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COVID-19 : Update on CDA Institute Flagship Events
Dear Members of the Conference of Defence Associations Community, As many have noticed in past months, our programmes have evolved considerably in the context of the pandemic. We’ve put together some very successful webinars that thousands of viewers enjoyed in over...
ACCESS DENIED: The Art of Fighting Back Foreign Electoral Interference
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NORAD MODERNIZATION: REPORT TWO: DEFEAT CAPABILITIES
Introduction NDIA/CDAI hosted the second of three webinars on 26 August 2020, intended to examine key capability requirements for the modernization of continental defence under auspice of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The goal was to allow experts...
NORAD Modernization: Report One: Awareness & Sensors
Introduction The CDA Institute, in partnership with NDIA and NORAD/USNORTHCOM hosted a three-part virtual roundtable focused on NORAD modernization. The goal was to allow experts from industry, academia, and government to break down silos and engage in direct...
China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada By P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Adam Lajeunesse, James Manicom, and Frédéric Lasserre
By Dean Coslovi In China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada, authors P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Adam Lajeunesse, James Manicom, and Frédéric Lasserre examine how China’s increasing interest in the Arctic should be viewed from a Canadian perspective....
