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Andrew House

Board Member at University of Ottawa

Andrew House is Counsel at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, practicing in the areas of political law, government relations, and national and cyber security in federally-regulated industries and transactions.

Andrew began his career in 2003 as an advisor on arms control and justice reform to the United Nations Mission to Kosovo, after which he returned to Canada as criminal defence counsel. For nearly a decade, Andrew served as a senior advisor to federal ministers of Justice, Immigration, and Heritage. Most recently, he served as Chief of Staff to successive ministers of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness, tackling issues as diverse as borders & trade, victims’ rights, policing policy, and security & intelligence reform.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations) from Dalhousie University (`99) and a Bachelor of Laws from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University (`01) and is a member of the bars of Ontario (2003) and Nova Scotia (2004). Andrew is a member of the Foreign Investment Review Committee of the Canadian Bar Association and a fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Born in Gander, NL, Andrew has also called Halifax, and now Ottawa home.