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In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry is joined by Julia Tasse to discuss how other countries are greening their armed forces.

This episode is made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Boeing.

EPISODE NOTES - https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cdfai/pages/4909/attachments/original/1642108797/Greening_Defence_Allied_Perspective.pdf?1642108797

Participant’s Bio:

Julia Tasse is a research fellow at IRIS, where she heads the Energy and Climate Program. She is the co-director (with François Gemenne) of the Observatory of Climate Change Impacts on Defense and Security of the French ministry of Armed Forces.

 

Her research focuses on the ocean, security and climate nexus from a geopolitical perspective. She has a specific approach linked to her background in climate sciences (Master in Environmental Sciences) and her experience in the maritime field for various organisations, among which the World Ocean Council, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN and the French development agency (Agence française de développement).

 

Sharing the academic management of the first year cursus of  IRIS Sup’, she is also part of the editorial board of La Revue internationale et stratégique.

 

Julia Tasse holds a master in international relations and environmental policies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), a master in environmental sciences from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and a bachelor in life sciences, major in genetics.

Host Bio:

Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 4 Oct 2021

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle discusses the drivers behind major investments in a low-carbon Canadian chemical industry with Bob Masterson.

Guest Bio:

- Bob Masterson is president and CEO of the Chemical Industry Association of Canada.

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle (host): President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/staff#Ogle)

What is Bob reading?

Amor Towles, "The Lincoln Highway"

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57109107-the-lincoln-highway

Recording Date: October 21, 2021.

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Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Dans ce 23e épisode de Conseils de sécurité, Thomas parle de la situation en Libye avec Emadeddin Badi, chercheur principal non-résident pour le Moyen-Orient au Conseil de l'Atlantique, analyste principal à l'Initiative mondiale contre la criminalité transnationale organisée, et conseiller pour la Libye au Centre de Genève pour la gouvernance du secteur de la sécurité. Après un bref survol historique, Emadeddin Badi nous parle de l’intervention de l’OTAN en Libye en 2011 et de ses conséquences, puis il dresse un portrait de la situation aujourd’hui. Il conclut en analysant le rôle des États-Unis, de l’Europe, et du Canada dans la reconstruction du pays.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson talks to Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Read Ambassador Rae’s Letter from the United Nations: https://www.policymagazine.ca/letter-from-the-united-nations-isolationism-vs-collective-action-at-the-76th-unga/

What Ambassador Rae is reading and streaming:

Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612487/agent-sonya-by-ben-macintyre/

Ted Lasso, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/

Participant’s Bio:

Bob Rae is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York. Mr. Rae served as Premier of Ontario from 1990-1995, and interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011-2013. In October 2017, Mr. Rae was appointed as Canada’s Special Envoy to Myanmar, and, in March 2020, he was named by Prime Minister Trudeau to be Canada’s Special Envoy on Humanitarian and Refugee Issues. Bob Rae is a Privy Councillor, a Companion of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, and has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Canada and around the world. In addition to several government reports, he is the author of five books.

Host Bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Recording Date: 20 October 2021.

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry is joined by Dr. Laura Chaloner, Craig Stewart, BGen Jeff Smyth, and Adam MacDonald to discuss Canada's climate disaster preparedness and response, and the role the Canadian Armed Forces can play in those efforts.

This episode is made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

EPISODE NOTES: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cdfai/pages/4909/attachments/original/1642108794/Climate_Change_and_Domestic_Operations.pdf?1642108794

Participants’ Bio:

Laura Chaloner is currently the Chief of Geomatics and a Senior Operations Officer for the Government Operation Center at Public Safety Canada. As the chief of geomatics she manages the team in creating and maintaining geomatics products for emergency management activities. When on duty as a Senior Operations Officer she manages a 24/7 operations center and a team of duty officers who respond to events of National interest. Dr. Chaloner obtained a PhD in chemistry from Concordia University in 2015. The same year she commence her career in Public Service at Health Canada, where she worked as a physical scientist for the Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Division. She spent 5 years in the Nuclear emergency management field until 2020 when she joined the Health Canada’s COVID-19 Task Force to respond to the Pandemic. In 2021 she joined Public Safety, her current position, focusing on emergency management and specializing in Requests for Federal Assistance.

BGen Smyth graduated with his pilot wings in 1994 and was posted to 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in Petawawa, Ontario. His operational experience includes deployments to Haiti (1995-96) flying the CH135 Twin Huey, Bosnia-Herzegovina (2000-01) and Afghanistan (2009-10) flying the CH146 Griffon. In 2020 he was promoted to his present rank and posted to the position of Director General Operations at Canadian Joint Operations Command in Ottawa.

Craig Stewart leads national work on disaster resilience and climate change at the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) - the industry association representing the property and casualty insurance industry in Canada. IBC’s members employ over 122,000 Canadians and paid out $9.8 billion in property claims in 2016, primarily due to severe weather and wildfire.

Adam P. MacDonald is a PhD candidate in the Political Science Department at Dalhousie University. He is, also, a member of two Department of Defence funded academic networks - The Defence and Security Foresight Group and the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network. He is a Killam Scholar and holds a Department of Defence MINDS Doctoral Scholarship. In September 2020 he began a two-year Fellowship at the Canadian International Council.

Host Bio:

Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 29 Sep 2021

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

In the 59th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about a meeting Steve had with Gen. Eyre on personnel issues, Adm. McDonald’s letter and leadership, opening of the US land border. Today’s feature interview is with a trio of impressive future CAF leaders, Maj D.E. Hogan, Maj M.R. Kieley & Maj S. Leblanc [25:45].

This week’s RnR segment [52:30], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions; Steve’s RnR picks for the week are:

The Forgotten Battle, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10521092/

Super Eight, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/

Squid Game, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919420/

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle discusses the prospect of small nuclear reactors in the Canadian arctic with Joe McBrearty.

Guest Bio:

- Joe McBrearty is the President and CEO of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle (host): President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/staff#Ogle)

What is Joe reading?

Michael Dobbs, "Never Surrender"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/821960.Never_Surrender

Recording Date: October 15, 2021.

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Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, you will hear a discussion between Cleo Paskal, Cdre (re’td) Dr. Eric Lerhe, and Jonathan Manthorpe on Indo-Pacific stability.

This episode is an extract from CGAI’s webinar on Canada-Taiwan relations, made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, and thanks to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.

Read our Taiwan series: www.cgai.ca/2021_taiwan_series

Read Cdre Lehre and Mr. Manthorpe’s recommendations: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cdfai/pages/4772/attachments/original/1629155602/CGAI_-_Taiwan_and_Indo-Pacific_-_Panel_Recommendations_.pdf?1629155602

Participants Bio:

Commodore Eric Lerhe was commissioned in 1972 and retired from the CF in September 2003 and commenced his doctoral studies at Dalhousie. His PhD was awarded in 2012 and his thesis on the sovereignty implications of Canada-US interoperability was published by the Dalhousie University Center for Foreign Policy Studies. His current research interests are Asia-Pacific security, maritime strategy, and NATO. (https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/experts/eric-lerhe/)

Jonathan Manthorpe is the author of three books on international relations, politics, and history. Over his 40-year career as a journalist he has been the foreign correspondent in Asia, Africa, and Europe for Southam News; the European bureau chief for the Toronto Star; and the national political reporter for The Globe and Mail. Manthorpe has also undertaken special projects for the United Nations, the World Bank, the Asia Development Bank, and the Canadian International Development Agency. He now lives in Victoria. (https://www.writerstrust.com/authors/jonathan-manthorpe/)

Cleo Paskal is an associate fellow in the Environment and Society Programme and the Asia-Pacific programme. She is research lead on Chatham House’s project on perceptions of strategic shifts in the Indo-Pacific from the points of view of the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Oceania and France. She has lectured/briefed at a wide range of organisations, including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Royal College of Defence Studies (United Kingdom), US Department of State, US Army War College, US Air Force, Center for Homeland Defense & Security (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey), Inter-American Defence Board (Washington, DC), National Defence College (India), National Defence College (Oman), the German Foreign Office, Centre for National Security Studies (Canadian Forces College), Global Affairs Canada, the European Union, and the Scottish Government, as well as for heads of major corporations and groups of security professionals from over 30 countries.(https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/cleo-paskal)

Host Bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Recording Date: 17 August 2021.

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry is joined by Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot and Dr. Will Greaves to talk about what effects will climate change have on Arctic security.

This episode is made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

EPISODE NOTES – https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cdfai/pages/4909/attachments/original/1642533495/Climate_Change_and_Arctic_Security.pdf?1642533495

Participants’ Bio:

Heather Exner-Pirot is a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute in Ottawa, and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Centre in Washington D.C. She has over fifteen years of experience in Indigenous and northern economic development, governance, health, and post-secondary education. She has published and/or presented on Indigenous economic and resource development, urban reserves, telehealth, Indigenous workforce development, First Nations taxation and own source revenues,  distributed & distance education, Indigenous health care, Arctic human security, regional Arctic governance, Indigenous engagement in the Arctic Council, and Arctic innovation. https://heatherexnerpirot.com/about

Will Greaves is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria. His research examines global security theory and politics with respect to climate change, resource extraction, and Indigenous peoples; Canadian foreign policy and Canada-US relations; and the politics of the circumpolar Arctic. Professor Greaves is the author of more than twenty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has co-edited two books: One Arctic: The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Governance and Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic. His monograph on Arctic security and climate change is forthcoming from University of Toronto Press. He is a Coordinator of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (www.naadsn.ca), and has received research funding from the Department of National Defence, Global Affairs Canada, UVic, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/politicalscience/people/directory/greaveswill.php

Host Bio:

Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 14 Oct 2021

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle talks with Dr. Steven Griffiths about hydrogen's role in aiding the decarbonization of heavy industry.

Guest Bio:

- Steven Griffiths is Senior Vice President for Research and Development and Professor of Practice at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology.

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle (host): President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/staff#Ogle)

What is Steve reading?

Recording Date: September 15, 2021.

Energy Security3 is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary.

Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.