Event Date: February 5, 2025 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Location: FSS 4004 & Zoom, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa

Registration: Google Forms

** Please note that in-person registration is now closed due to room capacity. Virtual registration is still open. Thank you!

Presented by CIPS

Adam Chapnick and Asa McKercher’s latest book Canada First, not Canada Alone: A History of Canadian Foreign Policy tells the story of a country that has traditionally benefited from diplomatic prudence and compromise even as its citizens have yearned for their elected officials to be world leaders. It argues that, like any country, Canada must look out for its own interests first, but in the modern world it can’t do so effectively without cooperating with other states and non-state actors. Join Chapnick and host Roland Paris for a discussion of what Canada’s foreign policy past can tell us about how Ottawa might best navigate an increasingly uncertain and dangerous world.

This event will be held in-person, as well as live-streamed (via Zoom).

Learn more about the book here.

Speaker:

Adam Chapnick is a professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and the deputy director of education at the Canadian Forces College. He holds a BA (Honours) from Trent University, an MA in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and a PhD in History from the University of Toronto. He is the award-winning author or editor of nine books and over 50 academic essays and book chapters on historical and contemporary issues in Canadian foreign relations, Canadian-American relations, and teaching and learning. He is also a regular commentator in the public realm. He has appeared as a foreign policy expert on Global News, CTV News, CBC News, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, and CBC radio, and has testified as an expert witness before The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Moderator:

Roland Paris is a Professor and Director at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), and the founding director of CIPS.