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Fremont Jacques

Professor Jacques Frémont

President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Ottawa


President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Ottawa (2016 – present); Professor Emeritus, University of Montreal.

Formerly: President, Québec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission (2013-16); Director, International Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Foundations USA (2011-13); Provost (2006-10), Dean, Faculty of Law (2000-04) and Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights, University of Montreal.

A member of the Programme Advisory Committee, The Canadian Ditchley Foundation.

Canadian Programme Advisory Committee

Participants of the Ditchley Foundation internship programme in 2021

The Ditchley Internship Programme

The Ditchley Internship programme offers over 50 students the opportunity each year to become immersed in the ethos of Ditchley.

Antique chairs and sofas at Ditchley Park

Our Home at Ditchley Park

Ditchley Park is part of the world’s heritage and remains as central to our way of working now as it has ever been. 

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