Rideau Institute Explained

Rideau Institute
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Abbreviation:	RI
Formation:	2007
Type:	non-profit research organization based in Canada
Status:	active
Purpose:	advocate and public voice, educator and network
Headquarters:	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Region Served:	Canada
Language:	English, French
Website:	Rideau Institute website

The Rideau Institute is a non-profit independent research and advocacy group based in Ottawa. It focuses on foreign policy and defence policy issues.

It was founded in January 2007.^[1] It is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Personnel

Directors

• Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute, former UN Ambassador for Disarmament
• Steven Staples, Vice-President of the Rideau Institute, commentator, and author of Missile Defence: Round One
• Michael Byers, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia and author of Intent for a Nation, What is Canada For?
• Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of numerous books and studies on Canadian public policy
• Kathleen Ruff, former Director of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission and former director of the Court Challenges Program

Senior Advisors

• Maude Barlow, author and Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
• Peter Coombes, co-founder of Ceasefire.ca and Job Evaluation Representative for CUPE
• Murray Dobbin, political commentator and author
• Walter Dorn, Associate Professor of Defence Studies, Royal Military College of Canada
• Wade Huntley, Director of the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
• Anil Naidoo, International water policy analyst and Project Organizer of the Blue Planet Project
• Douglas Roche, author, former parliamentarian and senator (retired)
• Bill Robinson, former Program Associate, Project Ploughshares
• Erika Simpson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Western Ontario
• Scott Sinclair, director of Trade and Investment Research Project, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Alice Slater, Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, NY
• Gar Pardy, former Canadian diplomat

See also

• Ceasefire Canada
• RightOnCanada.ca

External links

• Rideau Institute website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About – Rideau Institute.