Activities

Since its creation in 2020, CRITIC has set up a program of research and knowledge dissemination activities, including an annual lecture series, the organization of symposiums, round tables and publications. These activities are complemented by the media presence of CRITIC members in their field of expertise.

 

CRITIC Lecture Series

CRITIC Lecture Series
2024-2025

Kristy Snell, Concordia University, Canada
Lecture ‘Telling Indigenous Stories - how journalism can do better,’ September 24, 2024.

Craig Martin, Washburn University School of Law, United States
Lecture ‘Geoengineering Wars and Atmospheric Governance,’ October 7, 2024.

Justin Massie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Lecture ‘Le partage du fardeau militaire en Ukraine’ [Military Burden Sharing in Ukraine], November 27, 2024.

Benjamin Zyla, Université d'Ottawa, Canada
Lecture ‘The politics and practices of NATO Burden Sharing and what to expect under a Trump II Presidency,’ January 30, 2025.

Lyubov Zhyznomirska, Saint Mary’s University, Canada
Lecture ‘Wartime Diplomacy: Forging Ukraine’s Place in the European Geopolitical Order’, February 12, 2025.

Stéphane Roussel, École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP), and Médérik Sioui, Canada
Lecture ‘Les cultures stratégiques des Premières Nations au Canada’ [The Strategic Cultures of First Nations in Canada], March 21, 2025.

Jessica Dorsey, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Lecture ‘Proportionality under Pressure: The Effects of AI-Enabled Decision Support Systems, the Reasonable Commander Standard and Human(e) Judgment in Targeting,’ March 25, 2025.

2023-2024

Margaret Moore, Queen’s University, Canada
Lecture ‘Biodiversity Crisis and Duties to Address it,’ September 29, 2023.

John-Paul Gravelines, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, United Kingdom
Lecture ‘Contesting the Global Information Environment Against Russia,’ October 26, 2023.

Jussi P. Laine, Karelian Institute de University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Lecture ‘(De)fencing ontological in/security: Farewell to the Finnish-Russian pragmatic frame,’ November 15, 2023.

François Crépeau, Université McGill, Canada
Lecture ‘La gouvernance multilatérale de la mobilité humaine – Un défi planétaire’ [The Multilateral Governance of Human Mobility – A Global Challenge], January 26, 2024.

Arthur Silve, Université Laval, Canada
Lecture ‘La dimension internationale des guerres civiles’ [The International Dimension of Civil Wars], February 20, 2024.

Aurélie Campana, Université Laval, Canada
Lecture ‘Le facteur ‘’tatar de Crimée’’ dans la politique ukrainienne depuis la fin des années 1990’ [The 'Crimean Tatar' Factor in Ukrainian Politics Since the Late 1990s], March 14, 2024.

2022-2023

Magdalena Dembinska, Université de Montréal, Canada
Lecture ‘Les dynamiques des conflits gelés : séparatisme et les États de facto en Eurasie’ [The Dynamics of Frozen Conflicts: Separatism and De Facto States in Eurasia], September 15, 2022.

Elke Winter, Université d’Ottawa, Canada
Lecture ‘On Max Weber and Ethnicity in Times of Intellectual Decolonization’ [Max Weber et l'ethnicité en temps de décolonisation intellectuelle], October 6, 2022.

Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Australian National University, Australia
Lecture ‘Zones rouges : Cartographie contemporaine du risque’ [Red Zones: Contemporary Risk Mapping], October 27, 2022.

Charles Lin, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Lecture, November 2.

Mark B. Salter, Université d’Ottawa, Canada
Lecture ‘Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) and the Future Navy’, February 7, 2023.

Sven Biscop, Egmont Institute, Bruxelles
Lecture ‘L’Ukraine et l’Europe : d’un état tampon à un état frontalier’ [Ukraine and Europe: From a Buffer State to a Border State], March 15, 2023.

2021-2022

Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé, Bishop’s University, Canada
Lecture ‘Trusting Diversity: Intersectionality and Peacekeeping-Intelligence,’ September 15, 2021.

Constanza Muzu, Université d’Ottawa, Canada
Lecture ‘Blood Antiquities and the International Fight against Terrorism Financin’, October 21, 2021.

Frédéric Mérand, Université de Montréal, Canada
Lecture ‘La gestion de crise en démocratie : de la Grèce à l’Italie’ [Crisis management in democracy: from Greece to Italy], November 18, 2021.

Pierre Prévot, Université Laval, Canada
Lecture ‘IA et données massives : un premier tour d’horizon’ [IA and Big Data: A First Look], February 22, 2022.

Walter Dorn, Royal Military College of Canada and the Canadian Forces College, Canada
Lecture ‘Global Governance of security: The Evolution of Ideas and Institutions,’ April 11, 2022.

2020-2021

Yann Breault, RMC Saint-Jean, Canada
Lecture ‘La guerre pour l’Artsakh : Une victoire russe? ’ [The war for Artsakh: A Russian victory?], January 28, 2021.

Bruno Charbonneau, RMC Saint-Jean, Canada
Lecture ‘Géopolitique du climat’ [Geopolitics of climate], March 9, 2021.

Simon Hogue, RMC Saint-Jean, Canada
Lecture ‘Surveillance & technologies numériques à l’ère COVID : questions de démocratie’ [Surveillance & digital technologies in the COVID era: questions of democracy], March 30, 2021.

2019-2020

Charles-Philippe David, UQAM, Canada
Lecture ‘Les reculs des relations internationales’ [Setbacks in international relations], September 18, 2019.

Marijn Hoijtink, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Lecture ‘War Analytics: Towards a Study of AI-Mediated Decisions in War,’ December 9, 2019.

Conferences and Symposiums

Conferences and Symposiums
Conferences
  • December 2–3, 2021, ‘Sécurité climatique : nouveau paradigme?’ [Climate security: new paradigm?], by Bruno Charbonneau (RMC Saint-Jean)
  • June 30, 2021, ‘Surveillance électronique, les applications de traçage et la COVID-19’ [Electronic surveillance, tracing apps and COVID-19], by Simon Hogue (RMC Saint-Jean)
  • April 9, 2021, Conference by the CDA Insitute (Defense Association Institute), by Bruno Charbonneau (RMC Saint-Jean), in collaboration with Bishop’s University and the Centre FrancoPaix
  • April 8, 2021, ‘Prêt, engagé et renseigné’ [Ready, Committed and Informed], by Bruno Charbonneau (RMC Saint-Jean), in collaboration with Bishop’s University, the Centre FrancoPaix and the Network for Strategic Analysis
  • March 16, 2021, ‘Démystifier l’autre : les relations entre civils et militaires’ [Demystifying the Other: Civil-Military Relations], by Marina Sharpe (RMC Saint-Jean) in collaboration with the MIGS (Concordia University) and the CIC (Université de Montréal)
Symposiums
  • June 7, 2022, ‘La gouvernance européenne des technologies émergentes : concepts, enjeux et pratiques’ [European governance of emerging technologies: concepts, challenges and practices], in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche stratégique de l’École militaire (IRSEM), the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO/RegulAIR) and the EU Cyber Direct-EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative, Paris
  • May 2–3, 2022, ‘Penser et écrire la guerre de l’époque moderne à nos jours’ [Thinking and writing about war from modern times to the present day], in collaboration with the UQAM
  • February 5, 2022, ‘Colloque québécois sur la sécurité internationale des étudiants au premier cycle’ [Quebec Symposium on the International Security of Undergraduate Students], in collaboration with Bishop’s University
Round Table

“Crossed views on the Governance of Emerging Technologies,’ November 7, 2022:

Panel 1 - Emerging Technologies: Democracy and Authoritarianism

Moderator: Chantal Lavallée (RMC Saint-Jean)

David Grondin, Université de Montréal
‘Imaginer, planifier et expérimenter la guerre à distance dans la culture militaire états-unienne avec les technologies de ciblage’ [Imagining, planning and experiencing ranged warfare in US military culture with targeting technologies]

Benjamin Fung, McGill University
‘China’s digital tactics and interference in Canada’

Marie-Jean Meurs, UQAM
‘Les enjeux éthiques de l’intelligence artificielle’ [The ethical and cultural issues of artificial intelligence]

Simon Hogue, RMC Saint-Jean
‘La surveillance civile dans la guerre en Ukraine : la frontière brouillée entre observateurs et participants à la guerre’ [Civilian surveillance in the war in Ukraine: the blurred line between observers and participants in the war]

Panel 2 : European Perspectives on Emerging Technologies

Moderator: Simon Hogue (RMC Saint-Jean)

Raluca Csernatoni, VUB/Carnegie Europe, Bruxelles
Companions or Competitors? Exploring EU and NATO agendas for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies

Océane Zubeldia, IRSEM, Paris
‘La technologie, un instrument de puissance dans les relations internationales : quelle place pour l’Union européenne?’ [Technology, an instrument of power in international relations: what place for the European Union?]

Delphine Deschaux-Dutard, Université Grenoble Alpes
‘L’architecture de cybersécurité et de cyberdéfense européenne fait-elle de l’UE une cyberpuissance en devenir?’ [Does the European cybersecurity and cyberdefence architecture make the EU a cyberpower in the making?]

Chantal Lavallée, RMC Saint-Jean
‘Les enjeux civils et militaires de l’intégration des drones dans l’espace aérien européen’ [The civil and military challenges of integrating drones into European airspace]

 

April 21, 2022, Round table on the situation in Ukraine, RMC Saint-Jean

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