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Intelligence & Espionage in Canada Today – Sept 30 2026

A panel exploring Canadian intelligence from an institutional lens, its relationship with global powers, and how its values fit into Canadian democratic society. Panel will feature a variety of speakers both from the intelligence and media sphere for attendees to listen to and engage with.

Genetic Data in Crisis: 23andMe’s Challenges and Global Security Risks

Written by: Stevie Gluckman   Edited by: Rafaela Paquet Feb 2025 Featured image: Large, J. (2024, June 21). https://www.ipvanish.com/blog/dna-testing-privacy/ 23andMe, one of the most prominent consumer genetic testing companies, announced layoffs of about 40% of its workforce this past November. Without new funds, the company has warned the public that it has“substantial doubt” that it will

Activities Night

September 16th 4:00-8:00 PM September 17th 4:00-8:00 PM

Venezuelan Illegal Mineral Extraction: State Compliance and Parallel Criminal Governance Systems

Writer: Andrea Iskandar Editor: Bérénice Louveau Over the past decade, the Venezuelan states of Amazonas and Bolivar have become a strategic mining frontier where paramilitary groups and criminal organizations have established illicit mining networks and gained control over extraction territories. The consolidation of this criminal governance is more than just a consequence of a collapsed

The Language of Nuclear Weapons: Sexual, Technostrategic, and Gendered

Written by: Abigail Francis Edited by: Penelope Cramer  Delta One Launch Control Facility “Blast door art” taken by a McGill Professor  Discussions of nuclear weapons are typically presented as objective and rational, removed from the influence of culture or identity, and at first glance, gender and nuclear weapons may appear unrelated. However, in her paper

Reverse Migration and Criminal Adaptation: A New Phase in Venezuela’s Displacement Crisis

Written by: Andrea Iskandar Edited by: Kendall Fagan Venezuela’s displacement crisis, the largest in the Western hemisphere, is entering a phase with implications extending far beyond Venezuela and impacting international security. Since millions of Venezuelans fled the country due to economic collapse, political repression, and extreme insecurity, recent shifts in migration policies in the United

Taiwan’s Chip Industry: The “Silicon Shield” 

Written by: Sophie Andrew Edited by: Bérénice Louveau In recent years, particularly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, talks about a potential Chinese military invasion of Taiwan have intensified. It is generally agreed that, standing alone, a full military capture of Taiwan would be swift, though the possibility of American intervention has complicated the debate. Regardless,

The Open Face of American Power in Venezuela 

Written by: Meline Tarpinyan Edited by: Penelope Cramer In January of 2026, the CIA undertook a mission dubbed “Operation Absolution Resolve,” in which they captured the sitting president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and brought him to New York to face charges of narco-conspiracy and cocaine trafficking into the US. This move, one of the latest

“Real Men are Soldiers and Real Soldiers are Men”: Hypermasculinity in Warfare

Written by : Abigail Francis Edited by: Carly Waiz Gendered roles in war are intensely consistent across all known human societies. Almost all historical cases of war-making have been met by leveraging strong gender norms to create troops of fighters who are almost exclusively male. The ongoing relationship between men, masculinity and violence is a

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