ACCESSING HISTORIC RECORDS ON INTELLIGENCE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Symposium Program
8:30 – 9:00 Arrival / Coffee
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome
9:05 – 9:20 Introductory Remarks
Leslie Weir – Librarian and Archivist of Canada
9:20 – 10:30 Panel 1: Locating Historical Intelligence Records
Chair: Sam Eberlee – University of Toronto
Alan Barnes – Carleton University
Melody Béland – Library and Archives Canada
William Cooney – Global Affairs Canada
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 Panel 2: Obtaining Historical Records via ATIP
Chair: Véronique Gendron – Library and Archives Canada
Tim Sayle – University of Toronto
Asa McKercher – Royal Military College of Canada
Susan Colbourn – Duke University
12:00 – 13:00 Buffet lunch
13:00 – 14:15 Panel 3: Making the ATI Process Work
Chair: Jim Bronskill – Canadian Press
Allison Knight – Office of the Information Commissioner
Kristina Lillico – Library and Archives Canada
Sébastien Chiasson – Global Affairs Canada
14:15 – 14:45 Coffee
14:45 – 16-15 Panel 4: Declassification Initiatives
Chair: Vincent Rigby – McGill University
Paul Marsden – Formerly of Library and Archives Canada
Dan Hallman – Public Safety Canada
Marcelle Cinq-Mars – Library and Archives Canada
Charles Taillefer – Treasury Board Secretariat
16:15 – 16:30 Concluding Remarks
Jack Cunningham – University of Toronto
CFIHP may be able to provide modest assistance to students who wish to attend the event. For more information, please contact Prof. Tim Sayle (tim.sayle@utoronto.ca).
This event is presented by the Canadian Foreign Intelligence History Project in partnership with:
Library and Archives Canada (https://collectionscanada.gc.ca/)
Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (https://casis-acers.ca)
North American Society for Intelligence History (https://www.intelligencehistory.org)
Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (http://billgrahamcentre.utoronto.ca)
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On December 7th, 2018, academics, practitioners, and experts will meet for the 5th iteration of the Year Ahead Conference at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. Panelists from across Canada, the United States, and parts of Europe will meet to discuss looming threats, future challenges, and Canada’s changing position in the world. Experts will discuss topics ranging from electoral integrity in advance of the 2019 Federal Election, the risk that climate change poses for Canada and the world, and Canada’s ongoing contributions to international security through international organizations like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations. Panel topics this year are: 1) US-Canada Relations; 2) Domestic Security and the Canadian Homeland; 3) Global and International Threats; 4) Canada and the World: Operations and Transformations.
Date: 7 December 2018 – 9:00am to 4:45pm
Location: Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario
Cost: General – $100; Students – $25; Table of 8 – $600
CSIDS YEAR AHEAD 2019 AGENDA
Registration – 8:15am-8:45am
Introductory Remarks – Dr. Jeffrey Rice – 8:45am – 9:00am
Panel 1 – US-Canada Relations 9:00 to 10:15
This panel examines security and defence in the context of US-Canada Relations. How has the US-Canada relationship changed over time? And what will it look like in the year ahead? These are the key questions informing this panel. Practitioners and experts from NORAD, the US Embassy in Ottawa, as well as a specialist on US-Canada relations discuss security, intelligence, and defence in the North American context and how the special relationship is being managed.
Mr. Jean Pierre-Louis (Deputy Political Counselor, US Embassy)
Mr. Peter Bates (POLAD, NORAD/USNORTHCOM)
Dr. Jonathan Paquin (Université Laval)
Break 10:15-10:45
Panel 2 – Domestic Security and the Canadian Homeland 10:45 to 12:00
This panel explores topics ranging from electoral integrity and the threat of foreign interference, issues currently affecting border security, and the legal status and history of foreign fighters returning to Canada. It takes as its primary focus the central issues security and intelligence issues affecting the Canadian homeland.
Dr. Holly Ann Garnett (Royal Military College of Canada)
Mr. Martin Bolduc (Vice-President, Programs Branch, Canada Border Services Agency)
Ms. Leah West (University of Toronto)
Lunch Buffet 12:00 to 12:40
Special Event on Gender and Security (12:40 to 1:30)
In the place of the Year Ahead’s annual keynote talk, a special moderated Q&A session with some of the most influential practitioners, experts, and champions on gender is taking place. These individuals will discuss what initiatives are being undertaken at the highest-levels to address gender-based issues in security and defence.
Moderator: Policy Lead for MATCH International Women’s Fund / WPSN-C Coordinator Beth Woroniuk
Assistant Deputy Minister of International Security and Political Affairs Mr. Mark Gwozdecky
Former Ambassador to the North Atlantic Council (NATO) Kerry Buck
Break 1:30 to 1:45
Panel 3 – International and Global Threats 1:45 to 3:00
This panel challenges us to think of security and defence in broad terms. Though these threats may not necessarily be immediate, they each have the potential to radically re-shape and redefine the current political order. Nuclear weapons, divided populations and the rise and threat of populism, and perhaps the most significant threat to our world, climate change, are the focus of this panel.
Ms. Andrea Berger (James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies)
Rear Admiral (ret’d) US Navy Jonathan White (Consortium for Ocean Leadership)
Dr. Mabel Berezin (Cornell University)
Break 3:00 to 3:30
Panel 4 – Canada and the World: Operations and Transformations 3:30 to 4:45
Alliances and international institutions are the central component of Canada’s defence policy and the primary way that Canada projects itself in the world. This panel, featuring speakers from NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium will discuss topics ranging from Afghanistan and Iraq, to the Enhanced Forward Presence in Eastern Europe. An expert on the UN system will join them to discuss the importance of the UN for Canadian interests and international security.
Dr. Stephanie Carvin (Norman Paterson School of International Affairs)
Mr. Andrew Budd (NATO Head Capabilities Section, Defence Policy Directorate)
Dr. Alistair Edgar (Wilfred Laurier University/Former Executive Director of ACUNS