Event Date: November 20, 2009 - 12:30 pm
Location: FSS 4006, Pavillon des Sciences Sociales. 120, University Pvt.

A talk by Margaret Purdy, University of British Columbia.

Co-sponsors: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; Canadian.

Association for Security and Intelligence Studies.
Free. Registration is not required. This event will be in English.

Margaret Purdy is Research Associate in the Centre for International Relations at the University of British Columbia. She served for 28 years in the federal government in a variety of senior positions relating to security and intelligence. He work involved counter-terrorism issues, transportation security, cyber security, emergency management, critical infrastructure protection, intelligence assessments and protective policing. Her assignments included Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Security and Intelligence (Security and Intelligence Coordinator) and Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, where she headed up the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection. Since retiring from the federal government and joining UBC, Margaret Purdy has published articles on the root causes of terrorism, the security of trade and transportation gateways, the role of diasporas in countering terrorism and Canada’s counter-terrorism policy. Her current research and writing focus on the implications of climate change for Canada’s security interests.

A light lunch will be served.

This event is part of the Ottawa Roundtable on Security and Intelligence.