Event Date: November 3, 2021 - 11:00 to November 5, 2021 - 12:00
Location: online

Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies

Symposium November 3, 4, 5, 2021

Online in partnership with the Centre for International Policy Studies (University of Ottawa)

Registration: November 3

Registration: November 4

Registration: November 5

 

November 3 – The Impact of the Pandemic on the National Security Community

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Panelists:

Tricia Geddes, Deputy Director for Policy, CSIS

 

 

 

 

Daniel Jean, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage

 

 

Leah West, Assistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

 

 

 

 

Chair:

Jessica Davis, President of Insight Threat Intelligence, President of CASIS 

 

 

 

 

November 4 – The Evolution of Canada’s Threat Environment

Part 1 – 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Panelists:

Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University  

 

 

 

 

Keith Ditcham, Senior Research Fellow (organized crime and policing), Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), UK

 

 

 

 

Akshay Singh, Non-resident Research Fellow, Council on International Policy

 

Chair:

Thomas Juneau, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and V-P CASIS

 

 

 

 

Part 2 – 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Keynote Speaker:

Erik Dahl, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey

 

 

 

 

Chair:

Greg Fyffe, Past President of CASIS, former head of the Intelligence Assessment Branch, Public Service of Canada

 

 

 

 

November 5 – The Structure of Canada’s Intelligence Community: Prepared for a Precarious Future?

Part 1 – 9:00 am – 10:20 am

Panelists:

Alex Wilner, Associate Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

 

 

 

 

Jessica Davis, President of Insight Threat Intelligence, President of CASIS 

 

 

 

 

Chair:

Greg Fyffe, Past President of CASIS, former head of the Intelligence Assessment Branch, Public Service of Canada

 

 

 

 

Part 2 – 10:30 am – 11:50 am

Panelists:

Wesley Wark, Co-chair of Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), National Security Project

 

 

 

 

Vincent Rigby, former National Security and Intelligence advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, former Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at Global Affairs Canada and former Associate Deputy Minister of Public Safety Canada

 

 

 

Chair:

Azka Naz, President, CASIS-OSC (Ottawa Student Chapter) 

 

 

 

 

11:50 am – Closing

Jessica Davis, President of Insight Threat Intelligence, President of CASIS