Consular Conversations 2023: Canada

Join Global Atlanta on Tuesday, February 28, for another interview in the Consular Conversations series presented by Miller & Martin PLLC, featuring James Hill, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta.

The discussion will include a one-on-one interview with the Global Atlanta editorial team, followed by a moderated audience Q&A.

A follow-up of the event will be published in an article following the discussion. Consular Conversations Annual Pass holders will have exclusive access to a post-event recording of the discussion.

Discussion topics include: 

• Reflections on the 50th anniversary of Canada’s Consulate in Atlanta
• Canada’s “hidden” investment across the South
• Buy American provisions and the prospect of “re-/friend-shoring” to combat China
• Role of Canadian minerals, parts suppliers and expertise in Georgia’s electric-vehicle drive
• Report card on the “new NAFTA” (USMCA)
• Canada/US defense partnership in the context of NATO, Ukraine and recent Chinese incursions into North American airspace

Meet Our Speaker:

James Hill, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta

B. Ed., University of Saskatchewan, 1983; BA [History], University of Saskatchewan, 1985; Post Graduate Diploma [International Studies], University Cândido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998.

Mr. Hill joined the Department of External Affairs in 1989. Prior to his assignment as Canada’s Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica with cross accreditation to the Republics of Honduras and Nicaragua, Mr. Hill served abroad as Consul General in Seattle, Washington; Chargé d’ affaires at the Embassy of Canada in Kuwait; Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Canada in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Chargé d’affaires at the Embassy of Canada, Tripoli, Libya. These were preceded by assignments as High Commissioner of Canada in Maputo, Mozambique; Consul General of Canada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Head of the Canadian Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission in Pristina, Kosovo (Yugoslavia) and as Second Secretary & Vice Consul at the Embassy of Canada in Tehran, Iran. At Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa, Mr. Hill held management positions as Director for Middle East & Africa Commercial/Economic Relations, Director for Europe & Central Asia Commercial/Economic Relations, Deputy Director of the Latin America Division and Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Summits Office. Mr. Hill was born and raised in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.