Former ambassador Tim Martin has been at the forefront of Canadian diplomacy and international peace and security. His high-level diplomatic service includes leading Canada’s civilian work in southern Afghanistan, the Kimberley Process to ban conflict diamonds and Middle East Peace negotiations. His career has covered Colombia, Argentina, Palestine, Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Somalia, where his book, Moral Hazards, takes place. Tim has been awarded three medals for his service to Canada and the Award of Excellence in the Public Service for his leadership on Canada’s humanitarian assistance to Palestinian children affected by conflict.
Moral Hazards is his first novel. Another is in the works about conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tim lives on Pistol Lake, near Minaki.
You can reach him at tim@diplomaticcounsel.com
