Bio
Vincent Rigby is the Slater Family Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. He recently retired from Canada’s public service after 30 years in a variety of departments and agencies across government, including the Privy Council Office, Global Affairs Canada, Public Safety, the Department of National Defence and the former Canadian International Development Agency.
His career focused on security and intelligence, foreign policy, defence, and development issues. His last position was as national security and intelligence advisor to the prime minister of Canada from 2020 to 2021. In addition to his position at the Max Bell School, he is also a senior fellow with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, as well as a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. He holds an M.A. in history from Carleton University.