John Dixon received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of B.C. in 1974 and has been a philosophy instructor at Capilano College since 1973. He was elected to the board of the BCCLA in 1981 and served as the Association's president from 1985 to 1990 and from 2001 to 2003. In the early 90's John worked as a senior policy advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Canada and as a special policy advisor to the Minister of National Defence.

John has been the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships and he has authored numerous papers and articles. Among his publications is a book, Catastrophic Rights: Experimental Drugs and AIDS that became the blueprint for the reform of the Federal Health Protection Branch approval process of catastrophic therapies. John has also delivered many interesting talks and lectures on a wide range of subject matter.