Grants and Contributions

The City will construct this portion of the Barrington Street corridor to municipal standards to a design agreeed upon by both the City and DND.

By studying current programming in Canada, Australia, and the U.K., the study intends to develop an improved understanding of what approaches to CVE are effective, and better understand how we can evaluate CVE programming. Drawing on this analysis, the scholarship recipient will develop a methodologically sound assessment framework that recognizes inherent variability in programming designed to interact with different genders, communities, and regions.

Over the last several decades, the swift development of the Internet of Things has led to an eruption of cyber war incidents. These incidents these often fall into the category of “covert action” conducted during peacetime, such as attacks on infrastructure or information warfare. The recipient's Master’s thesis will examine the cyber covert action (CCA) strategies of several states in peacetime and the implications of these strategies.

This research project, based on current events, proposes to analyse the effectiveness of economic sanctions by comparing the cases of Iran and North Korea. Through reports, writings, and interviews, the research will aim to understand the impact of these sanctions and make recommendations.

The purpose of this research project is to formulate a formal mathematical model to study which mechanisms could influence a State's decision to finance a foreign rebel group and to what extent it will do so. The purpose of this modeling is also to explain the complex dynamics of coalitions between the multiple rebel organizations in a country and the different States willing to support them.

Using the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, this research establishes the degree to which sexual exploitation describes romantic relationships between female civilians and peacekeepers.

Little is known about how the experience of moral injury may affect uniquely female and female-identified military members and veterans in Canada. Here, the institute plans to hold workshops to: i) discuss the unique experience of moral injury among Canadian service women and female veterans; ii) identify events that may trigger moral injury among service women and veterans; and iii) mobilize Canadian scholars, clinicians, and policy makers around the issue of moral injury in these groups.

SecurityWomen is a prominent advocate for an enhanced role for women in security, and a champion of UNSCR 1325. They have secured a partnership with the City of London Corporation to conduct a high profile conference for policy advocates and practitioners, defence/security leaders, academia, media, private and non-profit sectors. This event will highlight the role and responsibility of corporate and civil society sectors to contribute to the achievement of desired objectives under relevant national plans.

Funding from the Defence Engagement Program will support the research design consisting of focus groups to probe women’s decision-making process and experiences during operations, as well as a half-day policy Working Group. In doing so, this design will contribute to a larger project, responding to the question, “what are the factors that influence the deployment rates of women in NATO operations?” and, “do institutional barriers hinder women’s deployment more than variables like self-selection?”.

This project will examine how violent non-state actors (VNSAs) exploit technological innovations, and the implications for defence planners.