SPOTLIGHT ON THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS OF...
Canada The Canadian Friends of the LSE (CFLSE) is the official alumni association of LSE in Canada. With over 3,000 alumni, it is active across Canada, with chapters in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver. The CFLSE regularly partners with other alumni clubs to organise joint events. In particular, the Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto chapters have held a number of events with the local Oxford and Cambridge alumni clubs. Additionally, the Toronto chapter of the CFLSE is part of the International Universities Club of Toronto (IUCT) – an organisation that hosts joint networking events for Toronto-based alumni from around 17 British and American universities.
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ing?” featuring Professor Mick Cox, Professor Barry Buzan, Dr Lauren Phillips and Professor Kim Hutchings; and “The LSE 100” with Mary Morgan. Social events have ranged from cocktail receptions at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Ottawa and the British Consul General’s residence in Toronto to casual pub nights across the country. Most recently, each chapter has hosted a Bon Voyage pre-departure event for students heading to LSE to begin their studies.
The CFLSE website CFLSE.com is the virtual meeting place for LSE alumni who reside in Canada and who wish to keep in touch with fellow alumni across the country. Through this website, Canadian alumni can contact chapter leaders, get the latest news, and find out about planned events. The CFLSE also has a presence on Facebook and LinkedIn (both groups can be accessed under the name Canadian Friends of the LSE). If you have any questions, or if you would like to participate in one of the Canadian chapters, the CFLSE president, Gregory Sullivan, can be reached at cflse.president@gmail.com.
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ach year the CFLSE hosts a number of different events for alumni. Notably, the CFLSE has been pleased to welcome Howard Davies, former LSE director, and Sarah Worthington, former pro-director for research and external relations (pictured above), for an alumni reception in Toronto. In addition the CFLSE has organised topical events with LSE faculty members including a panel discussion in Montreal called “World order – world disorder: a new international system in the mak-
The president of the CFLSE is Gregory Sullivan (LLM 2004). Chapter leaders include Tanya Woods (LLB 2006) in Ottawa, Betty Icharia (MSc Economics 1993) in Vancouver, J F Haeck (MSc Finance
2009) in Montreal, and Jamieson Knowlton (MSc Sociology 2007) and Michael Sutherland (MSc Sociology 2006) in Toronto.