Nicholas Gafuik
Managing Director of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy.
Contributor Biography
Mr. Gafuik is currently the Managing Director of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. His interests include Canadian identity, historical memory and Canadian federalism. He was a founding Director of the Alberta Environmental Stewardship Coalition, which worked to advance stewardship as a principle and in practice for government, business, and private citizens in Alberta.
He holds an MA in history from McGill University, where his thesis focused on Canadian cold war foreign policy and the origins of peacekeeping. He also holds a BA in history (first class honours) from the University of Calgary.
He was a 2007-2008 Action Canada Fellow, and a 2003 finalist in Magna International’s "As Prime Minister" competition. He served as an international election observer for the Ukrainian parliamentary elections (March 2006), the Ukrainian presidential elections (December 2004), and the Cambodian parliamentary elections (July 2003).
He is a native of Alberta, and lives in Calgary with his wife and daughter.
