Daryl Copeland
Senior Fellow, Munk Centre (U of T) and Center on Public Diplomacy (USC).
Mr. Copeland is an Ottawa-based analyst, author and educator. He received his formal education at Jarvis C.I., University of Western Ontario, and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, where he was awarded the Canada Council Special MA Scholarship. He is now a Senior Fellow at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, and Research Fellow at the Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California. He is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy and serves as a subject matter expert/peer reviewer for The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, International Journal, and Canadian Foreign Policy.
From 1981–2009, he served as a Canadian diplomat with postings in Thailand, Ethiopia, New Zealand and Malaysia. Among his positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa, he worked as: Deputy Director for International Communications, Director for Southeast Asia, Senior Advisor, Public Diplomacy, Director of Strategic Communications Services and Senior Advisor, Strategic Policy and Planning. In 2000, he received the Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award for his "tireless dedication and unyielding commitment to advancing the interests of the diplomatic profession."
His first book, Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations was released July 2009 by Lynne Rienner Publishers.
