decades. He wrote powerful, authoritative critiques of corporate globalization, trade and investment agreements, continental integration; and their impact on Canadian sovereignty.
Stephen contributed immensely to the Centre’s body of research, for which he was recognized as a CCPA Research Associate.
His contributions include:
- Canada's Secret Constitution: NAFTA, WTO and the End of Sovereignty?
- Lockstep in the Continental Ranks: Redrawing the American Perimeter after September 11th
- Punching Below Their Weight: Why Canada and Mexico are so important to the United States yet so impotent in Washington.
- Chapters in two CCPA books: Living With Uncle, and Whose Canada?
He was deeply committed to the CCPA and an active participant at the Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP) table.
We celebrate your life Stephen—your intelligence, your commitment, your grace, your humility. Your star shone brightly while you were with us.
We extend our condolences to his loved ones.