Colin Jackson currently serves as a 2024 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University, Co-Chair of Calgary on Purpose, Senior Scholar at the University of Calgary Graduate College, Board Secretary and Advancement Chair of the National Theatre School of Canada, and is a member of the Arizona State University New American Council for Art and Design, and the National Access Arts Centre. He is the recipient of the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals and a Canada Council Senior Arts Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, holds a BA from the University of Manitoba and a MPA from Harvard Kennedy School. The Colin Jackson Theatre in Winnipeg is named for him.

Au cours de sa carrière, il a notamment été directeur artistique fondateur du Prairie Theater Exchange de Winnipeg, producteur d’actualités et de dramatiques pour la SRC, animateur en ondes d’actualités à Global TV, directeur exécutif du Confederation Centre of the Arts (Charlottetown), et président du EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts (Calgary).