John Kirton

John James Kirton (born 1948) is a professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He is the founder and director of the G7 Research Group and the G20 Research Group, the co-founder of the Global Health Diplomacy Program with James Orbinski, and the co-founder of the BRICS Research Group with Marina Larionova of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.