Event Date: March 21, 2017 - 12:00 to 1:30pm
Location: FSS 4004, 120 University Private
Presented by CIPS and the National Security Policy Network
Presenter
Philip Wright
Prior to entering the law profession, Wright served as a Detective Chief Superintendent in the police service in Northern Ireland. In 2006 he received the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) from Her Majesty for services to policing. Before taking a position at Johnstone & Cowling, Philip worked in the area of civil litigation and represented the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Wright attained a first class honours degree in Law and a Master’s degree in International Human Rights from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. He holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice Management from Queen’s University, Northern Ireland, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Studies from St Andrew’s University, Scotland. He also holds a PhD (Law) from Queen’s University in Kingston where his thesis was entitled “The Clash of Two Imperatives: The Right to Know and the Need to Keep Secret in the Context of the Criminal Process and National Security Measures.”
Discussant
Michael Peirce
As Assistant Director Intelligence, Peirce reports to the Director of CSIS and is responsible for setting its intelligence collection requirements. He is also responsible for the assessment and dissemination of intelligence, including strategic intelligence assessments and raw intelligence reports. This responsibility includes the disclosure of information in the context of litigation and through access to information.
Peirce regularly advises the government on current and emerging national security issues. He previously spent three years as the Director of Legal Operations at the Privy Council Office. He has a BA from the University of Toronto, an LLB from the University of Western Ontario, an LLM from the University of Wisconsin, and an LLM from Columbia University.
