For the third time in NATO history, the NATO Association of Canada hosted an honourary event for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday, June 19th, 2024. Stoltenberg was awarded the Louis St. Laurent Award for outstanding contributions to the ideals and principles of maintaining peace and order enshrined in the Washington Treaty. Past recipients Read More…
On June 4th, 2024, the NATO Association of Canada hosted a delegation of Hungarian students from the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), members of the Consulate General of Hungary in Toronto, and NAOC Directors at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto. Surrounded by prestigious military medals in the aptly named Medals Room of the RCMI, visitors took part in a unique Read More…
On July 7, the NATO Association of Canada hosted “Insights into the 2023 Vilnius Summit: A Moderated Discussion.” The virtual event, co-moderated by Matthew D’Amico and Aly Sayani, both members of the NATO Association of Canada’s team, brought together the highest-ranking members of the Baltic states’ diplomatic community in Canada. This included Margus Rava, Estonia’s Read More…
From June 3 to June 10, Robert Baines, president and CEO of the NATO Association of Canada, joined a delegation of Canadian academics and security experts—Steve Saideman, Jean-Christophe Boucher, Justin Massie, Marcus Kolga, and Alexandra Gheciu—and members of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Public Affairs on a visit to Latvia. A testament to the close ties Read More…
On June 15, the NATO Association of Canada and the Canadian Forces College Foundation (CFCF) are co-hosting “Wagner in Africa: Implications for Canada” at the Canadian Forces College (CFC), a premier learning institution for senior officers in the Canadian Armed Forces, in Toronto. Dr. Christopher Spearin, a professor at CFC and expert on the “privatization Read More…
On May 9, the NATO Association of Canada hosted Andrew Kirsch at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto. Kirsch, a former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) intelligence officer and the founder and president of the Kirsch Group, spoke about his book, I Was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees, Code Names Read More…
On April 13, the NATO Association of Canada sponsored a book launch forDeploying Feminism: The Role of Gender in NATO Military Operations, the most recent book by Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky, Associate Professor, Queen’s University, at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto. Dr. Madison Schramm, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, moderated the discussion. The Read More…
On April 4, the NATO Association of Canada teamed up with the Threat Intelligence Exchange Roundtable (TIER) to host “Security, Risk, and Intelligence Careers: Possibilities in the Private Sector” at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto. The joint event featured a panel with those working in the private security, risk, and intelligence industry. This Read More…
On April 3, the NATO Association of Canada and the Canadian International Council (CIC), National Capital Branch together hosted “Building a More Secure Indo-Pacific: Canada and Japan,” a virtual discussion between H.E. Kanji Yamanouchi, Japanese Ambassador to Canada, and the Hon. Robert Oliphant, M.P. and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Valerie Keyes, Read More…
On March 31, the NATO Association of Canada hosted Kaspars Ozoliņš, Latvia’s Ambassador to Canada, and Kevin Rex, former Ambassador of Canada to Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania and current Director General, Security and Energy Management, Strategy and Policy, Global Affairs Canada, for a fireside chat at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto. The event, titled “Canada and Latvia United on the Read More…