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Arctic report: “Canada to take helm of Arctic Council as region heats up”

September 26, 2012

Thursday’s event, hosted by the Ottawa-based think-tank the Rideau Institute, will feature a keynote address from former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy, a leading figure in the 1996 founding of the Arctic Council and now president of the University of Winnipeg.

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Kathleen Ruff op-ed: “The belated demise of Canada’s asbestos industry”

September 25, 2012

Rideau Institute Senior Human Rights Advisor Kathleen Ruff on the end of the Canadian asbestos industry.

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Steven Staples Responds to New “Buy Canada” Military Plan

September 25, 2012

After a Globe and Mail article talks about a new plan for Canada’s military procurement, the Rideau Institute’s Steven Staples responds with concerns about creating a “made-in-Canada arms industry.”

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Stewart Webb announced as new Visiting Research Fellow at the Rideau Institute

September 11, 2012

The Rideau Institute is pleased to present Stewart Webb as their new Visiting Research Fellow. Stewart is a graduate of the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University in Wales, where he obtained his master’s degree in Critical Security Studies. His research interests include Canadian defence issues, Afghanistan, and India-Pakistan relations. Stewart has written about […]

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