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==After politics== In September 2000, Axworthy returned to academia, joining the [[Liu Institute for Global Issues]] at the [[University of British Columbia]]. He has published ''Navigating A New World'', a book on the uses of "[[soft power]]". In May 2004, he was appointed as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. He retired in June 2014. Axworthy is Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Americas Division of [[Human Rights Watch]], a highly controversial position resulting from this organisation's record of political bias, fundraising in Saudi Arabia, and lack of credibility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html|title=Opinion: Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast|first=Robert L.|last=Bernstein|date=October 20, 2009|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> He also serves on the advisory council of [[USC Center on Public Diplomacy]] and of [[Fair Vote Canada]], and is an endorser of the [[Genocide Intervention Network]] and [[International Student Exchange, Ontario]]. In 2006, Axworthy was elected to the Board of Directors of [[Hudbay Minerals]], Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hudbayminerals.com/news-media/default.aspx|title=Hudbay Minerals Inc. - News/Media|website=hudbayminerals.com}}</ref> He currently serves as the President of the [[World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy|World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfm-igp.org/content/president |title=President {{!}} WFM-IGP |website=www.wfm-igp.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629012311/http://www.wfm-igp.org/content/president |archive-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> Axworthy was installed as Chancellor of [[St. Paul's University College]], a constituent institution of the [[University of Waterloo]], in October 2014.<ref name=UW /> He retired from that position in 2017. Axworthy is the first Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council, formed in 2017 by the [[Centre for International Governance Innovation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wrmcouncil.org/about|title=About the World Refugee & Migration Council|website=World Refugee & Migration Council|language=en|access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
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