Grants and Contributions

The applicant is requesting funding for a conference in Québec City on May 7 and 8, 2020. The conference would explore US allies' responses to the rise of China and Russia, including Canada, Australia, the UK, France and Germany. This includes the use of military resources and technology to counter threats. The project will culminate in a manuscript of the texts provided by presenters, which will ultimately be presented to DND/CAF.

A two-day academic conference to explore the nexus between AI and national defence, national security, and intelligence. Six panels along with one keynote lecture will be organized. Another 50 stakeholders from DND, Government of Canada, academia, and the private sector will be invited to attend. The conference will lead to the submission of a journal special issue, presentations and a newspaper article.

The project aims at researching into existing design and planning practices in the CAF and in other comparable militaries and gaps between them. It will comprise the conduct of a workshop of experts, both military and civilian, in the field of operational art and design, an academic paper and a set of policy notes, with a focus on needs and capabilities of the CAF.

A two-day interdisciplinary workshop focused on the threat space debris poses to national security. The workshop will host lawyers, academics, military and industry to conduct research on the problems of space debris, legal considerations of anti-satellite weapons, commercial constellations of satellites, and cooperation challenges with Russia, India, and China. Policy options will also be developed for the Government of Canada.

One-day conference which will bring together academics, students, security practitioners, and civil society with the aim of identifying and discussing pertinent security and defence issues. The conference will include traditional and non-traditional perspectives, offer networking opportunities for participants, and provide visibility for junior scholars and graduate students by allowing them to present alongside experts.

A one day presentation series, held at the Canadian Defence College, bringing together the best presentations from various events organized by the Canadian Defence and Security Network, and its partner institutions. It will provide exposure, networking, and mentoring opportunities to the selected emerging defence and security scholars.

The applicant proposes to bring together 20 international academics, military, and government personnel, and a host of members from the Defence Team for a 3-day seminar. The event will explore operational and strategic design in complex environments such as grey zone conflict and hybrid warfare, and will use animation procedures (i.e. System Operation Design methodology) to translate the tacit knowledge of Generals into tangible knowledge.

The applicant is seeking funding for a workshop to co-design an education platform that will facilitate the instruction and dissemination of a common, agnostic design theory, to ensure allied commanders can speak and collaborate with each other using a ‘common language.' With the development of an adapted digital platform, the organizers will develop a consistent and sustainable design theory that will allow Canada to train partners and other countries and their militaries so that they can adapt to emerging forms of hybrid warfare.

A two-day conference focused on international security, maritime security, developments in military aviation, and diversity and inclusion in French speaking militaries, among other topics. The first day will focus on international relations and the second on international security. The workshop plans to engage military, academics, students and the public.

A project to identify current and future challenges in deterring, detecting, allocating and responding to social media information operations. It proposes to draw on the experiences and practices of other countries and sectors to improve the capabilities of the Canadian Armed Forces. The project proposes a report containing the research results, the planning of a conference on the subject, as well as the development of a machine learning algorithm to analyze misinformation campaigns.