The CDA Institute held its 13th annual graduate student symposium on 28-29 October 2010, in Currie Hall at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.
Substantial cash prizes were awarded to the top three presenters at $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. These individuals, along with those placing fourth and fifth place were complimented by a signed copy of J.L Granatstein and Dean F. Oliver’s The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History. Individuals who placed sixth and seventh place were awarded a signed copy of General (ret’d) Rick Hillier’s book, A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War.
First place went to Deborah Bayley of Queen’s University, for her prebsentation, “Of Law, Politics, and Detainees: Canadian Liability for Afghan War Crimes.”
Second place went to Matthew I. Mitchell of Queen’s University, for “Rethinking the Migration-Conflict Nexus: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.”
Third place went to Paul Hillier of Queen’s University, for his presentation “Supply Chain Risk Management: Regulation or De-Regulation of the Procurement Process for a More Secure Canada?”
Fourth place went to Frédéric Margotton of Université Laval.
Fifth place went to Eric Jardine of Carleton University.
Sixth place went to Geoff Keelan of Waterloo University.
Seventh place went to Jeffrey Bernstein of Carleton University.
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Keynote Speakers
“Just How “Special” Is the Canada-United States Defence Relationship? Special, But Not Especially Important.”
- Dr. Joel Sokolsky, Principal – RMC/CMR
“War and Public Culture: Practice, Prudence, and Prospects”
- Dr. Dean Oliver, Canadian War Museum/Musée Canadien de la Guerre
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PANEL I – Learning Lessons from Canadian Military History
“A Popular Peace: Canada’s Decision to Deploy Peacekeepers to Cyprus.”
- Adam Coombs, University of British Columbia
- “A Great, Free, and Happy Nation: Believing in the Great War.”
Geoff Keelan, University of Waterloo
“Doctors without Orders: Medical Research in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1914-1918.”
- Steve Marti, University of Western Ontario
“French Canadians’ Participation in the Great War: How Cultural Prejudices in French and English Canada Impeded the Country’s War Efforts in World War I.”
- Vincent Topping, University of Calgary
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PANEL II –Counterinsurgency and Military Strategy
“Population-Centric Counter-Insurgency and the Movement of Peoples.”
- Eric Jardine, Carleton University
“Succès et échecs de la contre-insurrection dans des cas d’occupations militaires : une analyse booléenne.”
- Irving Lewis, Université Laval
“An Evaluation of the Causal Logic behind Population-Centric Counterinsurgency’s Ability to Support State-Stability: The Case of the Malayan Emergency.”
- Todd MacDonald, Carleton University
“Socio-cultural Knowledge and its Application to Military Intelligence in COIN.”
- Tushna Soonawalla, University of Calgary
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PANEL III – Asserting Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty
“Use it or Lose It: How the Canadian Government has Neglected its Sovereign Rights in the Arctic Archipelago.”
- Geoffrey Adair, University of Calgary
“Refocusing Canada’s Northern Strategy: A community-first approach to national security.”
- Paul Piasko, Carleton University
“Pour quelques arpents de neige: Conservative Military Policies in the Canadian Arctic.”
- Mark Williams, Carleton University
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PANEL IV – Linking Religion and Terror?
“Cosmotopology: American Providence and the Rhetoric of Religious Territoriality.”
- Jay Joshi, York University
“Road to 9/11: Al-Qaeda, America, and the Globalization Of Jihad.”
- Navid Pourmokhtar, Dalhousie University
“Open Doors, Open Threats? Immigration and the Threat of Terrorism.”
- Matthew Sutherland, University of Calgary
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PANEL V – Emerging Issues in International Relations
“La Coopération civilo-militaire (COCIM), le processus clé de la politique des « 3D ».k”
- Richard Garon, Université Laval
“Managing Iran Nuclear Threat.”
- Susan Khazaeli, University of Ottawa
“Agreeing to Disagree: Opposing Regime Forces in International Policy Negotiations.”
- Adam Kochanski, University of Ottawa
“Why States Abandon Nuclear Weapons Programs: A Quantitative Analysis.”
- Simon Palamer, Carleton University
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PANEL VI – Gaining Insight into African Politics
“A Perfect Cut – The Kimberley Process and Canada’s Pursuit of Economic Interests and Human Security Values.”
- Krystel Carrier-Sabourin, Royal Military College
“Considérations sur les facteurs de la faillite étatique en Afrique depuis l’indépendance : le cas centrafricain.”
- 2Lt. Donovan Huppé, Collège militaire royal du Canada
“Rethinking the Migration-Conflict Nexus: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.”
- Matthew I. Mitchell, Queen’s University
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PANEL VII – New and Old Issues for NATO
“L’élargissement de l’OTAN depuis 1990: facteurs et enjeux.”
- Jean-Luc Plourde, Université Laval
“Getting our concepts right in the analysis of intrastate conflict: Some lessons from the Balkans.”
- Philippe Roseberry, Queen’s University
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PANEL VIII – Emerging Naval Issues
“Navies and Coast Guards: Relationships, Mandates, and Options for Reform.”
- Matthew Gillis, Dalhousie University
“The New Normalcy: Sea Power and Contingency Operations in the 21st Century.”
- Capt. Robert B. Watts, U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Military College
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PANEL IX – New Policies on Domestic Security Concerns
“The Roles of Faith Based Community Organizations Towards Understanding of Religious Radicalization among Groups with Immigrant Heritage and its Peaceful Reconciliation in Canada.”
- LCol (Ret’d) Kawser Ahmed, University of Manitoba
“Supply Chain Risk Management: Are Industry’s Concerns also Credible Canadian National Security Concerns?”
- Paul Hillier, Queen’s University
“A Punctuated Equilibrium for the Canadian Refugee System.”
- Dennis Molina Tapia, Concordia University
“Electronic Passport and Biometric Identifiers in Canada: Prudential Rule Making under Ambiguity.”
- Philippe Villard, Concordia University
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PANEL X – Procuring for a Secure Arctic
“Arctic Security, Sovereignty and the Canadian Air Force.”
- Rachael Bryson, University of Calgary
“Arctic Defence: Is Canada Ready for the Challenge?”
- Nancy Teeple, Simon Fraser University
“Securing Canada’s Sovereignty inwa the Arctic.”
- Adam Tereszkowski, University of Ottawa
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PANEL XI – Focus on International Humanitarianism
“La validité et les effets juridiques d’une déclaration unilatérale d’indépendance sur la nature d’un conflit armé en droit international humanitaire.”
- Frédéric Margotton, Université Laval
“Which Way Forward? Counterinsurgency Doctrine and the Responsibility to Protect.”
- Michael Kocsis, Queen’s University
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PANEL XII – Canada’s Legacy in Afghanistan
“Negotiating the Insurgency: Settling Afghanistan’s War and Securing ‘Negative’ Peace.”
- Jeffrey Bernstein, Carleton University
“Of Law, Politics, and Detainees: Canadian Liability for Afghan War Crimes”
- Deborah Bayley, Queen’s University
“L’approche pangouvermentale canadienne en Afghanistan : un modèle pour les operations futures?”
- Caroline Leprine, l’Université du Québec à Montréal
“Intervening for Peace? Dilemma’s of Democratic Reconstruction and Liberal Internationalism in Afghanistan.”
- Philip Martin, Carleton University
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PANEL XIII – Canadian Foreign Policy Priorities
“Should Canada Have a Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?”
- Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, University of Calgary
“Security of Energy Demand: Canada’s Options.”
- Michael Kuzik, University of Calgary
“Policy Proposal for Canada’s Commitment, Obligations and “Responsibility” to Protect.”
- Mohammed Masoodi, Royal Military College