The G7 Research Group is a global network of scholars, students and professionals in the academic, research, media, business, non-governmental, governmental and intergovernmental communities who follow the work of the G7 and related institutions. The group's mission to serve as the world's leading independent source of information, analysis and research on the G7. Founded in 1987, it is managed fr
om Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Professional Advisory Council members, Special Advisors and participating researchers span the world. Graham Library has become the global repository of G7 documents, transcripts, audiotapes, media reports, interviews, studies, essays, memorabilia and artifacts. The membership of the G7 Research Group consists primarily of academics, business professionals and students from around the world. Much of the research activity is conducted by doctoral, masters and senior undergraduate students at the University of Toronto and elsewhere, and by alumni/ae of the group who have gone on to professional careers in related fields but have remained involved. Each year, the G7 Research Group recruits analysts and researchers who work on compliance and related research projects under the direction of a student executive based at the University of Toronto. Enriched by their experience in the G7 Research Group, members have gone on to pursue careers with organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, General Electric, Dominion Securities, the Royal Bank of Canada, Andersen Consulting, the Monitor Company, the Bank of Montreal, Bloomberg, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CNN, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, and other ministries and departments of the Government of Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, law firms in Europe and North America and universities in Japan, Canada and the United States. Several have started their own enterprises.
