Vice-Admiral Glenn Davidson was Ambassador of Canada to Syria from September 2008 until March 2012 , a period which included the beginning of the Arab Spring and Syria’s descent into civil war. He was also Ambassador of Canada to Afghanistan from May 2012 until July 2013.
Ambassador Davidson visited the University of Alberta campus on February 22, 2016, where he also gave a public talk called ‘Personal insights on Syria’. For more information see https://uofa.ualberta.ca/news-and-events/newsarticles/2016/february/no-end-in-sight-for-syrian-conflict-says-former-ambassador
