Researcher
Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard is a Marie S. Curie Fellow at the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen, an assistant professor (on leave) specializing in Defence, Security Studies and Design Theory, and the design thinking curriculum lead for O4-O5s at Canadian Forces College (CFC). Philippe is the co-founder of Innovation Methodologies for Defence Challenges (IMDC), the leading global annual convention gathering military designers, instructors, and researchers from around the world since 2016. He also successfully designed, coordinated and led two world-class design thinking exercises called Shifting Sands for 80 students supported by 8 facilitators, 11 regional experts, 6 directing staffs during…
Researcher
Stéphanie Bélanger is professor in the Department of French Language, Literature and Culture at the Royal Military College of Canada where her research focuses on war testimony, soldier identity and moral injuries. She specializes in military ethics and just war theories. Dr. Bélanger is the associate scientific director of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research. She is co-editor in chief of the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (University of Toronto Press funded in 2015). She is programme chair for the North American Chapter of the International Society for Military Ethics as well as the co-editor…
Emerging Scholar
Jeanne Bélanger is a Master's student in Political Science - Foreign Policy and Security - at Université Laval. Curious by nature, she is above all fascinated by subjects relating to armed conflict. Her essay, supervised by Professor Alexandre Paquin-Pelletier, will focus on the role of disinformation in interstate warfare. She is also working with Professor Jonathan Paquin on his forthcoming collective work addressing the conflict in Ukraine. In addition, Jeanne recently took part in an intensive program in Europe on the analysis of NATO issues. She visited various military bases and took part in several conferences, including the StratCom Dialogue…
Researcher
Jean-François Bélanger is an assistant professor at the Institute for Military Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College in Copenhagen. He’s currently a senior non-resident fellow at the NATO Defense College and a non-resident fellow at the Brooks Tech Institute at Cornell University. Previously, he held post-doctoral positions at the Danish Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, in the department of Political Science at Waterloo University, and at the International Security Studies at Yale University. He has published on topics such as conventional and nuclear deterrence, crisis decision-making, and new and emerging technologies. He’s currently working…
Researcher
Adib Bencherif is an Assistant Professor at the School of Applied Politics of the University of Sherbrooke. He teaches courses in applied political science and courses on Africa and the Middle East. He is also a research associate at the Sahel Research Group of the Center for African Studies of the University of Florida, as well as at the UNESCO-PREV Chair and at the Centre Francopaix of the Chaire Raoul-Dandurand at UQAM. He obtained his PhD from the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Sahel Research Group at the University…
Emerging Scholar
Chloé Berland is a Master's candidate in Political Science – Public and International Affairs at the Université de Montréal. Born in São Paulo (Brazil) and having lived there for most of her childhood, Chloé moved to Montreal to pursue her university studies. She is interested in security studies and international power dynamics, but also in issues of nationalism, ethnicity and gender. As part of her Master's degree, Chloé completed an internship with the Research Network on Peace Operations (ROP), and was also an intern at the International Bureau for Children's Rights (IBCR), where she was able to develop skills in…
Emerging Scholar
Junru is a doctoral student at the School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, under the supervision of Dr. Marie-Eve Desrosiers and Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé.His research focuses on the identities, perceptions and practices of constituents within the humanitarian aid, peacekeeping and development sectors in crisis environments. As part of his research, he interviews different conflict interveners to understand their everyday experiences working in crisis environments. Through his research, he seeks to understand the relationship between institutional norms and everyday practices in conflict intervention. After living in Russia, Afghanistan and most of Central Asia, Junru moved to Canada for his Bachelor’s…
Strategic Steering Committee
Marc Bigaouette joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1980, where he had an impressive 37-year career. He held numerous positions, including helicopter pilot for Special Operations Forces, project director for the acquisition of a fleet of medium- to heavy-lift helicopters (MHLH), officer in charge of Canadian helicopters in Afghanistan, and Commander of 15 Wing, where he was responsible for NATO flight training in Canada. He concluded his career as Canadian Air Attaché in the United Kingdom and as Defense Attaché in Iceland. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his leadership in Afghanistan. Marc earned his bachelor’s degree…
Practitioner
Louise Blais was Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations from 2017 to 2021, responsible for the 2030 Agenda and the campaign for the Security Council. She also served on the UNICEF Executive Board where she was elected as Vice-Chair in 2019. Appointed co-facilitator by the President of the UN General Assembly, she led the negotiations for the resolution of the 31st Special Session on COVID-19. She began her career as an Art Theft Analyst at Interpol. She then served as Program Manager for the National Archives Development Program from 1992-1996 before joining the Department of…
