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Distinguished Speaker

Distinguished Speaker 22 June 2022 – Operation PRESENCE: Engagement Capacity Building for United Nations Peace Operations

This event was deferred due to change of travel arrangements of the speaker.  The new date will be posted later.

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Distinguished Speaker 25 May 2022 – No. 2 Construction Battalion: A Short History & an Apology

RUSI(NS) will host Colonel (retired) John Boileau, presenting “No. 2 Construction Battalion: A Short History & an Apology.” After considerable

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Presentations 

MV ASTERIX – Government of Canada Leased Replenishment Vessel

July 15, 2020July 16, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Distinguished Speaker, RCN

Rear-Admiral Gilles Couturier, Royal Canadian Navy (retired), Chief Executive Officer, Federal Fleet Services Inc., spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests by

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“Growing Together” – The Cultural Contribution of Indigenous People in the Canadian Military Since the First World War

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Canadian Armed Forces, Distinguished Speaker, history & heritage

Slides to accompany this text are available here. Image 1 – title 1          One hundred years ago, when the Canadian

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Halifax and Region Military Family Resource Centre

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Canadian Armed Forces, Distinguished Speaker

Shelley Hopkins, Executive Director of the Halifax and Region Military Family Resource Centre, spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests 10 October

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Arctic Priorities: Opportunities for the Canadian and Global Arctic

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Arctic, Canadian Coast Guard, Distinguished Speaker

Presentation on the Arctic by Robert Brooks, Director, Economic Industry Intelligence, Canadian Coast Guard, to RUSI(NS) and guests, 29 August 2018.

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The changing nature of public affairs in the CAF

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff Canadian Armed Forces, Distinguished Speaker

(Editor’s note: Senior Public Affairs Officers [PAO] Major James Simiana, National Defence Public Affairs Officer Atlantic; Lieutenant-Commander Jordan Holder, PAO

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5th Canadian Division looks to capitalize on new training, equipment and benefits

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Army, Distinguished Speaker

Brigadier-General Derek Macaulay, Commander 5th Canadian Division, spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests 10 January 2018 using no notes or slides. 

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City’s Saviours: The Military Response to the Halifax Explosion

November 22, 2017November 27, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Canadian Army, Distinguished Speaker, history & heritage, RCN

(Editor’s note: The following is the talk on the subject given by Colonel John Boileau, Canadian Army (retired), to members

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Supporting Veterans in Long Term Care

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Distinguished Speaker, veterans

On 18 October 2017, Lynne McCloskey, A/Director Long Term Care & Disability Benefits Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada, briefed the Royal United

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Comments 

HMCS ST JOHN’S and Operation REASSURANCE

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Distinguished Speaker, RCN

The popular RUSI(NS) Distinguished Speaker series continued on 4 October 2017 with a presentation by Commander Sheldon Gillis. The charismatic

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