Lloyd Axworthy - After Politics

After Politics

In September 2000, Axworthy retired from public life and returned to academia, joining the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. He is also a frequent public speaker on matters relating to international relations. He has published a number of books on this subject, notably Navigating A New World, a book on the uses of "soft power". He has served as a United Nations envoy tasked with resolving the Eritrean–Ethiopian War.

In May 2004, he was appointed to his current job as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg.

Axworthy is Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. He also serves on the advisory council of USC Center on Public Diplomacy and of Fair Vote Canada, and is an endorser of the Genocide Intervention Network and International Student Exchange, Ontario.

In February 2005, Axworthy gave a lecture entitled "The Responsibility to Protect: Prescription for a Global Public Domain" at the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series.

In 2006, Axworthy supported Bob Rae's bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, but supported Stéphane Dion after Rae dropped off the ballot.

He is a member of Collegium International, an organization of leaders with political, scientific, and ethical expertise whose goal is to provide new approaches in overcoming the obstacles in the way of a peaceful, socially just and an economically sustainable world. He is President of the World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy.

From 2008-2012, Axworthy began a community learning initiative at the University of Winnipeg to assist under-represented groups attend university including Aboriginal youth and new Canadians. Notable accomplishments in this period included construction of a new science complex, a business complex of several stories and a student hub replete with a pub and Starbucks. The capital developments also include a new student residence and student and community daycare. The university is currently in the process of building a new recreation and health complex.