Derek Cook serves as the Director of the Canadian Poverty Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary, and recently served on the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Poverty, advising the federal government on the development of the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy. Derek also serves on the Commission on Justice and Peace of the Canadian Council of Churches, as well as on the boards of Canada Without Poverty and Mennonite Central Committee Alberta. Prior to assuming leadership of the Canadian Poverty Institute, Derek served as the Executive Director of the Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative, leading the Mayor’s task force on poverty. Derek has also worked as a community development worker with various organizations across Canada in the fields of adult literacy, immigrant settlement and employment development. He holds a B.A. in Political Studies from McGill University, an M.Sc. in Rural Planning and Development from the University of Guelph, and is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) in the Province of Alberta.

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