Derek Cook

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Derek Cook serves as the Director of the Canadian Poverty Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary. He has over thirty years of leadership experience in the government, academic and non-profit sectors. Derek holds an M.Sc. in Rural Planning and Development and a Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization from the University of Guelph, a B.A. in Political Studies from McGill University, and is a Registered Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers.

Derek’s previous work includes extensive experience in social research and policy development in local government and in Community Development with various organizations across Canada. Currently, he is a member of the Commission on Justice and Peace of the Canadian Council of Churches, serves on the Board of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta, and is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Poverty Research and Management (InsPeK) at the University of Malaysia - Kelantan.