Timothy Plumptre

Timothy Wynne Plumptre (November 27, 1943 - January 16, 2025) was an author and the Founding President of the Institute on Governance in Ottawa, Canada.[1]

Education

Tim Plumptre earned an Honours BA in political science and economics at the University of Toronto (1965), an MSc Econ from the London School of Economics (1966), and a Certificate in Management Studies at the University of Oxford (1973).[2][3]

Career

Tim Plumptre began his career as a foreign service officer, then worked as a journalist with the Globe and Mail, returning to Ottawa in the late '60s to work at the Canadian International Development Agency and as Special Assistant to a federal cabinet minister. He then worked as a management consultant independently and with the international consulting firm William Mercer.[1][4]

He founded the nonprofit Institute on Governance (IOG) in 1990. During the 16 years of his presidency, the think-tank grew to approximately 20 staff working on domestic and international assignments.[5] He continued consulting after he left the IOG in 2007.[6][4]

He was a Visiting Scholar at Massey College[7] and an Adjunct Professor at Carleton University. As a volunteer, he provided leadership to numerous organizations in the National Capital, including the Children's Aid Society and the Community Care Access Centre of Ottawa-Carleton,[8] and the Hospice at Maycourt.[1]

Books

See also

Tim Plumptre: Heritage house owner vows to rebuild (CBC TV News, 2013) [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Timothy Wynne Plumptre Obituary | 1943 - 2025 | Ottawa Citizen Remembering". ottawacitizen.remembering.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  2. ^ The Intrepid Nonprofit at the FriesenPress Bookstore. 2019-05-30. ISBN 978-1-5255-0544-7.
  3. ^ "Tim Plumptre". World Biographical Encyclopedia, Inc.
  4. ^ a b "Tim Plumptre". Meta4Consulting. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  5. ^ "Institute On Governance (IOG)". www.nira.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  6. ^ "The IOG Remembers Tim Plumptre (1943–2025)". Institute on Governance. 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Massey News 2018-2019" (PDF). Massey News. 2019.
  8. ^ "Ontario Newsroom". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  9. ^ "Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in Government". IRPP. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  10. ^ Aucoin, Peter (1989). "Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in GovernmentTimothy W. Plumptre Halifax: The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1988, pp. xx, 458". Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique. 22 (1): 175–177. doi:10.1017/S0008423900000937. ISSN 1744-9324.
  11. ^ The Intrepid Nonprofit at the FriesenPress Bookstore. 2019-05-30. ISBN 978-1-5255-0544-7.
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