The CIC Calgary team is thrilled to invite you to an upcoming speaker event that promises to be both engaging and insightful. Join us for an opportunity to hear from Dr. Kim Nossal, a renowned expert in Canadian foreign policy and author of Canada Alone: Navigating the Post-American World, as he shares valuable knowledge and perspectives on how Canada can respond to an isolationist and unpredictable leader in the White House.

Canada Alone sketched the more dystopian future that is likely to result when the illiberal, anti-democratic, and authoritarian Make America Great Again movement regains power. Under the twin stresses of a reinvigorated America First policy and the purposeful abandonment of American global leadership, the West will likely fracture, leaving Canadians all alone with an increasingly divided United States.

Given that since the publication of the book, the Make America Great Again movement has regained power, Canada Alone outlines what Canadians will need to navigate this deeply unfamiliar post-American world.

About the speaker:

Kim Richard Nossal is Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University where he headed the Department of Political Studies and later served as director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy and then executive director of the Queen’s School of Policy Studies.

Event Details:

Topic: Canada Alone in the Post-American World: what the book got right, what it got wrong, and what the present outlook is
Speaker: Kim Nossal
Date: May 5th, 2025
Time: Doors Open at 5:00 PM, Speaker and Q&A from 5:30-7:00 PM

Location: Collison Space, HNSC 401, University of Calgary, 460 Campus Lane NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1NW

We are opening up priority registration to Members. Please RSVP to the email calgary@thecic.org to ensure your spot and to guarantee priority seating. If you have any questions or would like more information, don’t hesitate to reach out.