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The Policy insights forum presents
The Strategic Thinkers Series
The PIF is pleased to announce a new series in which we will dive deep into discussions with forward-thinking authors, leaders, and academics to discuss future strategic policy implications for Canada, its allies, and partners.
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April 25, 2022
Guest Speakers:
Andrew Leslie
Joe Varner
The Policy Insights Forum (PIF) was pleased to welcome the Hon. ANDREW LESLIE, Lt. General (ret’d), PC, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD, MA. JOSEPH VARNER, CStJ, MA, BAH, FRSA, adjunct scholar at West Points Modern War Institute. and our own, Colonel (ret’d) J. PAUL DE B. TAILLON, OMM, CD, PhD, MA, MSS, MA (RMC), awf, FRCGS, FSS, to discuss the ongoing War in Ukraine.
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July 21, 2021
Guest Speakers:
Sam Cooper
The Policy Insights Forum (PIF) was pleased to welcome National Online Journalist for Global News and Author Sam Cooper for an exclusive interview on his latest book, Wilful Blindness, How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents infiltrated the West.
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2021
Nov 17
Digitalization of Defence and Security Summit
Guest Speakers:
Mircea Geoană, Général Didier Tisseyre, Vizeadmiral Dr. Thomas Daum, Lindy Cameron
2021
Jun 30
Veterans' Transition in the Digital Age
Guest Speakers:
Lieutenant-General (Ret'd) Christine Whitecross; Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret'd) Eleanor Taylor; Vice-Admiral (Ret'd) Mark Norman, Senior Defence Strategist, Samuel Associates; Kiera Antaya, M.Sc. Coding for Veterans, Former Naval Officer; Steve Vincic, President and Managing Partner, The Kavin Group
2021
May 25
A National Security Strategy for the Arctic: A US-Canadian View
Guest Speakers:
Army Colonel (Ret’d) Pierre Leblanc, Arctic Security Consultants (CANADA); Marisol Maddox, Arctic Analyst at Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center (USA); Charles Sullivan, Managing Director of Boeing Canada
2021
May 19
Building National Resilience Against Influence Attacks
Guest Speakers:
Defence and security expert Michael Berk
2021
May 12
Agile Procurement and Cyber Space
Guest Speakers:
John Scott, Eric Lofgren, Syed Hasan, Chris Wharram, Gary Cooper, Jen O'Donoughue, Bob Gordon, and Marc Duchesne
2021
May 7
The Ongoing Military Situation In Ukraine
Guest Speakers:
Colonel Viktor Siromakha, Defence, Naval and Air Attaché of Ukraine to Canada
2021
Apr 30
Lessons from the COVID Pandemic
Guest Speakers:
M.Gen (ret'd) Jean-Robert Bernier and Michael Li
2021
Apr 20
A Canadian Strategy for the Indo-Pacific Region
Guest Speakers:
Strategic advisor, analyst and author Joe Varner, CStJ, MA, BAH, FRSA
2021
Mar 23
Canada-US: Securing and Investing in Continental Defence
Guest Speakers:
Vice-Admiral (Ret'd) Mark Norman CMM, CD, Former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada; Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Yvan Blondin CMM, CD, Senior Aerospace Associate, Samuel Associates; Lieutenant General (Ret'd), The Honourable Andrew Leslie, PC, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD
2021
Mar 2
UK Reflections on the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars
Guest Speakers:
UK Author, Brigadier (Ret'd) Ben Barry, OBE, Senior Fellow Land Warfare, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
2021
Feb 23
Resetting the Canada-US Relationship under President Biden
Guest Speakers:
Lieutenant General (Ret'd), The Honourable Andrew Brooke Leslie, PC, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD