Berkley Center

Dr. Andrew P.W. Bennett is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute and program director for Cardus Law at Cardus, Canada’s faith-based think-tank, where he also serves as chair of the Cabinet of Canadians, a body of eminent Canadian lay and clerical leaders committed to reaffirming the role of religious faith within Canadian society. He is also an ordained deacon in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. Bennett was a senior research fellow with the Berkley Center's Religious Freedom Research Project during 2017 and 2018. He served as Canada's first ambassador for religious freedom and head of the Office of Religious Freedom in the Department of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2016, during which time he led in defending and championing religious freedom internationally as a core element of Canada's principled foreign policy. At the same time, he served as Canada's head of delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, a 31-country body that leads international efforts in Holocaust education, research, and remembrance. Bennett holds a B.A. (Hons.) in history from Dalhousie University, an M.A. in history from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in politics from the University of Edinburgh.