Lewis Perinbam

Home Country: Canada

ACHIEVEMENTS
Founding member of AIESEC Canada 1958

Mr. Perinbam was a member of AIESEC Canada’s Board of Advisors for many years and a mentor to many past AIESEC national team members. He provides AIESEC in Canada with letters of support and references to prospective donors

Mr. Perinbam has served as CEO of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

The first Secretary General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and Commission for UNESCO

Mr. Perinbam represented the World Bank at the United Nations and its specialized agencies in New York and Europe

In 1997, Mr. Perinbam received Canada’s highest honour for lifetime achievement, the Order of Canada. His experience in human resource development, international education, management and institution-building has enabled him to play a strategic role in shaping Canada’s policies and programs in this respect

He has acted as adviser to several organizations including the United Nations, UNESCO, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.).

The founding Executive Director of the Canadian University Service Overseas (CUSO)

During his 22 years at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), for 18 of which he was Vice-President, he launched more than seven major initiatives including CIDA’s Non-Governmental Organizations, Industrial Cooperation, Global Education, Management for Change, Africa 2000, Youth Initiatives and Centers of Excellence Programs

Lewis Perinbam joined the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 1991 as Senior Adviser to the President, with primary responsibility for COL’s relations with governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), educational institutions and the private sector

He has written numerous articles and papers and is the authors of North and South: Towards a New Interdependence of Nations, published by Dalhousie University (1983). He has received doctorates in law (Honoris Causa) from the University of Calgary, York University (Toronto), and l’Université du Québec

The recipient of the Sir Edmund Hilary Humanitarian Award for 2001.

Just appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to the Board of Governors of the Canadian Centre for Management Development (2002) for a three-year term