Charles Cirtwill Executive Director AIMS Halifax, Nova Scotia

Charles Cirtwill is President and CEO of AIMS, Atlantic Canada's public policy think tank. In the more than fifteen years since its founding, AIMS has brought a distinctive and influential Eastern Canadian voice to regional and national debates over important public policy issues. Issues that define who we are, what we do, what we learn, what we earn and how much of it do we get to keep.

His published works focus on government structure and organization, business-government relations, inter-governmental relations, performance measurement and accountability. He has spoken across Canada and the United States on the role of think tanks in society, the appropriate assessment of government activities and the use of school performance data to improve classroom practice and fully engage all education stakeholders.

Cirtwill maintains an active role as reviewer, editor and contributor to AIMS extensive body of work on all aspects of government’s impact on the daily lives of ordinary Canadians. His work on education, fiscal management, debt reduction, taxation, the growth of government, and the importance of government accountability regularly appears in local, regional and national media.

A father of four, and a lifelong resident of Halifax, he is active in his local community and has had leadership roles in multiple community organizations including Scouts Canada, local school associations and local homeowners associations. He currently sits on the Board of the Right to Know Association of Nova Scotia, and Churchill Academy (a designated special education private school that specializes in working with children living with learning disabilities).

He attended Dalhousie University, earning a BA in Political Science, a LLB, and a MPA with a focus on quantitative analysis and program outcome assessment.

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