National Capital (Ottawa) Branch
Contact
Email: ottawa@thecic.org
Phone: +1-613-903-4011
Mailing Address
CIC National Capital Branch
5305 River Building, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
About
The Ottawa-based National Capital Branch is enthusiastic about reaching out to groups and individuals whose activities and interests take them into foreign affairs. We have a growing network in Ottawa of over 1200, including 325 active members. The National Capital Branch is an increasingly diverse group with more young professionals, new Canadians, NGO startups, and women among our established network of policy experts, journalists, scholars, business people, students and engaged citizens.

We invite you to get involved in our wide-ranging activities, including our flagship speaker events, six study/working groups, Politics at the Pub events, occasional conferences, and a number of student and young professional focused activities.

The National Capital Branch’s study groups include: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North America. The National Capital Branch also hosts the Intelligence Futures Working group. To join these groups or learn more, please contact the respective groups’ chairs listed below.

Youth Caucus
The Youth Caucus is a particularly vibrant group within of the CIC National Capital Branch, leading a number of young professional and student programs. These include yearly international affairs career fairs for students, university clubs (currently at Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, and Saint Paul University), a series of informal “Politics @ the Pub” get-togethers targeted towards students, young professionals, and the ‘young at heart’, held at a local pub with guest speakers, and high-profile, interactive events organized twice a year in Ottawa by thePanel.
Mentorship Program

The CIC National Capital (Ottawa) Branch’s Mentorship Program pairs student and young professional members with select, accomplished professional CIC members in a one-on-one mentoring partnership. Mentors represent a variety of career trajectories related to international affairs from government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.

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To find out more about the CIC National Capital Branch’s Youth Caucus programs, including how you could get involved as a volunteer, contact Ali Tejpar.
Resources
Videos

Through a generous partnership, the National Capital Branch’s events are often broadcast on the CPAC network. Additionally, a number of events can also be found on YouTube. A listing of these videos is available below.

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Documents
Every year the president of the National Capital Branch produces a report to inform its members about the local activities and products of the branch.

The National Capital Branch has produced variety of documents related to the history of the branch.

Branch Executive Leadership
Branch Executive Ex Officio
President
Elizabeth Kingston
Vice-Presidents
Zoe Dugal
Ayesha Malette
Communications
Samuel Amoah
Programming
Hamid Jorjani 
Secretary
Yuanyue Geng
Treasurer
Vicken Koundakjian
Immediate Past-President
Margaret Huber
Councillors
Jérôme Bilodeau
David Dyment 
Patricia Fortier
Greg Goldhawk
Marvin Hough
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston
Carolina Mendoza Shimada (Director, Membership Committee)
Edward Muston (Director, Outreach / Fundraising Committee)
Valerie Spencer Keyes
Ali Tejpar (Director, Youth Committee)
Lillian Thomsen

Politics @ the Pub
Alfredo Porco (Coordinator)
Laura Bradbury

Mentorship Program 
Olivia Lassaline (Coordinator)

University Student Representatives

Laura Bradbury (University of Ottawa)

Roxy Lu (University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management) – Fundraising Intern

Alfredo Porco (Carleton)

Africa Study Group
Cheickh Bangoura (Chair)

Asia-Pacific Study Group
Charles Dauphinais (Co-chair)
Rinchen-Dolma Karma (Co-chair)

Harry Li (Co-chair)

Graeme Parker (Co-chair)
Matt Thomas (Co-chair)

Security and Intelligence Study Group
Valerie Spencer Keyes (Chair)
Samuel Amoah

Latin America and the Caribbean Study Group
Rob Ready (Chair)
Jean Daudelin
Stephen Baranyi 
Middle East Study Group
Hamid Jorjani (Chair)
North America Study Group
David MacDuff (Chair)
Upcoming Events