{"id":271,"date":"2018-09-19T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eusi.ca\/?p=271"},"modified":"2024-03-05T23:29:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T06:29:18","slug":"media-advisory-canadas-nuclear-disruption-policy-and-countermeasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: Canada\u2019s Nuclear Disruption Policy and Countermeasures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Media Advisory<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCanada\u2019s Nuclear Disruption Policy and Countermeasures\u201d<\/p>\n<p>September 19, 2018 \u2013 EDMONTON, ALBERTA &#8211; News media are invited to the symposium \u201cCanada\u2019s Nuclear Disruption Policy and Countermeasure\u201d hosted by Edmonton United Services Institute on Saturday, September 22, 2018 in Her Majesty\u2019s Canadian Ship Nonsuch at 11807 Kingsway NW, Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>Expert panelists will discuss a variety of topics including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 historical nuclear threats and dependability on its allies; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 lessons learned from nuclear accidents in Ukraine and Japan; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 measures against or to minimize destruction of property and life; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 current nuclear powers in the world and threat implications; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Canada\u2019s current policy to minimize destruction and protect property; and <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 offer a summary and recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>WHEN:          9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. onSaturday, September 22, 2018<\/p>\n<p>WHERE:        HMCS Nonsuch, 11807 Kingsway NW, Edmonton<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 30 \u2013 <\/p>\n<p>Notes to editor \/ news director:<\/p>\n<p>To confirm attendance, please refer to the Media Contact below.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists include: <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. David Marples Chair of the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Aya Fujiwara, Director of Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research, University of Alberta; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mr. Norm Leach President, Norman Leach &#038; Associates, Inc., specializing in Integrated Business Consulting and International Trade Development; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Honourable James Bezan, MP, Defence Critic for the Conservative Party of Canada; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Joe Howard, PhD candidate \/ Consultant to United Nations; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Rob Huebert, Senior Fellow, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary; and <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Moderated by: The Honourable Laurie Hawn, former MP for Edmonton Centre. <\/p>\n<p>About EUSI<\/p>\n<p>Founded in February 1912, the Edmonton United Service Institute helps Canadians understand their armed forces. Our mission is to promote the welfare of all those who serving and our veterans and to help raise awareness about National Defence concerns among all Canadians. Our annual symposium invites academics, politicians and field workers (NGO\u2019s) to debate and discuss issues affecting defence policies.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact<\/p>\n<p>Grant Cree<\/p>\n<p>Public Relations Director<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton United Services Institute<\/p>\n<p>grant@grantcree.ca<\/p>\n<p>(780) 940-3228<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Advisory \u201cCanada\u2019s Nuclear Disruption Policy and Countermeasures\u201d September 19, 2018 \u2013 EDMONTON, ALBERTA &#8211; News media are invited to the symposium \u201cCanada\u2019s Nuclear Disruption Policy and Countermeasure\u201d hosted by Edmonton United Services Institute on Saturday, September 22, 2018 in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/?p=271\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eusi.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}