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.

His work history includes being the founding artistic director for Winnipeg’s Prairie Theater Exchange, a current affairs and drama producer for the CBC, on-air host for Global TV current affairs, Executive Director of the Confederation Centre of the Arts (Charlottetown), and President of The EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts (Calgary).