The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Toronto Metropolitan University is proud to present its second talk of the Fall 2024 series: “Ready or Not? Canada’s Military and the Changing Nature of Warfare.“

Our guests will be: 

Major-General David Fraser (retired), who served for 31 years in the Armed Forces, including as NATO Commander Regional Command South in Afghanistan and Commandant of the Canadian Armed Forces College. 

Major-General Denis Thompson (retired), who served for 39 years in the Armed Forces, including as commander of NATO’s Task Force Kandahar (2008/09) and Canada’s Special Operations Forces (2011-2014). 

and

Dr. Adam Chapnick, professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) and deputy director of education at the Canadian Forces College.

Their talk will be held in-person on Wednesday, October 9th between 6:30 and 8:30 pm in ENG 103 (the Vari Engineering Building, 245 Church Street, Toronto). Attendance is free and everyone is welcome.  

Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the TMU community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com  or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com