FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 January 2018 WASHINGTON, DC–Halifax International Security Forum is proud to announce the opening of the Call for Applications for the Halifax Peace With Women Fellowship. The Fellowship is a new leadership program organized as a 3-week executive tour for senior active-duty female military officers. The Fellowship will take place in late…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 January 2018 WASHINGTON, DC – Halifax International Security Forum announced today that the 10th annual Halifax International Security Forum will take place on November 16-18, 2018 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “The 2018 Forum takes place 100 years after the end of World War I,” said Peter Van Praagh, President of Halifax International Security Forum.…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 November 2017 Halifax, Nova Scotia — Halifax International Security Forum and the Wilson Center Canada Institute are pleased to announce that they will jointly host the Halifax Chats in Washington D.C. in 2018. The Halifax Chats are a series of four in depth public conversations that will bring American and Canadian…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 November 2017 Halifax, Nova Scotia —  Halifax International Security Forum is proud to present an exciting new initiative designed to enhance the role of women in international security. Jonathan Weisstub, Chairman of the Board of the Halifax International Security Forum, today announced the Halifax Peace with Women Fellowship. This 3-week program…

Opening Speech of 2017 Halifax International Security Forum Peter Van Praagh, President Halifax, Nova Scotia 17 November 2017 *Check Against Delivery* Your excellencies, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Members of the Congressional Delegation, Distinguished Officers, Ladies and Gentlemen, colleagues, and friends. On behalf of everybody who has worked to put this gathering together for you, welcome…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 November 2017 Halifax, Nova Scotia — Halifax International Security Forum, North America’s leading foreign affairs and defence conference, today established a new prize honouring outstanding courage and leadership in public service. “The Forum has always stood for the values of strong and courageous leadership in defence of freedom and democracy,” said…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 November 2017 HALIFAX, NS – Halifax International Security Forum announced today that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will receive its prestigious Builder Award during a gala celebration at Pier 21 tonight. “The Builder Award recognizes individuals or groups who have been instrumental to the success of the Forum and are…

This eighth wave of Ipsos’s annual Global Poll for the Halifax Security Forum shows a strong, consistent, and growing (up 7% since 2016) consensus among global citizens that free trade benefits their local economy. This includes citizens in all three countries involved in the NAFTA negotiations. Support for the local economic benefits of free trade…

“The senior envoy for northern Iraq’s Kurds – who have spent years honing their military skills under the tutelage of Canadian special forces – is calling on the Trudeau government to intervene in a growing conflict between the ethnically distinct minority and Baghdad. Falah Mustafa Bakir visits Canada on Friday for the annual Halifax International…

“A funny thing happened along the way to the forum. Halifax gradually became a place where some of the world’s top thinkers and doers get together to share vital ideas and information. “There is sort of an unencumbered sentiment (that) comes over people when they arrive in Halifax,” Peter MacKay, the former Canadian defence minister,…