Colin Mitchell-Crouse

Colin Mitchell-Crouse 

Colin is a proud Nova Scotian, natural storyteller, and shameless idealist. He is deeply committed to improving how government serves people — bringing hands-on experience in politics and policy across jurisdictions in Canada. His career includes roles in federal politics, Health Canada’s COVID-19 Task Force, and Environment Canada’s Climate Change Branch.

Colin excels at connecting people to their ideas and helping them craft and share stories that matter. He is a historian, public servant, tour guide, and co-founder of Halifax Bar History. He is an experienced TEDx speaker, currently serving as a Director on the Board of the Friends of the Halifax Public Gardens, and is writing a book exploring the rich and complex history of Acadia University.

He holds a Master of Philosophy in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics from Acadia University — at which he received the Golden A Award and University Medal in Politics. He is also an alumnus of the highly selective Government of Canada’s Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program.

Areas of Speaking & Engagement:

•  Storytelling in public life, and policy

•  Democracy, civic participation, and youth engagement

•  History, heritage, and institutional memory

•  Climate change, environmental policy, and government reform

Selected Presentations:

•  “How American Billionaires Nearly Ruined Education in Nova Scotia,” TEDxArgyle St, 2025

•  Moderator, “Free Press in a Changing World,” The Athenaeum 150th Anniversary, 2024

•  “Push and Pull: History of Acadia University,” Wolfville Historical Society, 2023

•  “Storytelling and Politics in Wolfville, Geneva, and Cambridge,” Nobody Yet Podcast, 2020

•  “Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy at the UN Security Council, 1945–2019,” Robinson College MCR/SCR Research Conference, Cambridge UK

•  “Bridging the Digital Divide: Youth, Universities & the UN,” TEDxBishopsU, 2019

•  “Geopolitics with Chinese Characteristics: China’s Involvement in East Africa,” 6th Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, 2018

•  “An Ever-Closer Union: Communitarization of EU Border Security,” Acadia Economics Society Conference, 2018