Vision
The CDSN is a partnership of nearly forty institutions, ranging from academic research centres to components of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces to civil society organizations in Canada and beyond, and over a hundred members. The CDSN aims to:
Create a coherent, world-class research network of defence and security experts;
Advance the body of knowledge in Canadian defence and security studies;
Tailor research initiatives to Canadian defence and security priorities;
Improve cross-sector information and data sharing in the defence and security field;
Improve the defence and security literacy of Canadians;
Build the next generation of defence and security experts in academia, in government and in the private sector, with an emphasis on equity, diversity and inclusion.
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the CDSN organizes conferences, summer institutes, workshops, research assistantships, internships, podcasts, and a variety of other activities to build bridges between the various parts of the Canadian Defence and Security community.
Annual Events
Research Themes
Co-Director, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and at the department of political science at the University of Calgary
Civil-Military Relations
As political dynamics of civil-military relations determine decisions on procurement, personnel and operations, as well as how security is defined, this cross-cutting theme will study how evolving civil-military relations among parties, the government, the media, and the public, shape the development and implementation of defense policy.
Associate Professor of International Affairs
William and Jeanie Barton Chair in International Affairs
Military Personnel
This theme focuses on critical topics related to military personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces. Core topics will include recruitment and retention, military organizational culture and workforce diversity, personnel management and support of military members and their families, and key considerations related to the Total Defence Workforce, including integration of regular forces, reservists, and defence civilians.
Co-Director & Acting Director Research Operational and Organizational Dynamics (DROOD) in the Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis (DGMPRA) in the Department of National Defence
Co-Director & Associate Professor of political studies at Queen’s University
Co-Director & Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies at University of Manitoba
Operations
Operations will focus on Canadian defence and security issues associated with the Arctic, NORAD and with NATO.
Co-Director & Director, Canada NATO Field School and Simulation Program at Simon Fraser University
Co-Director & Professeur titulaire, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les relations internationales du Canada et Québec ENAP à Montréal
Security
This theme focuses on critical questions about whether Canada’s efforts to defend itself improve or harm the security of Canadians and people elsewhere.
Co-Director & Professor & Director, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Co-Director & Deputy Director Research at the Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security Canadian Defence Academy, Royal Military College of Canada
Co-Director & Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
Co-Director & Associate Professor of Political Science, Université Laval
Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Arts - Political Science Dept
GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY
This theme will compare the administration of health security of many countries to learn best practices, assess what went wrong, and why.
Continuing College Professor at Okanagan College
Nature-Triggered Emergency Response and Domestic Operations
Building on the strengths of CDSN and the Canadian Risk and Hazards Network, this theme draws together reserve forces components in Manitoba; the Royal Military Institute of Manitoba; and CDSS.
Professor of Disaster & Emergency Management Program of York University
Professor, Natural Resources Institute of
University of Manitoba
Professor in the International Studies department at Carleton University
Supply Chain Security
This theme will explore international aspects of supply chains, specifically the sources, diversity, and substitutability of key products necessary for the safety and security of Canadians.
Associate Professor of Economics at the Royal Military College, and Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University's Economics Deptartment
Climate Security & NATO
This theme will build a dataset of the existing centres of excellence, assess the effectiveness of each, consider how the focus of each centre affects their performance, assess how the specific dynamics of climate security will impact the design the CoE, and then adapt these lessons for the proposed CoE.
Department Chair and Professor, Political Science at Simon Fraser University
Professeure agrégée, relations internationales, Université Laval
