Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Combating misinformation with strategies based on the (non)-politicization of defense issues

Agreement Number:

Agreement Value:

$50,000.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 3, 2023 - Aug 3, 2024

Description:

This project focuses on the lessons to be learned from the war in Ukraine, not on the battlefield, but on what some see as the true weakness of the Ukrainians, namely the western societies constituting the “back”, with a focus on combatting the negative effects of politicization of defence issues and disinformation.

Organization:

National Defence

Location:

Montréal, Quebec, CA H3T 1P1

Reference Number:

018-2023-2024-Q2-TR101

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Academia

Recipient's Legal Name:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)

Program Purpose:

Targeted Engagement Grants (TEGs) respond to defence policy challenges with the goal of informing current and future defence policy-thinking. TEGs provide non-recurring financial support to fund activities such as conferences, workshops, roundtables, and research and publications that are relevant to DND/CAF and align with defence policy challenges.