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Just about every job these days lists a BA as a basic requirement. That goes for national security as well. Except that knowledge and experience are much more important qualities and often come without a BA. It is time to stop ruling out great Canadians from our intelligence agencies just because they never went to university.
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]
►Check Phil Gurski's latest books - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
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Just about every job these days lists a BA as a basic requirement. That goes for national security as well. Except that knowledge and experience are much more important qualities and often come without a BA. It is time to stop ruling out great Canadians from our intelligence agencies just because they never went to university.
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]
►Check Phil Gurski's latest books - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG

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