Peter Boehm, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
The workshop series International Dialogue on Education Berlin is a joint initiative of the British Council Germany, the German Academic Exchange Service, the German-American Fulbright Commission, the Australian Group of Eight and the Canadian Bureau for International Education in Berlin.
Through the contributions of international participants the series aims to enrich the debate on science, research and higher education policy in Germany, to place German perspectives in a global context and to learn from positive examples from other countries.
Peter Boehm
A career diplomat, Peter Boehm joined the Canadian foreign service in 1981. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Assistant Deputy Minister, North America, at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. His most recent assignment abroad was Minister (Political and Public Affairs) at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. In 1997, he was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington. He has held a variety of positions at the Department and has also been assigned to the Canadian Embassies in Havana and San José. In 1993 he received the Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award for his contribution to the establishment of peace in Central America.
While Ambassador to the OAS, he also served as National Summit Coordinator for the Santiago and Québec City Summits of the Americas and Special Envoy for the OAS Democratization Mission in Peru. As Assistant Deputy Minister, he concurrently served as Personal Representative (Sherpa) of the Prime Minister for the Summits of the Americas and Senior Official responsible for the North American Leaders Summits. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award, the most prestigious award in the Public Service of Canada.
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Peter Boehm holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, a Master of Arts degree from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs of Carleton University in Ottawa and an Honours B.A. in English and History from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
