Episode 4.14: People Centered Security and Defence
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The episode discusses overlooked community security implications for Canadians amidst defence spending news.
CDSN Podcast Producer Melissa Jennings steps in for Steve Saideman as she and Dr. Linna Tam-Seto (Assistant Professor Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto) discuss some long-term community security implications for Canadians that have been overlooked in all the defence spending news. This includes the effects of budget cuts to Veterans Affairs Canada, housing availability, disaster/emergency preparedness mitigation and planning in the provinces as well as research on the health impacts of new equipment and mandates for CAF members. Steve still had time to interview CDSN/Norman Paterson School of International Affairs’ Visiting Defence Fellow, Col. Shawn Guilbault. Colonel Shawn Guilbault is currently Visiting Defence Fellow at Carleton University’s Norman Patterson School of International Affairs. An RCAF base brat, he began his military career with the Governor General’s Foot Guards in Ottawa before commissioning as an Aerospace Control Officer. His postings span mobile radar, air defence sector, and E-3 AWACS operations in Canada and the United States, including the privilege of commanding…
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