Larisa Galadza
Larisa Galadza (Ukrainian: Лариса Ґаладза) is a Canadian diplomat who has served as Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine since 2019.[1]
Larisa Galadza | |
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Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Preceded by | Roman Waschuk |
Personal details | |
Born | May 19, 1971 |
Education
She received her BA Hons in Political Science and Ethics at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in 1994 and MA in International Affairs at Carleton University in 1996.
Career
In 1996, she joined the Department of National Defence. She worked in policy-related positions at the Privy Council Office in 2001 and at the Treasury Board Secretariat from 2003 to 2006, before moving to Public Safety Canada, where she was director of Strategic Policy and Research and then senior director for National Security Policy. From 2012 to 2014, she served at the Privy Council Office as director of operations for the Social Affairs Committee of Cabinet, and then, from 2014 to 2016, she was director general of Admissibility at Citizenship and Immigration Canada.[2][3] In 2016, she became director general of the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program at Global Affairs Canada.[4][5] In 2019, she became Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine.[6]
See also
- Embassy of Canada in Kyiv (section Canada's Ambassadors)
- Canada–Ukraine relations
References
- Larisa Galadza is new ambassador of Canada to Ukraine
- Biographical notes
- Bulgarian PM calls for clear timetable for abolition of visas for Canada
- Larisa Galadza Director General of Peace & Stabilization Operations Program
- Challenges Annual Forum 2019: Politics, Peacebuilding, Transition, and Leadership
- Announcement of new diplomatic appointments