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Ross Ellis Memorial Lecture

Leslie Ellis, the daughter of Ross Ellis, with P. Whitney Lackenbauer at the Ross Ellis Memorial Lecture on April 11.

Canadian historian P. Whitney Lackenbauer discussed The Military as Nation-Builder: The Case of the Canadian North at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies’ Ross Ellis Memorial Lecture on Thursday, April 11.

Dr. Holger Herwig, Canada Research Chair in the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, returned recently from Germany where he was involved in discussions on the translation of his Marine 1914 book and a paper he will be presenting in 2014 on the 100th anniversary of 1914.

Major Eleanor Taylor

Major Eleanor Taylor, the only woman to lead a NATO combat unit in Afghanistan, will discuss her experiences at a talk on Thursday, May 16, in Social Sciences 856 at 2-3 pm.

Is the propensity to commit evil such as mass atrocities and genocide an inevitable part of the human condition? Dr Mukesh Kapila will reflect on this question during a talk on Wednesday, May 15, in Social Sciences 856 at 2-3 pm. 

Making Headlines...

Canadians ignorant of oilsands' importance to future prosperity, says CMSS Senior Research Fellow Dr. Jean-Sebastien Rioux in Business in Vancouver.

It’s time to talk about Arctic militarization, says CMSS Associate Director Dr. Rob Huebert in an article in the National Post.

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CMSS Students' Blog

Bad Powerpoint Presentations?

An opinion by Boris Trnavskis, MSS student. I have heard some CMSS students and the occasional professor disparage PowerPoint presentations. So what is worse than a bad PowerPoint presentation? In my humble opinion, it is a presenter who undermines his outstanding analysis, ideas, and insights by reading his paper or script, word-for-word, in a monotone using an allegro tempo. At least with a lousy PowerPoint presentation, I have something to look at while the presenter reads his script.

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