Women in International Security
2018, Future of Work
Come join the 丁香园AV NATO Field School and 丁香园AV Public Square for a keynote speech on leadership and women in international security with Lt.-Gen. Chris Whitecross, Canada鈥檚 highest-ranking female officer and first female Commandant of the NATO Defense College, followed by a fireside chat with Senator Mobina Jaffer, deputy chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence.
This event is presented in partnership with , , the , the , the , and the .
5:00 p.m. (PT)
Segal Graduate School of Business
500 Granville Street, Vancouver
Room 1200
We respectfully acknowledge that this event takes place on the unceded, traditional, ancestral territories of the S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh, s蓹l虛ilw虛蓹ta蕯涩 and x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m First Nations.
Speakers
Lieutenant-General Chris Whitecross
Lt.-Gen. Whitecross is the first female commandant of the NATO Defense College and was recently named as a member of the G7 Advisory Council on Gender Equality. In 2011 and 2016 she was named one of Canada鈥檚 Top 100 Most Powerful Women.
In 2015, Lt.-Gen. Whitecross led the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Strategic Response Team on Sexual Misconduct, supporting Operation Honour, a CAF mission to eliminate harmful and inappropriate sexual behaviour in the Canadian military, and had a significant role in addressing the larger diversity issues with the CAF. Lt.-Gen. Whitecross is also a woman in STEM, educated as a chemical engineer. She has deployed with the UN in Yugoslavia and with NATO in Afghanistan.
Senator Mobina Jaffer
Senator Mobina Jaffer represents the province of British Columbia in the Senate of Canada, where she is deputy chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence. She is the first Muslim senator, the first African-born senator, and the first senator of South Asian descent.
Senator Jaffer served as Canada鈥檚 Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan from 2002 to 2006. From 2002 to 2005, she chaired the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security. The Women鈥檚 Executive Network named Senator Jaffer among Canada鈥檚 Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2003 and 2004.
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