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.
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.
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
Phil Gurski
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
Pablo Mhanna-Sandoval (Coordinator)
thePanel
Christopher Millar
University Student Representatives
Pablo Mhanna-Sandoval (Carleton)
Africa Study Group
Bruce Montador (Chair)
Asia-Pacific Study Group
Joshua Cader (Co-chair)
Jeff Mahon (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
CIC National Capital (Ottawa): How will the Changing Geopolitics in the Middle East Affect the Aspiration of its Youth? (Webinar)
January 21 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm ESTCIC National Capital (Ottawa): The Biden Administration: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada in Latin America (Webinar)
January 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ESTCIC National Capital (Ottawa): South Africa: Assessing Three Years of the Ramaphosa Presidency (Webinar)
January 28 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST