Irvin Studin (born 1976) is a Canadian academic,publisher,writer,and think tank president. He is the founder,editor-in-chief,and publisher of Global Brief magazine,and president of The Institute for 21st Century Questions,a leading Canadian think tank. He is also the chair of the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids (Post-Pandemic),an international initiative to address the catastrophe of hundreds of millions of children ousted from all forms of schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A former athlete,he played soccer in the USL A-League and the Canadian Professional Soccer League,and was a two-time All-Canadian and captain of the York University Varsity Soccer Team. He earned two Blues with Oxford University's varsity soccer team.
Studin was the first recruit of the Government of Canada's Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program in 2001–02,and was a member of the small team that wrote Canada's first-ever national security policy in 2004. He was the principal author of Australia's 2006 national counter-terrorism policy in the John Howard period. Following a career in the Privy Council Office in Ottawa and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra,[3] Studin began a career as an educator,editor and writer. He founded Global Brief magazine in 2009,and co-founded The Institute for 21st Century Questions in 2014.
Studin has written,in various languages,for papers and publications ranging from the Financial Times to Le Monde,the Globe &Mail,Toronto Star,Toronto Sun,National Post,Ottawa Citizen,La Presse,Le Devoir,Policy Options,the Montreal Gazette,the Indian Express,Vedomosti,the South China Morning Post,The Australian,the Daily FT (Sri Lanka) and The Straits Times (Singapore).
In June 2022,Studin participated as a speaker in a retrospective seminar titled A Citizens' Hearing in Toronto,Ontario,evaluating the public health and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[6] He spoke on the subject of impacts to education.[7]
Playing career
Studin played college soccer with the York Lions,where he served as team captain.[8] He was a two-time All-Canadian,three-time All-Ontario all-star,and four-time Academic All-Canadian. A left-footed playmaker and scorer with high speed,skill and vision,his youth soccer career was spent with Armourdale Soccer Club (as a member of one of Canada's strongest-ever youth teams),Woodbridge Soccer Club,North York Hearts,East York and,finally,Spartacus Soccer Club. In 1996,Studin was the MVP of the Under-21 Ontario Soccer League.
Studin was born in Rome,Italy to a Russian Jewish family from Odessa,Soviet Union.[15] The family immigrated to Hamilton,Ontario in 1976,when Studin was two months old. He played soccer,hockey,tennis and the trumpet in his youth. He grew up in North York and Thornhill,Ontario,and attended Aurora High School,graduating as valedictorian. Studin speaks English,French,Russian and German.
His father Yuri Studin founded the Spartacus Soccer Club,alumni of which include present and former Canadian national soccer team players like Derek Cornelius (a member of Canada's 2002 World Cup team in Qatar),Joseph Dichiara and Daniel Haber. Irvin Studin continues to volunteer-coach teams and players at Spartacus Soccer Club when time permits. His mother Sima is a former Soviet Master of Sport in rhythmic gymnastics.[16][17]
Bibliography
Nonfiction
2006–What Is a Canadian?:Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses[18]
2014–The Strategic Constitution:Understanding Canadian Power in the World[19]
2018–Russia:Strategy,Policy and Administration
2022–Canada Must Think for Itself:10 theses for our country's survival &success in the 21st century
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