#WEARENATO
NATO ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
2018 YEAR IN REVIEW 2018
The NATO Association of Canada educates Canadians about the value of security and the importance of NATO. In 2018, we hosted exciting events across Canada to ensure Canadians could engage with key figures in Canada's NATO relationship, including Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. We posted hundreds of articles with over 2.5 million social media impressions! NATO Association Management
Chair - Hon. Hugh Segal, OC, OOnt
President - Robert Baines, CD, MA
Vice Chair - Kathryn Langley Hope, OStJ
Co-Editor-In-Chief - Dr. James Poborsa, PhD
Co-Editor-In-Chief - Dr. Joseph McQuade, PhD
Senior Research Fellow - Dr. Fadi Dawood, PhD Senior Research Fellow - Dr. Robert Cutler, PhD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, DIRECTORS & ADVISORY COUNCIL
Executive Committee: Secretary to the Board: Andrew Mahut Treasurer: Alex Macdonald Vice-Presidents James Bridger, Alex Corbeil, Patrick Curtis, Kathryn E. Langley Hope, Karim Kanji, Erica Leslie, Garrick Ngai, Tina Park, Mike Ward, Honorary Solicitor: Harry R. Burkman / Dany Horovitz
Honourary Director Ignat Kaneff, LLD
Directors
Professor Edward Paul Badovinac, James C. Baillie, Robert Baines, Harold Ball, James Bridger, Hans G. Bathija, Harry R. Burkman, LLB, Paul Chapin, Frank Chen, Alexandre Corbiel, Patrick Curtis, Barry Davenport, Professor John R. English, Jesse Flis, CM, CCOM, OLGD, MEd, Graham Fox, BGen.(Ret’d) Bernd A. Goetze, OMM, KStJ, CD, PhD, Hon. Bill Graham, PC, QC, BGen (Ret’d) Paul Hayes, Kathryn E. Langley Hope, Jeff Hull, Frederic ("Eric") L.R. Jackman, CStJ, PhD, The Hon. Henry N.R. Jackman, CM, KStJ, LLD, Professor Robert J. Jackson, PhD, Kristina Kaneff, Karim Kanji, Robert Kearns, Professor John Kirton, Douglas Knight, Robert Kyba, Dr. Michael W. Leahy, Julie Lindhout, MA, MEd, HCol Roger A. Lindsay of Craighall, CStJ, AdeC, Andrew Mahut, Col (Ret’d) John C. McKenna, CD, HCol Virginia McLaughlin, John F. Nagel, Garrick Ngai, Col (Ret’d) Ted Opitz, Tina Park, Professor Walter J. Perchal, PhD, Wayne J. Primeau, CD, The Hon. Hugh Segal, Paul G. Smith, Jeffrey D. Steiner, LLB, Nicole Verkindt, LCol(Ret’d) Peter Vlossak, CD, Michael Ward, Terrance ("Terry") A. Wolff, Aleksander Wolosz, MEcon, Jeffrey A. Young CFA, MBA
Advisory Council
Kenneth Foxcroft, MGen (Ret’d) Reginald W. Lewis, CM, CMM, CD, Professor Stéphane Roussel, PhD, Professor Denis W. Stairs, PhD, FRSC, Glenn H. Carter, Steven Chepa, B.Com, CA, Peter Cheung, Clive Coombs, Geoffrey D. Farrar, Professor James Fergusson, PhD, Thomas L. Foulds, Professor Norman Hillmer, PhD, Michael Klosch, MA, HCapt. (N) Chris Korwin Kuczynski, Col. (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald, CD, MBA, The Hon. Donald S. Macdonald, PC, CC, The Hon. Roy MacLaren, PC, Hon. John Manley, Dr. Edward P. Neufeld, Dr. Michael Roi Jürgen Torlée, B.A., BEd, LCdr (Ret’d) Albert Wong, LCol Robert Zeidler
2018 EVENTS
February 27 - Roundtable (Toronto @ RCMI) - Turkey's Operation Olive Branch
March 1 - Roundtable (Toronto @ RCMI) - Shoulder to Shoulder: NATO Allies
March 14 - Reception (Toronto @ RCMI) - #WeAreNATO with Ambassador Buck
April 4 - Reception (Ottawa @ Parliament Hill) - Visit of NATO's Secretary General
April 17 - Presentation (Toronto @ CFC) - What's Up with Russia?
June 5 - Presentation (Toronto @ CFC) - Operation Medusa
June 27 - Roundtable (Toronto @ Spaces) - Pridefully Serving: Trans in the CAF
July 18 - Roundtable (Toronto @ RCMI) – The Aftermath of Elections in Turkey
July 19 - Reception (Toronto @ Spaces) – Summer Soiree
August 9 - Roundtable (Quebec @ The Citadel) - The Role of Reserve Forces in NATO
September 11 - Director's Meeting with US Consul General (Toronto @ RCMI)
September 27 - Conference (Toronto @ Munk Centre) - NATO Summit Outcomes
September 28 - Roundtable (Toronto @ RCMI) - Humanitarian Diplomacy and Terrorism
November 3 - Cross-Country Virtual Model NATO
November 19 - AGM & Reception (Toronto @ RCMI) - With Dr. Darrell Bricker
November 20 - Presentation (Toronto @ CFC) - Sir Antony Beevor on the Battle of Arnhem
November 29 - Roundtable (Toronto @ Munk Centre) - Ukraine's 2019 Elections
NATO Association 2018 Publication - Released November 19, 2018 SPONSORS
The Trisha A. Langley Estate
K. E. HOPE CONSULTANTS
2018 CONTINUED MEDIA IMPACT
CANADA'S NATO
CANADA'S NATO
Volunteer Interns - Winter/Spring 2018
Lionel Widmer Canada's NATO Program Editor
Daniel Park Arc of Crisis Program Editor
Marwan Elghamry Emerging Security Program Editor
Sahar Nasrallah Women In Security Program Editor
Daniel Jung Business and Economics Program Editor
Yun Sik Hwang Business and Economics Program Editor Visit of Latvian Minister of Defence, Raimond Bergmanis to Toronto February 3, 2018 Meeting with MPs Sven Spengemann, Borys Wrzesnewskyj and NATO Interns
Trans-Alliance Representation The NATO Association's Senior Research Fellow, February 14, 2018 Dr. Fadi Dawood, traveled to Hungary to address members of the ATA network on global challenges
NATO Association Participation at the CDAI Ottawa Conference The NATO Association was represented by the February 22-23, 2018 President, Vice Chair Kathryn Langley Hope and Past President Julie Lindhout NATO Association Co-Editor-in-Chief Visit to NATO HQ February 26, 2018 As part of an ATA Task Force for briefings on NATO's Strategic Communications Strategy
Toronto Roundtable on Turkey's Operation Olive Branch February 27, 2018 With the RCMI and TR T World - Hosting Talip Kucukcan, Resul Ata and Kilie Kanat Toronto Roundtable on NATO Allies Working Together March 1, 2018 With the CIC & RCMI - Hosting LCol Chris Bowen, Major Howard Yu and Col Sonke Marahrens
#WeAreNATO Welcome Dinner Hosted by Chair Hon. Hugh Segal - with Canada's March 13, 2018 Ambassador to NATO, Her Excellency Kerry Buck #WeAreNATO Reception With Canada's Ambassador to NATO, H.E. Kerry March 14, 2018 Buck and the Toronto NATO Consular Corps Coverage in the National Post, April 7, 2018 Secretary General's Visit On April 4, we hosted the NATO Secretary April 4, 2018 General, Jens Stoltenberg, on Parliament Hill to help launch the #WeAreNATO campaign. Toronto Presentation What's Up with Russia? April 17, 2018 Canadian Forces College - Col. Paul Taillon, PhD, presented an inside look at Russian Strategy.
Toronto Roundtable with LGen Whitecross The NATO Association hosted the Canadian commandant of the NATO Defense College in April 25, 2018 Rome for a discussion at our office Volunteer Interns - Summer 2018
Amaliah Reiskind Cyber Security & Information Warfare
Maria Konstantina Pepelassis Security, Trade & Economy Program Editor
Nasser Haidar Expanding Community Program Editor
Buzz Lanthier Rogers NATO Opperations Program Editor
Michelle Verbeek Women in Security Program Editor
Alison MacPhee Canada's NATO Program Editor
McCartney Lee Canadian Armed Forces Program Editor Ipsos Poll on Canadian May, 2018 Knowledge of NATO
The NATO Association partnered with Ipsos Public Affairs to conduct a poll to ask Canadians about their knowledge of NATO. We found that NATO was unknown to 71% of Canadian millennials. To combat this, the NATO Association has hosted events with millennial groups, put our programs in the public eye (such as our #WeAreNATO event covered in the National Post) and produced a series of NATO videos for social media with funding from NATO headquarters,
SFU NATO Field School Vancouver Visit Women in International Security event with May, 7, 2018 LGen Chris Whitecross, NAOC Vice Chair Kathryn Langley Hope and Senator Mobina Jaffer Toronto Estonian Reception The NATO Association w as included as part of a May 29, 2018 reception with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Juri Ratas, to celebrate trans-Atlantic links.
High School Outreach The NATO Association engages high school June 2, 2018 students to learn about NATO through our class simulations with Sr Fellow Dr. Fadi Dawood Policy Impact June 2018
The NATO Association took part in the Standing Committee on National Defence report on Canada and NATO. The report recommends,"that the Government of Canada engage [...] to develop an educational platform in addition to supporting the #WeAreNATO campaign and the NATO Association of Canada, to inform Canadians on the history and importance of NATO to Canada’s defence policy, in guaranteeing peace and security in the world..."
Toronto Presentation: Operation Medusa
In partnership with the Canadian Forces College June 5, 2018 Foundation, the Association co-hosted MGen (Ret'd) David Fraser to discuss his new book. Canada-UK Colloquium The Association was represented by the Chair, June 18, 2018 President & Vice President Tina Park at the British High Commission supporting dialogue within NATO
Pridefully Serving: CAF & Transgender A Toronto Roundtable explored Transgender June 27, 2018 issues in the Canadian Armed Forces with Dr Karen Davis, Maj Kathryn Foss & Sgt Kristina Melvin NATO Brussels Summit NATO leaders met in Brussels for a summit and The NAOC President took part in a "NATO July 7-8, 2018 Engages" event along with two YATA Canada Delegates, Waqar Ranjha and Ben Pattersion Intern Day-Sail Our interns got to le a rn about the Royal July 2018 Canadian Navy on HMCS Moncton with Vice Chair Kathryn Langley Hope
Toronto Roundtable: Elections in Turkey July 18, 2018 In collaboration with the RCMI and SETA with speakers Kadir Ustun and Kilic B. Kanat Summer Soiree A Summer Celebration of NATO With July 19, 2018 Speakers Leona Alleslev, MP, and Brigadier- General B.W.G. McPherson, Role of Reserve Forces in NATO Roundtable held in the Quebec Citadel with August 9, 2018 Maj. Philippe-Andre Genest, LCol. Steve McCarthy, LCol. Charles Cote
Intern Alumni Celebration A summer patio celebration for Alumni of the August 14, 2018 NATO Association internship program Volunteer Interns - Fall 2018
Taylor Allen Canada's NATO Program Editor
Karim Abdelati Canadian Armed Forces Program Editor
Julia Shaumer Women In Security Program Editor
Justin Dell NATO Opperations Program Editor
Marian Corera International Business Program Editor
Ryan Atkinson Cyber Security Program Editor
Wafa Ghanmi Emerging Security Program Editor Toronto Directors' Meeting September 11, 2018 Hosting Greg Stanford Consul General of the United States
2018 NATO Summit Outcomes Toronto Conference with the Bill Graham September 27, 2018 Centre hosting Jack Cunningham, Ambassador Wright and BGen Jay Janzen Humanitarian Diplomacy September 28, 2018 Toronto Roundtable with the RCMI and SETA hosting Dr Mesut Ozcan and Dr. Ufuk Ulutas
75th Annversary of the Canadian Forces College in Toronto October 4, 2018 With Keynote Speaker, NATO Vice President HCol Patrick Curtis Virtual Model NATO Simulation In collaboration with the NATO Parliamentary November 3, 2018 Association & the Halifax International Security Forum we hosted a Cross-Country Virtual Model NATO
NAOC Program Director Claire Wahlen Traveled to a Youth Atlantic Treaty Association November 12, 2018 event in Berlin with the NATO Secretary General! NATO Association Representation at the Halifax International November 16-18, 2018 Security Forum & NATO PA AGM & Publication Launch Reception at the RCMI in Toronto - With Speaker November 19, 2018 Dr. Darrell Bricker
After a long and distinguished term as Welcome Dany! Honourary Solicitor of the NATO Association, Harry Burkman passed the torch to new Congratulations Harry! Director Dany Horovitz Sir Antony Beevor Presentation In collaboration with the Canadian Forces College November 20, 2018 Foundation, the NATO Association hosted a discussion of the Battle of Arnhem
Countering Radicalization at Facebook NATO Association Program Editor Wafa Ghanmi November 21, 2018 participated an event in collaboration with Facebook Canada and Public Safety Canada NAOC was proud to be part of the Vancouver International South Asian November 22, 2018 Film Festival with our NATO video!
Ukraine's 2019 Elections A Toronto Roundatble in partnership with Dr Lucan November 29, 2018 Way and the Munk School hosting Dr. Taras Kuzio Another year for Chang-Sung Lee Visiting Scholar from the Ministry of Unification of South Korea!
Mr. Lee is participating in a placement at the NATO Association of Canada from the Government of South Korea to study how NATO principles of collective defence and the lessons from the reunification of Germany could be applied to the Asia Pacific.
Fall Professional Development with Stakeholders Included: Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Turkish Consulate Generals in Toronto, the Ambassador of the EU to Canada and the Vice President of Kosovo. CONNECT AND ENGAGE! SUPPORT CANADA'S NATO
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