Targeted Engagement Grants 2017-2018

SUMMARY OF FUNDED APPLICATIONS – FISCAL YEAR 2017-18

Canadian Forces Communications and Electronics Association

Cyber, Government, Academia and Industry: Our Collective Challenge and Opportunity

26 October 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$5,000

This symposium will examine challenges and opportunities that exist within the cyber domain including national cyber capability development within government, academia and industry, as well as oversight and accountability in the area such.

Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Unpacking Canada's New Defence Policy: The Path to Strong, Secure, Engaged

4 October 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$10,000

This conference will examine Canada’s new defence policy and address its implications on the defence relationship in North America, on personnel, capability and financial issues, and on innovation.

Carleton University

12th Defence and Security Economics Workshop

2-3 November 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$4,050

This workshop will bring together economists in the fields of defence and security economics to discuss issues such as the expected cost of the current shipbuilding program, the cost of replacement aircraft, the implications of Canada's commitment to a larger defence budget, and other issues related to the current Canadian defence policy.

Carleton University, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs

Ottawa Workshop on Strategic Foresight: Charting the Future of Technology and National Security and Defence Priorities

9-10 November 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$16,500

This workshop will assess how to leverage strategic foresight and anticipatory intelligence techniques, approaches, and methodologies in planning and preparing for future and emerging security and defence threats, challenges, and opportunities as a result of technological innovation.

Carleton University, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs

The Year Ahead

7 December 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$20,825

This workshop will consider the defence and foreign policy priorities facing Canada in the near future and address threats to Canada and its allies for 2018, Canada’s ongoing and new missions, Canada and US defence relations, and the cyber and space realms.

Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs

Red-Teaming NATO

Fall 2017 - United Kingdom

$25,000

This project will use scenarios based around three possible futures – one in which NATO members have re-affirmed their commitment to the alliance; one in which NATO still exists but member states are not fully engaged; and one in which NATO has been supplanted by an alternate European security architecture – to examine the outcome of a near-future security incident in worlds where NATO thrives, stagnates or disappears.

Conference of Defence Associations Institute

20th Annual Graduate Student Symposium

12-13 October 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$2,787.64

This conference will provide approximately 20 graduate students and emerging security and defence experts with the opportunity to present their research on Canada’s security and defence interests.

Craig Stephens Productions Inc.

Long Ride Home

Summer-Fall 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$10,000

This research project will collect and analyse qualitative data on therapeutic innovations that are helping current and former Canadian service members recover from visible and non-visible injuries.

École nationale d’administration publique

Le processus d’intégration des Autochtones dans les Forces armées canadiennes: entre apport stratégique et équité

6 December 2017 - Québec, Canada

$22,921

This conference will explore the factors driving Aboriginal retention in the military, namely what motivates Aboriginal people to enlist and what motivates them to remain in the military. It will also take stock of the strategic contribution of Aboriginal people in Canadian defense policy.

École nationale d’administration publique, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les relations internationales du Canada et du Québec

La politique étrangère et de défense du gouvernement Trudeau à mi-mandat – Évaluations et projections

4 December 2017 - Québec, Canada

$15,000

This conference will discuss the Trudeau Government's foreign and defence policy at mid-term and explore the political, technological, diplomatic or strategic impacts of the increase in Canada’s defense budget, the public’s perception of the government’s approach to security and defence, the Arctic’s defence, NATO, and peace operations.

Montana Hunter

(in)Security: Connecting Defence and Foreign Affairs Professionals

August-October 2017 - British Columbia, Canada and via an online platform

$1,000

This project will develop defence networking and discussion group. It will host lectures and discussions with Security experts from British Columbia in Canada.

Queen’s University, Centre for International and Defence Policy

Gender, Women, and International Security

4-6 October 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$25,000

This workshop will focus on gender, women, and international security and discuss the value of gendered approaches to security.

Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative

Canada's re-engagement with Peace Operations in Africa: Challenges & Opportunities

23-24 October 2017 - Nova Scotia, Canada

$25,000

This conference will examine the scope and nature of the current security threats and challenges with peace operations on the African continent, and explore the ways these issues challenge African states’ capacities to anticipate, prevent, and respond to such security threats

Simon Fraser University

Canada’s Civil-Military Gap: Strategic Communication Strategy to address the Lack of Awareness of Defence Policy and the CAF among Canadian University Students

Fall 2017 - British Columbia, Canada

$2,787.65

This research project research project aimed at developing an effective strategic communication policy for increasing awareness of the Canadian Armed Forces and NATO among university students.

St. Francis Xavier University

Northern Defence Policy and Operations

Publications to be released in fall 2017, winter 2018 and spring 2018

$9,300

This project initiates or accelerates the production three research platforms or publication series develops research into open access e-books, and disseminates print copies. These platforms are the Northern Maritime Security Series; the Canadian Forces Northern Operational History Series; and the Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security.

St. Jerome’s University in the University of Waterloo

Russia’s Arctic Interests: Implications for Canadian Defence, Security, and Foreign Policy

January, February and May 2018 - Alberta and Yukon, Canada

$19,530

This workshop will discuss Canada’s Arctic interests, Russia’s Arctic interests, Canada’s defence relationship with the United States and the implications of Russia’s Arctic strategies for NATO and Canada’s allies in the European Arctic.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Conference on Article 36 Reviews and Emerging Technologies

20-21 September 2017 - Stockholm, Sweden

$25,000

This conference will identify, discuss and prepare relevant practitioners for the spectrum of challenges associated with the reviews of weapons, means and methods of warfare building on three emerging fields of technology: cyber-weapons, artificial intelligence and robotics, and human enhancement technologies.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies

Redefining Security Investments

November 2017 – November 2018 - Washington, D.C. and Ottawa, ON

$50,000

CSIS proposes a research project to analyse defence spending by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The project’s objective is to identify and examine comprehensive measures for security investment—beyond NATO’s 2 percent target for defense spending—that would accurately measure allied and partner contributions to Transatlantic security.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Current and emerging military capability developments in Russia

11-12 December 2017 - United Kingdom

$24,447

This workshop will explore Russia’s military services and equipment capabilities and analyse organisations, platforms and systems, as well as Russia’s defence industries and defence funding. It will focus on specific military capabilities, organisations and noteworthy equipment developments.

Université du Québec à Montréal

Stratégies des puissances moyennes dans un monde multipolaire

21-22 September 2017 - Québec, Canada

$10,075

This seminar will examine the consequences of the political and strategic transformations resulting from the emergence of a multipolar world for the middle powers, including Canada. It will also discuss the strategies considered and implemented by other middle powers.

Université du Québec à Montréal, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand

Forum St-Laurent sur la sécurité internationale, 4e édition

10-11 May 2018 - Québec, Canada

$25,000

This forum will explore Canada's role in the changing international environment and address the world after the incoming G7 in Charlevoix, the challenges posed by humanitarian issues in contemporary conflicts, business and international security, Canada and US relationship, peace operations, terrorism, NATO, security issues for 2018-19.

Université du Québec à Montréal, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand

Comparer les conflits armés et les interventions - Enjeux politiques

13 October 2017 - Québec, Canada

$22,364

This workshop will explore the theoretical, methodological and political issues that surface when comparing of armed conflicts.

Université Laval, Hautes Études Internationales

Partenariat en leadership civil-militaire : l’avenir des forces de réserve?

2 December 2017 - Québec, Canada

$18,200

This conference will discuss the relationship between civil society – including the business community and educational institutions – and the Reserve forces and also take stock of the British and American models.

University of Alberta, China Institute

5th East Asia Maritime Security Forum: Maritime Security and Cooperation in Asia Pacific and the Arctic

25-27 October 2017 - Alberta, Canada

$2,787.64

This workshop will explore the challenges linked to maritime security in the Arctic and in Asia-Pacific including those linked to recent developments, navigation, environment protection, dispute management and maritime cooperation.

University of Manitoba

NORAD at 60: Canada's Past, Present and Future Role

2 May 2018 - Ontario, Canada

$25,000

This conference will analyse and reflect upon the last three decades of NORAD and explore the views of former Deputy-Commanders of NORAD, the impacts of 9/11 and other shocks, and the future of the Alliance.

University of Manitoba, JW Dafoe Foundation

Terrorism and Beyond: Defence and Security in a New Age

24-26 January 2018 - Manitoba, Canada

$2,787.64

This conference will analyse terrorism and the defence of Canada beginning with a look at the scope of the problem, the unintended consequences, and the possible solutions.

University of Ottawa

Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice Workshop

8 December 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$18,696

This workshop will bring together the contributors to a forthcoming edited volume on the practice and theory of Canada’s defence policy and explore the fundamentals, thematic or theoretical as well as emerging defence policy issues.

University of Ottawa, Centre for International Policy Studies

Canada in a Changing International Security Environment: Opportunities and Challenges –

7-8 December 2017 - Ontario, Canada

$24,670

This conference will investigate the implications of the changing international security environment. It will address the US security policies under President Trump, NATO, the changes and challenges in the Asia-Pacific, the development and security of fragile states, the security in the Arctic region and UN peace operations in the 21st century.

University of Pennsylvania, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law

Securing Space: Ethical Governance for Outer Space Security

20-21 April 2018 – Philadelphia, USA

$25,000

This roundtable conference will address the ethical, legal, and policy questions, and seek possible solutions and recommendations on issues that lie at the intersection of rule of law/ethics on the one hand and international security/armed conflict on the other.

University of Prince Edward Island

5th Palmer Conference on Public Sector Leadership: “Canada and the United States: a Changing Relationship in a Changing World

29-31 August 2017 - Prince Edward Island, Canada

$10,000

This conference will explore Canada’s defence strategy in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election, the defence of Canada’s borders and the current security threats to Canada.

University of Winnipeg

Climate Impact Assessment and Monitoring in Northern Canada: Assessing Opportunities for CAF-Indigenous Collaboration

September-October 2017 - Manitoba, Canada

$2,787.65

This research project will assess current opportunities for advancing adaptive governance systems involving the Canadian Armed Forces, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit as an integral component of developing strategic plans for territorial defense, environmental security, and monitoring of northern Canada.

Valens Global

Mapping Jihadist Operational Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

September-November 2017 - United States

$24,983

This research project will examine the targeting preferences of salafi jihadist groups operating across Africa, and assess the risks that these organizations pose to Canadian and Western interests and personnel on the continent.

Wilfrid Laurier University, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies

Mobilizing Knowledge through the Past and Present: A Forum on Veterans and Military Families

The podcast will be available in fall 2017 and summer 2018 - Ontario, Canada

$23,500

This project will consist of a forum and a multi-episode podcast series discussing the individual challenges facing active CAF members, veterans and their families including the healing environments, the transition from military to civilian life, and other international approaches.