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Initial exploration of Indigenous Defence engagement as a strategy of Reconciliation
Date
Tuesday April 23, 202412:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Queen’s University, Robert Sutherland Hall Rm. 334
Initial exploration of Indigenous Defence engagement as a strategy of Reconciliation
In this presentation, Federica Caso and Grazia Scoppio will introduce the initial steps of a pilot project titled Indigenous Leadership in the Canadian Armed Forces. The project aims to examine the formal and informal leadership opportunities that the Canadian Armed Forces generates for Indigenous service men and women and how these opportunities can advance national reconciliation.
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*A light lunch will be provided for all in-person attendees. Registration is free but required to attend.
Bios:
Dr Federica Caso was born in Sardegna, a Mediterranean island belonging to Italy, where she developed intimate familiarity with questions of militarism and cultural self-determination. In 2015, she moved from the UK to Meanjin/Brisbane to pursue a PhD at the University of Queensland, which she gained in 2019. Federica researches the relationship between Defence and settler colonialism which she gathers under the concept of ‘settler military politics’. She has recently concluded a project that maps the history and politics of Australia’s war commemoration along the development of the settler (martial) state. This research is collected in the forthcoming book Settler Military Politics: Militarisation and the Aesthetics of War Commemoration (2024, Edinburgh University Press). She is now focusing on Indigenous military service in the present, including Indigenous participation in the Regional Surveillance Units (of which NORFORCE is the most recognisable), Defence Indigenous Procurement, and the contribution of Indigenous women in Defence to gender equality and reconciliation. She is working to establish a network of scholars interested in settler military politics across Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Dr. Grazia (Grace) Scoppio is a Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) and is cross-appointed in the Queen’s University Department of Political Studies. In 2021, she was a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Peace and War Studies at Norwich University, in Vermont, USA. Dr. Scoppio was the Dean of Continuing Studies at RMC from 2017 to 2020 after having served as Associate Dean from 2013 to 2016. Between 2002 and 2013, she held various appointments at the Canadian Defence Academy and the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute (CFLI). She has authored or co-authored numerous publications including books, technical and scientific reports, journals articles and chapters in edited books. One of Scoppio’s recent publications is a book that she co-edited with Sara Greco, entitled: The Power of Diversity in the Armed Forces – International Perspectives on Immigrant Participation in the Military. She has presented her multidisciplinary research at many national and international conferences. Her interdisciplinary research areas include: diversity and gender in military organizations, indigenous people and the military, organizational culture, migration, military education, distance learning, comparative and international education, whole of government & comprehensive approach, lessons learned & organizational learning.
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Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé
Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé
Full Professor
Department of Politics and International Studies
Bishop’s University
Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé is Full Professor at Bishop’s University and Non-Resident Fellow at the International Peace Institute, New York. She is the Deputy Director of the Centre FrancoPaix. In 2018–2019, she was the Canada Fulbright Research Chair for Peace and War Studies. In 2021, she was awarded the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. She is an associate faculty member of the Center for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) and of the Montreal Center for International Studies (CERIUM). Her research focuses on peacekeeping-intelligence, peace operations and security issues related to intra-state wars. Her most recent publications include “Competing for Trust: Challenges in UN Peacekeeping-Intelligence“. Author of the first UN guidelines on Gender and Peacekeeping-intelligence, she is also co-author of the first United Nations Field Handbook on Joint Mission Analysis Centres (United Nations, 2018), she recently conducted fieldwork at the MINUSCA (Central African Republic), MINUSMA (Mali), MONUSCO (Democratic Republic of Congo), UNOCI (Côte d’Ivoire) and UNMISS (South Sudan). She is co-hosting the podcast “Conseils de sécurité” a co-production of the CDSN-RCDS and RAS-NSA and “Au FrancParler” as part of the Centre FrancoPaix of la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Peackeeping
- Intelligence
- Dis/Mis/Malinformation
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
- 2024. « Le renseignement onusien » in Paul Charon and Jean-Baptiste Jeangène-Vilmer, eds. Les Monde du Renseignement, Presses universitaires de France (PUF).
- 2024. “In Search for Trust: Challenges in UN Peacekeeping-Intelligence, ed. T. Juneau and J. Massie. Intelligence Cooperation in a Multilateral World: Non-American Perspectives. University of Toronto Press.
- 2023. “Integrating Gender in Canadian Armed Forces Operations” Canadian Defense Academy.
- 2022. “Gender and Peace and Peacekeeping-Intelligence Guidelines”. United Nations.
- 2021. “ Competing for Trust: Challenges in United Nations Peacekeeping-Intelligence”, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, DOI: 10.1080/08850607.2020.1798153
ONLINE:
Twitter/X: @SaMyMarBru
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-myriam-martin-br%C3%BBl%C3%A9-47543736/
Margaret (Maggie) BK Shepherd
Margaret (Maggie) Shepherd
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
The Royal Military College of Canada and The Canadian Forces College
Margaret BK Shepherd, better known as Maggie, currently serves as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada, holding a cross-appointment between the department of Management and the department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College (Toronto). Moving from the Maritimes to complete her studies, Maggie is a graduate of Laval University, RMC (Kingston), and went on to complete a post-graduate program on Negotiation through Harvard. Her doctoral work is a study from a Canadian context on the impact of social media on small and medium businesses. Understanding influence and complex change are integral to her varied roles as a professor, a consultant, and researcher. As a scholar-practitioner, Maggie focuses her research on practical outcomes, and improving real-world application. With a career in the federal government and higher education spanning 27 years, Maggie has held various senior academic administrative roles, including the Chair of the MBA program and positions as Interim Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Vice-Principal. Maggie's commitment to community extends to mentorship with the Loran Scholar's Foundation since 2015 and volunteering in the not-for-profit sector. She currently chairs the Hotel Dieu Hospital Corporation Board and serves on the Kingston Health Sciences Centre Partnership Council.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Strategy and Leadership
- Influence and Negotiation
- Human Security and Women Peace and Security
ONLINE:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbks1/
Caroline Dunton
Caroline Dunton
Skelton-Clark Postdoctoral Fellow
She/Her
Dept. of Political Studies
Queen's University
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B309
Caroline is the Skelton-Clark Post-Doctoral Fellow, teaching POLS 300- and 400-level courses in Winter 2024. Caroline studies Canadian foreign policy, the United Nations Security Council, diplomacy, and settler colonialism in Canada. She holds a PhD from the University of Ottawa, where she has also been a Research Associate at the Centre for International Policy Studies. She also holds an MA from The George Washington University, an MA from the University of Ottawa, and a Bachelor of Knowledge Integration from the University of Waterloo. Outside of academia, she has worked at Global Affairs Canada, including as a Senior Policy Analyst in Foreign Policy Planning and the Cadieux-Léger Fellow. She is currently the Book Reviews Editor at International Journal.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Liam Midzain-Gobin, Caroline Dunton, and Robert Tay-Burroughs. “Provincial-Indigenous Relationships as Diplomatic Encounters?” Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (peer-reviewed). July 2023.
- Caroline Dunton, Marion Laurence, and Gino Vlavonou. “Pragmatic Peacekeeping in a Multipolar Era: Liberal Norms, Practices and the Future of UN Peace Operations”. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. July 2023.
- Michael Murphy, Andrew Heffernan, Caroline Dunton, and Amelia Arsenault. “The Disciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations: Methods, Topics, and Impact”. International Politics. Online First: January 2023.
- Caroline Dunton and Jack Hasler. “Opening the Black Box of International Aid: Understanding Delivery Actors and Democratization.” International Politics 58, no. 5 (October 2021): 792-815.
- Liam Midzain-Gobin and Caroline Dunton. “Renewing Relationships? Solitudes, Decolonization, and Feminist International Policy.” Millennium Journal of International Studies 50, no. 1 (September 2021): 29-54.
ONLINE
website: http://www.carolinedunton.com/
Taylor Fountain
Taylor Fountain
Undergraduate Researcher
Dept. of Political Studies
RSH 411
Taylor is in the second year of an undergraduate degree, majoring in Political Studies with a Minor in Philosophy. He is interested in alliance dynamics, international trade policy, and International Relations theory. His summer research for the CIPD revolves around the role of the United States within the NATO alliance, focusing on the potential ramifications of the upcoming U.S. federal elections. Taylor is regularly involved with extracurricular activities, including Model Parliament Queen’s Pre-Law Society, and writes for Queen’s International Affairs Association, specializing in Asia-Pacific and European affairs.
Book Launch - Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century
Date
Thursday April 18, 20244:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
University Club, Main Lounge - 168 Stuart Street, Kingston, ONBook Launch - Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century
Join Stéfanie von Hlatky, Irina Goldenberg & Joakim Berndtsson for this launch event. An introduction will be given by Peter Kasurak.
*A limited inventory of the book will be on sale for $40.00 (cash only)
about the book:
The Interoperability Crux: Navigating the Technology Revolution
Date
Thursday April 11, 202412:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 334 - Queen's University
The Interoperability Crux: Navigating the Technology Revolution
COL Donnell’s research examines the critical importance of interoperability within NATO, especially in light of technological advancements and the quantum technology revolution. It highlights the existing gaps in NATO's interoperability and the potential risks these pose to the Alliance's collective defence capabilities. Finally, it examines requirements for day-zero interoperability to prepare for future NATO challenges.
Bio:
COL TYLER R. DONNELL is the United States Army Visiting Defense Fellow to the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario. Tyler has 21 years of service with the United States Armed Forces as a Field Artillery Officer. Tyler has operational deployments to Baghdad and Kirkuk, Iraq focusing on security and stability operations. He has also served in the Indo-Pacific region with Special Operations Command – Korea and Europe with the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, where he focused on multinational interoperability and operations with Allies and Partners. Tyler has served in various command and staff positions.
He is a United States Army Command and General Staff College graduate. Tyler received a Master’s Degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, before his assignment as an Instructor at the United States Military Academy. He has been awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and Meritorious Service Medal.
Info Session on Targeted Engagement Grants & How to Apply
Date
Monday March 25, 202412:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Queen’s University, Robert Sutherland Hall Rm. 413Thinking of applying for a Targeted Engagement Grant?
Information session on the application process, what you need to know, ‘dos and don’ts’.
