Security and Defence Forum

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Centres of Expertise

The Security and Defence Forum is a National Defence grant program with a mandate to develop and support a domestic competence and national interest in defence issues of current and future relevance to Canada.

The Security and Defence Forum currently funds twelve Centres of Expertise and one Chair of Defence Management Studies at universities across Canada.Through the Centres, in addition to the Chair of Defence Management Studies, more than 100 faculty members are working with almost 200 research fellows in the SDF community. Taken together with the number of employees and students affiliated with the Centres, the Forum’s academic population includes more than 700 active members.

The Centres of Expertise are representative, varied in their interests, and diverse in their strengths. With their annual grants, they are able to pursue research, introduce or expand courses for students, and organize outreach projects to enhance public awareness. The Centres are selected every five years, on the advice of the independent Selection Committee.

The Centre directors, along with the Chair of Defence Management Studies, come together annually at the SDF Business Committee meeting in Ottawa to discuss the state of the SDF community and ways to further advance the objectives of the Forum.

Contact List

Contact information for each Centre is located below. You can use your browser’s “find” function to locate specific information.

Centres of Expertise:

Dalhousie University, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies

University of New Brunswick, Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society

Université Laval, Programme Paix et Sécurité Internationales

Université de Montréal / McGill University, Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) / Centre d'études sur la paix et la sécurité internationale (CEPSI)

Université du Québec à Montréal/Concordia University, Centre d’études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité

Queen’s University, Centre for International and Defence Policy

Carleton University, Centre for Security and Defence Studies

York University, Centre for International and Security Studies

Wilfrid Laurier University, Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies

University of Manitoba, Centre for Defence and Security Studies

University of Calgary, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies

University of British Columbia, Centre of International Relations

Chair of Defence Management Studies:

Queen’s University, Chair of Defence Management Studies

Partners of the Security and Defence Forum