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Vincent Rigby on the Case for a Real National Defence Strategy | RAUSI

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:53:55 +0000

October 31, 2025 | Vincent Rigby spoke at Canada's Missing Playbook, a RAUSI webinar series from the Rocky Mountain Conference on Security and Defence. He discussed the absence of a coherent national framework guiding Canada's defence and called for stronger leadership and coordination across the government. Rigby argued that effective national security depends on a clear purpose and the political will to turn commitments into action

Anil Wasif on Canada's Immigration Policy Breakdown | Policy Magazine

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:28:42 +0000

October 30, 2025 | Writing in Policy Magazine, MPP '21 Anil Wasif reflected on the opening of the 2025 Max Bell Lecture in Calgary, featuring Globe and Mail columnist Tony Keller. Drawing on Keller's book Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, Wasif explored how weak governance and competing interests have eroded public trust in Canada's immigration system.

Safe Encounters: Panel on Policing and Disability Rights

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:28:18 +0000

Join us for a panel by the Disability and Human Rights Initiative! The event will be offered in a hybrid format, and the following panelists will be speaking:

Looking to Europe Post-Dobbs? Gendered Backsliding and the Search for Reproductive Justice

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:22:16 +0000

The US Supreme Court’s Dobbs judgment triggered constitutional and legislative debates across Europe.

Norman Hillmer on Mackenzie King’s Cautious Transformation

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:20:53 +0000

October 1, 2025 | Norman Hillmer (Slater Family Visiting Scholar) co-authored the chapter “King’s Cautious Transformation” with Stephen Azzi in The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King (UBC Press, 2025), edited by Patrice Dutil. The authors argue that King reshaped Canada’s national life and institutions through incremental and consensual change, a style of leadership they describe as “cautious transformation” in a country historically resistant to rapid reform.

Sonja Solomun Named a 2025 Bishop’s University Top 10 After 10 Award Recipient

isabela.sullivan@mcgill.ca — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:04:41 +0000

The Max Bell School of Public Policy is proud to celebrate Sonja Solomun, Faculty Associate at the Max Bell School and Deputy Director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at 9I��, has been selected as one of Bishop’s University’s 2025 Top 10 After 10 Award recipients, one of the university’s highest honours recognizing outstanding alumni achievement.

Vincent Rigby on Canada–India Relations and National Security Tensions | CTV News

isabela.sullivan@mcgill.ca — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:40:03 +0000

October 21, 2025 | Vincent Rigby discussed on a panel with fellow former national security advisors Jody Thomas and Richard Fadden on CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos about the increasingly strained relationship between Canada and India. The panel explored issues of trust following the expulsion of Canada’s last envoy to India and examined broader national security concerns shaping the bilateral relationship.

Leslie Fierro Elected to the American Evaluation Association's Board of Directors

isabela.sullivan@mcgill.ca — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:57:03 +0000

We are thrilled to share that Leslie Fierro has been elected to the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) Board of Directors for a three-year term, serving as a Board Member-at-Large from January 2026 through December 2028.

9I�� roundtable on Arctic sovereignty and security focuses on co-operation, Indigenous partnerships | 9I�� Reporter

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:40:24 +0000

October 16, 2025 | Vincent Rigby spoke at a 9I�� roundtable on Arctic sovereignty and security that examined Canada’s northern strategy amid rising geopolitical tensions. He emphasized that national defence cannot be addressed through military means alone, calling for a broader approach grounded in partnership and community well-being. “You can’t have national security without human security,” he said, pointing to the need for sustainable development and trust with Indigenous communities.

The roots of Quebec's secularism debate, why it isn't going away — and who it benefits | CBC

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:32:26 +0000

October 19, 2025 | In a CBC News story examining Quebec’s debate over secularism, new proposals to ban public prayer have reignited long-standing divisions over the role of religion in public life. Pearl Eliadis explains that what is often called secularism in Quebec reflects laïcité, a stricter model that seeks to exclude religion from the public sphere. She warns that pushing this approach too far risks creating a new form of isolationism rooted in the province’s past.

Homecoming: From Harm to Home - Housing as Healing for Women Survivors of Violence

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:33:55 +0000

The 9I�� Women's Alumnae Association kindly invites you to join us for a compelling session with

The Future of Canadian Immigration

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:27:38 +0000

In the final of three 2025 9I�� Max Bell Lectures, Tony Keller explores the options for restoring the Canadian immigration consensus, rediscovering the immigration middle-ground shared by most voters, and building a model immigration system that

Five Walls and a Door: The Secret Sauce of Canadian Immigration

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:22:28 +0000

In the second of three 2025 9I�� Max Bell Lectures, Tony Keller explores how modern Canada built an economically successful, politically popular immigration system.

How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:14:25 +0000

In the first of three 2025 9I�� Max Bell Lectures, Tony Keller explores how Canada’s unique immigration history made modern Canada.

Vincent Rigby on Canada’s Shift Toward U.S. Missile Defence | The Globe and Mail

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:25:28 +0000

October 10, 2025 | Professor Vincent Rigby was featured in The Globe and Mail on Canada’s decision to collaborate with the United States on the Golden Dome missile defence initiative. Drawing on his previous experience as Director-General of Policy Planning at the Department of National Defence during the 2005 ballistic missile defence discussions, Rigby recalled that American proposals at the time lacked clarity and detail.