Mr. Carlo Dade is the Director of International Policy and the New North America Initiative at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary.

Carlo Dade has an extensive background in international public policy, having most recently served as the founder and Director of Trade and Trade Infrastructure Policy Research Centre at Canada West Foundation. Among other accomplishments, he contributed significantly to the development of a national trade infrastructure plan and the renewal of Canada’s trade corridors.

Widely recognized as a leading voice on defending and advancing Western Canadian trade interests, Dade is a frequent media commentator who has played a pivotal role in shaping trade strategies that safeguard economic stability and growth. His expertise is particularly crucial as the trade relationship between Canada the United States and China face significant challenges. Prior to the Canada West Foundation, he was executive director of the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL), Canada’s Western Hemisphere think tank. Before coming to Canada, he served with the U.S. Government Inter-American Foundation, which was responsible for diaspora and grassroots development projects focused on including the diaspora and private sector in traditional development activities in Haiti and the Caribbean. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, Dade studied at Yarmouk University in Jordan. He began his professional career at the World Bank.

Along with his role at the School of Public Policy, Dade is a Professional Affiliate at the Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan, an honorary senior fellow at the School of International Development and Globalization at the University of Ottawa and a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations. He severed as a Non-Resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.