The Saskatoon branch of the Canadian International Council invites you to our next event, free of charge and open to the public, on the following important international issue:

TOPIC: Canada First, Not Canada Alone: The Past, Present and Future of Canadian Foreign Policy
SPEAKER: Dr. Adam Chapnick, Royal Military College of Canada
DATE: Wednesday, March 05, 2025
PLACE: Saskatoon Club, 417 21st Street East, Saskatoon
TIME: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
~~~ This is the sixteenth event of our 2024/25 program ~~~
[Read further below about the option for joining the speaker for dinner after the talk.]

Longtime friend-to-CIC Adam Chapnick returns to Saskatoon with a controversial chronicle of Canada’s effective foreign policy – about why Canada’s world hasn’t changed quite as much as people are suggesting.

“Canada is Back”. Three recent Canadian prime ministers, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, and Justin Trudeau made that same claim shortly after forming government. Martin promised to reinvest in world affairs. Harper was focused on the military. Trudeau meant more involvement at the UN. Each leader made foreign policy a part of their political brand because they recognized that in today’s world, domestic and international politics are interconnected. Canada can no longer take care of its own interests if it ignores the world around it.

This talk will end with some comments about what we do about the current crazy, loopy situation preciptated by events outh of the border.

About our speaker:

Adam Chapnick is a professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). He is located in Toronto, where he also serves as the deputy director of education at the Canadian Forces College.

He holds a BA (Honours) from Trent University, an MA in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and a PhD in History from the University of Toronto. He joined RMC in 2006 and currently teaches courses in Canadian foreign policy and strategic decision-making at the federal level. He also supervises theses on Canadian foreign and public policy and plays a leading role in drafting and implementing the College’s teaching and learning vision and strategies.

Outside of the college, he lectures about Canadian politics and international security across the greater Toronto community. He has also led teaching and learning workshops on student assessment, course design, public speaking, and succeeding in the academic job market.

He is the award-winning author or editor of ten books and over 50 academic essays and book chapters on historical and contemporary issues in Canadian foreign relations, Canadian-American relations, and teaching and learning. In 2011, RMC awarded him the John Scott Cowan Prize for Research Excellence. Between 2013 and 2015, he co-edited International Journal, Canada’s leading journal of global policy analysis.

Itinerary:
5:30 p.m. Doors open
6:00 p.m. Public presentation – free and open to the public
7:30 p.m. Event concludes
8:00 p.m. Dinner with the speaker (RSVP by email to saskatoondan@gmail.com)
9:30 p.m. Dinner concludes

DINNER WITH THE SPEAKER:
Want to find out even more about the issues, and discuss them with the speaker and other internationalists? Consider buying a dinner ticket and joining us after the talk, at 8:00 p.m., also at the Saskatoon Club.

Register for dinner before noon on Monday, March 3 by emailing  saskatoondan@gmail.com , indicating the number of seats you wish to purchase. Pay for meals by e-transfer.

Prices for dinner with the speaker, following presentation
$20 – Students
$40 – All other CIC members
$50 – Nonmembers
Register for dinner with the speaker before March 3, 12:00 noon. Dinner registrants will be expected to pay even if they cannot or do not attend. Persons with dinner reservations who cannot attend are encouraged to find someone else to take their place.

We hope you can make it!

Yours in service,
Dan Sutherland, Programming Chair
Canadian International Council – Saskatoon Branch