Roundtable/Seminars

2010

May 26 - Commander Steven Waddell, Captain of HMCS Fredericton.


April 29 - “Canada’s Healers At War” - Commodore Jung on the Health Services of the Canadian Forces. A report on this event can be found here.

March 22 - “The Second Wave of Democratic Reforms in Georgia” – Honourable Dimitri Shashkini, Georgian Minister of Education and Science and Batu Kutelia, Ambassador of Georgia to the United States, Canada and Mexico. A report on this event can be found here.

March 17 - ”Civilian Military Cooperation: Accomplishing Aid in Afghanistan” - Major Peter St. Denis, Commander of the Civilian Military Cooperation attachment to the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar from July 2008 to April 2009. A report on this event can be found here.

February 2 – “The Effects of the American Surge in Kandahar” – Dr. Sean Maloney, Associate Professor, Department of History, Royal Military College of Canada. A report on this event can be found here.

2009

October 15 – “A Tour of Afghanistan – Looking Through the Eyes of NATO Opinion Leaders” – Col. (Retired) Brian MacDonald, ACC Immediate Past President
June 2 – Dr. B.A. Smith-Windsor, Senior Canadian Representative, NATO Defence College


March 15 – Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker Fellow, The Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Austin, Texas
January 15 – “The Enduring Value of NORAD” – Lieutenant-General Charlie Bouchard, Deputy Commander for North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)

2008

November 5 – “Russian Capabilities: Is the Bear Really Back” – Frederic Labarre, Head of Department of Political & Strategic Studies, Baltic Defence College, Estonia
October 28 – “Kandahar Tour: The Turning Point in Canada’s Afghan Mission” – Lee Windsor, Deputy Director, Gregg Centre for the Study of War & Society, University of New Brunswick


September 25 – “Between Kosovo & Georgia”, Dr. Robert Austin, Professor, University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies at Trinity College

February 26 – “DNA for Peace – Balancing Bio-development and Bio-security” – Dr. Peter Singer
January 23 – Col. Stafford

2007

February 6 – “NATO Activities in Afghanistan against Weapons of Mass Destruction” – Ted Whiteside, Head of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Centre at NATO Headquarters

2006

November 9 – “NATO’s Ongoing Operations” – Major General J. Ivan Fenton, Assistant Director, International Military Staff, NATO Headquarters
October 18 – The Col. Dr. John K. Marteinson Roundtable Lectures, “Capacity Building in Afghanistan” – Lieutenant-Commander Albert Wong, Senior Public Affairs Officer, Department of National Defence
July 12 - Megan Minnion, Canada Information Officer to NATO Headquarters
February 23 – The Col. Dr. John K. Marteinson Roundtable Lectures, “Muslims in Germany Between Integration and Global Jihad” – Peter I. Trummer, Head of the Stuttgart Branch, State Institute for Civic Education, Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany

2005

December 12 – “NATO & Defence & Security Reform Initiatives/NATO & CIMIC” – Megan Minnion, International Staff at NATO Headquarters
October 24 – “Transforming the Canadian Air Force” – Major General J.J. Charles Bouchard, Commander 1 Canadian Division


May 11 – “Solar Power Revolutionizes Communications: High Arctic Data Communication System II” – Col. Leslie Guyatt, Project Leader, High Arctic Data Communication System II (HADCS II), Department of National Defence & Capt. John Knickle, Project Manager, HADCS II
March 28 – “The Developing EU Military Structure and Its Relationship to NATO” – Dr. Julian Lindley-French, Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

2004

November 1 – Ted Whiteside, Head of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Centre at NATO Headquarters
February 12 – Bruce Tefft, Counter-terrorism and Intelligence Advisor to NYPD & Senior Associate with Orion Scientific Systems

2003

October 27 – “Security in the 21st Century: The Transformation of NATO” – Bernd A. Goetze, Secretary of the North Atlantic Council & Director of the NATO Ministerial and Summit Task Forces