Craig Scott

Craig Scott

Craig Scott (born March 14, 1962 in Windsor , Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician of the New Democratic Party .

Life

Scott graduated from McGill University with a law degree from the University of Oxford ; at Dalhousie University and the London School of Economics . From 1989 to 2001, Scott was a law professor at the University of Toronto . He has taught at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto since 2001 and is the director of the Jack and Mae Nathanson Center on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security . From March 2012 to October 2015, Scott was a MP in the Canadian House of Commons . Scott is married to the fashion designer Kovit Ratchadasri.

Awards and prizes (selection)

• 2010/2011: Awarded 2010 Ikerbasque Fellowship for Visiting Researchers (Ikerbasque = Basque Foundation for Science), Research Group of the Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao
• 2008–2010: Erasmus Mundus Scholar: European Union; tenable at Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao
• 2008: York International 2008 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization. York University
• 2000: Jean Monnet Fellowship, Department of Law, European University Institute
• 1988: The Georg Schwarzenberger Prize; awarded annually to the "student in the Faculty of Laws in the University of London who is considered to be the outstanding student in the field of Public International Law"
• 1987: Mark of Distinction, LL.M., University of London (London School of Economics)
• 1986: First Class Honors in Jurisprudence, Oxford University

Web links

• Osgoode Hall Law School: Craig Scott
• TheGlobeandMail: Craig Scott gets NDP nod to run in by-election in Layton's old riding
• The Toronto Star: Danforth byelection: NDP hangs on to Jack Layton stronghold
• Osgoode Hall Law School: Craig Scott, PDF document

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CBC: NDP wins in Jack Layton's former riding
2. ↑ The Toronto Star: NDP Toronto-Danforth candidate Craig Scott meets party caucus in Ottawa