Alexander "Alex" Himelfarb, (born 1947) is a senior Canadian civil servant and former academic. He is currently Canadian Ambassador to Italy.
Born in Germany, he was raised and educated in Toronto. He received a Ph.D in sociology from University of Toronto. In 1981, he married Frum Himelfarb and they have three children: Jordan, David, and Nomi.
He was a professor of sociology at the University of New Brunswick from 1972 to 1981. He authored two ...
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Alexander "Alex" Himelfarb, (born 1947) is a senior Canadian civil servant and former academic. He is currently Canadian Ambassador to Italy.
Born in Germany, he was raised and educated in Toronto. He received a Ph.D in sociology from University of Toronto. In 1981, he married Frum Himelfarb and they have three children: Jordan, David, and Nomi.
He was a professor of sociology at the University of New Brunswick from 1972 to 1981. He authored two introductory textbooks on sociology with co-author C. James Richardson that were used extensively in Canadian universities in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These were:
He started with the Canadian public service in 1981 joining the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada. In 1999, he became Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage. In 2002 he was appointed to the dual role of Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada) and Secretary to the Cabinet. On June 14, 2006, an Order in Council was issued appointing him Ambassador to Italy, with concurrent...
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