President : Jean-Patrick VILLENEUVE, Université Lugano

• Delphine NAKACHE, Université d’Ottawa

• Laura MACDONALD, Carleton University

Intergrating Civil Society into Canadian Foreign Policy Making 

• P. Whitney LACKENBAUER, St-Jerome’s University

Arctic Defense & Security - Transitioning to the Trudeau Government 

PROGRAM - Day 2 - 6 DECEMBER 2017

The Role of Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Forces 

8h30: Opening Statement | Jean-François SAVARD, Professor, École nationale d’administration publique, Directeur de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les relations internationales du Canada et du Québec (CIRRICQ) 

8h35-9h05: Keynote Speaker | Brigadier General Jocelyn PAUL, Canadian Armed Forces 

PANEL 1 (9h15-10h55): INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE ARMY

President : (tbc)

• Jean-François RICHARD et Jean-Pierre THIVIERGE

Indigenous Culture in Military Organizations: the Experience of the Māori in the New Zealand Military 

• Tim CLARK, University of Waterloo

The Exigencies of the Military Situation Must be the Primary Consideration: The Great War, the Department of Indian Affairs, and Indigenous Families

• Lin POYER, University of Wyoming & Futuru TSAI, Taitung National University

World War II Wartime Experiences and Indigenous Identities in the Japanese Empire

• Scott SHEFFIELD, University of Fraser Valley, Abbotsford

Exploring the Meaning of Indigenous Military Service during the Second World War in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States 

HEALTH BREAK (10h45-10h55) 

PANEL 2 (10h55-12h15): UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE ARMY 

President : (tbc)

• Gazia SCOPPIO, Collège militaire royal

The Relationship of Maoris with the New-Zealand Army

• Willem DE LINT, Flinders University, Adelaïde

Oka Crisis Management, Canadian Army Intervention, and Democracy

• Magdalena PALUSZKIEWICZ-MISIACZEK, Jagiellonian University, Krakow  

Canadian Aboriginal Veterans of WWI & WWII

President : (tbc)

• Noah RISEMAN, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service in the Second World War 

• P. Whitney LACKENBAUER, St-Jerome’s University, Waterloo

Putting the Canadian Rangers in their (Appropriate) Place: Misperceptions, Mischaracterizations, and the Dangers of Ill-Informed Critiques       

• John MACFARLANE, Ministère de la Défense nationale du Canada

The Cultural Contribution of Aboriginals in the Canadian Army

• Magali VULLIERME, Université de Versailles St-Quentin, Paris

The Sociological Contribution of the Canadian Rangers: Tool of Assimilation or Mean of Agentivity?

Président : (tbc)

• Katharine MCGOWAN & Simon PALAMR, University of Waterloo

A Mixed Methods Study of Enlistment Patterns on Reserves, 1914-1918 

• Carol AGOCS, Western University

Canadian Dilemma: Is There a Path from Systemic Racism toward Employment Equity for Indigenous People in the Canadian Forces?

• Tamy GEORGE, University of Toronto

What are the Promises and Limitations of the CAF's Current Diversity Strategy for Indigenous Groups in Canada  

• Sébastien LINDSAY GIRARD et Jean-François SAVARD, École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP), Québec

The Organizational Influence on Individual Perceptions: Social Representations of Aboriginal from the Canadian Soldiers