{"id":294723,"date":"2025-11-20T04:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294723\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T04:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:31:07","slug":"chrystia-freeland-named-ceo-of-rhodes-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294723\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrystia Freeland named CEO of Rhodes Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chrystia Freeland studied at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar in 1991.Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland<\/a> has been appointed the next chief executive officer of the Rhodes Trust, the Oxford-based organization that administers one of the world\u2019s oldest and most prestigious scholarships. <\/p>\n

Ms. Freeland will start the role, in which she will also serve as warden of Rhodes House, on July 1, 2026, the educational charity announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It is believed that she will continue in her role as special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ms. Freeland, who studied at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar in 1991, spent 12 years in political office, holding top cabinet jobs at the departments of Finance, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and serving as deputy prime minister under Justin Trudeau. She left her post as minister of transport and internal trade, under Prime Minister Mark Carney, in September. <\/p>\n

Prior to that, she worked as a journalist for several publications, including The Globe and Mail, where she served as deputy editor. <\/p>\n

Her abrupt resignation as finance minister<\/a> in December, 2024, which came just hours before she was set to deliver the fall fiscal and economic update in the House of Commons, sent shockwaves across Canada\u2019s political landscape, given her sharp criticism of Mr. Trudeau\u2019s leadership and handling of the economy.<\/p>\n

Campbell Clark: A way out for Freeland, with others likely to follow<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cUpon reflection, I have concluded that the only honest and viable path is for me to resign from the Cabinet,\u201d she said at the time in a letter to Mr. Trudeau that was posted publicly. <\/p>\n

In a statement Wednesday, Ms. Freeland said she was honoured to return to Oxford, and that she knows how transformative the Rhodes Scholarship can be, having benefitted from it herself. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience helped shape my international outlook and played a defining role in guiding my subsequent career,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Sir John Bell, chairman of the Rhodes Trustees, welcomed Ms. Freeland\u2019s appointment, saying she will bring a wealth of experience from her work in global affairs, public policy and journalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has proven herself to be an outstanding leader with a remarkable ability to unite people around a common purpose \u2013 qualities that will serve the Trust exceptionally well,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Chrystia Freeland studied at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar in 1991.Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,714],"class_list":{"0":"post-294723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}