William Lyon Mackenzie King Chairs

Claude Bissell (1967–1968)
Department of English
University of Toronto
Department of English, Harvard University

J. Stefan Dupré (1968–1969)
Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Department of Government, Harvard University

Albert Breton (1969–1970)
Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Department of Economics
University of Toronto
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Thomas Arthur Wilson (1972–1973)
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Paul Weiler (1978–1981)
Friendly Professor of Law
Harvard Law School

James Douglas Fleck, O.C. (1978–1979)
President, Fleck Management Service
Emeritus M. Wallace McCutcheon Professor of Business Government Relations Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Business and Public Management Unit, Harvard Business School

H. Vivian Nelles (1981–1982)
L.R. Wilson Professor of Canadian History 
Department of History
McMaster University
Department of History, Harvard University

Alan Cairns (1982–1983)
Visiting Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Waterloo
Department of Government, Harvard University

Anthony Scott (1983–1984)
Professor of Economics and Political Science, Emeritus
University of British Columbia
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Tom Axworthy (1985-1986)
Chairman for the Centre for the Study of Democracy Queen’s University
School of Policy Studies
Department of Government, Harvard University

Jane Jenson (1989 fall and 1988 calendar year)
Professor of Political Science
Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Governance
Carleton University 
Department of Government, Harvard University

Allan E. Gottlieb (1989 spring)
Harvard Law School

John C. Courtney (1990–1991)
Professor Emeritus, Political Studies
Department of Political Studies
University of Saskatchewan
Department of Government, Harvard University

John F. Helliwell (1991–1994)
Arthur J. E. Child Foundation Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Professor Emeritus of Economics at UBC
Department of Economics
University of British Columbia
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Richard Johnston (1994–1995)
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Government, Harvard University

1995-1996
No Chair formally named, but Prof. John Helliwell and Marsha Chandler, UCSD Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, co-chaired the seminar series

Raymond Breton (1996–1997)
Professor of Sociology
Sociology Department
University of Toronto
Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Brian Mandell (1997 fall)
Lecturer in Public Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Department of Government, Harvard University

Richard Simeon (1998)
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Department of Government, Harvard University

Joy Parr (1999 spring)
Canada Research Chair, Technology, Culture, and Risk
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
University of Western Ontario
Department of History, Harvard University

Pierre Martin (1999–2000)
Professor of Political Science
Université de Montréal
Department of Government, Harvard University

Jeffrey G. Reitz (2000–2001)
Professor of Sociology, and R.F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
Centre for Industrial Relations
University of Toronto
Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Angelo Melino (2001–2002)
Professor of Economics
University of Toronto
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Robert Vipond (2002–2003)
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Department of Government, Harvard University

Rosemary J. Coombe (2003–2004)
Professor of Social Anthropology
Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Cultural Studies
Communications and Culture Program
York University
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

Kerry Rittich (2004 fall)
Professor of Law
University of Toronto
Harvard Law School

Randall Morck (calendar year 2005)
Stephen A. Jarislowsky Distinguished Professor of Finance
School of Business
University of Alberta
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Laurier Turgeon (2006 spring)
Professor of History and Ethnology
History Department
Laval University
Department of History, Harvard University

Richard Simeon (2006–2008)
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Department of Government, Harvard University

Gérard Bouchard (2008–2009)
Directeur du Projet BALSAC
Professor of History
Department of History
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Ruth Phillips (2009–2010)
Professor of Art History
Carleton University
Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture
History Department, Harvard University

Philip Oreopoulos (2010–2011)
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of Toronto
Department of Economics, Harvard University

James Dunn (2011–2012)
Associate Professor
Department of Health, Aging, and Society
McMaster University
Research Scientist
St. Michael's Hospital
Harvard School of Public Health

Francine McKenzie (2012–2013)
Associate Professor
Department of History
Western University, Ontario
Department of History, Harvard University

George Elliott Clarke (2013–2014)
E. J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature
Department of English
University of Toronto
Department of English, Harvard University

Marcel Fournier (2014–2015)
Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
University of Montreal
Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Alison Mountz (2015-2016)
Canada Research Chair in Global Migration
Balsillie School of International Affairs + Geography and Environmental Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
Department of Government, Harvard University

Krishna Pendakur (2016-2017)
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Simon Fraser University
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Charmaine Nelson (2017-2018)
Professor of Art History
McGill University
Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University

Ron Niezen (2018-2019)
Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy
Faculties of Law and of Arts
McGill University
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

Elke Winter (2019-2021)
Professor of Sociology
University of Ottawa
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

Vincent Chiao (2021-2022)
Professor of Law
University of Toronto
Harvard Law School, Harvard University

Kathy Bickmore (2022-2023)
Professor, Curriculum & Pedagogy and Comparative International Development Education
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Pamela Klassen (2022-2023)
Professor & Chair, Department for the Study of Religion
Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto
Departments of English and Religion, Harvard University

Antonia Maioni (2023-2024)
Professor of Political Science
The School of Population and Global Health, McGill University
Department of Government, Harvard University