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• Funding Body: Department of National Defence
• Description: As part of its efforts to foster the next generation of defence and security scholars, MINDS supports undergraduate and master’s students interested in defence and security through the Young MINDS Initiative.
• Eligibility: Interested candidates must be enrolled in an undergraduate or master’s program at an accredited university, and  pursuing a degree in political science, history, international relations, public policy, economics, or be able to demonstrate that their field of study is relevant to defence and security studies. Applicants should be sponsored by a professional academic or recognized expert in the field.
• Amount: $10,000 and must be linked to the MINDS policy challenges.
• Application Deadline: Fall (usually October) and Spring (usually February) TBA but likely October. Applications should be submitted through a unit or department.

• Funding Body: Veterans Affairs Canada
• Description: Veterans Affairs Canada’s Commemorative Partnership Program supports organizations undertaking remembrance initiatives including commemorative activities or the development of commemorative materials.
• Eligibility: Eligible recipients are non-profit or for-profit organizations, in Canada or abroad, as well as Canadian provinces, territories and municipalities. Individuals and federal organizations are not eligible for funding. To be eligible, the project must commemorate the achievements and sacrifices of those who served Canada since Confederation (1867). 
• Amount: For funding requests of $10,000.00 or less ($5000.00 for local projects and $10,000.00 for regional projects): applications are accepted on an on-going basis but must be received three months before project start date.
• Application Deadline: For funding requests of more than $10,000.00 and a maximum of $25,000.00, the deadline is TBD but likely June 2025. These projects must engaged with one of the following groups: 
  • Modern Veterans

Register for classes from the names below and you will be learning directly from CIDP Fellows.

Jane Boulden

Associate Professor - Department of Political Studies, Cross-appointment from RMC

H. Christian Breede

Associate Professor - Department of Political Studies, Cross-appointment from RMC

Wayne Cox

Associate Professor - Department of Political Studies

Allan English

Professor - Department of History

J. Andrew Grant

Associate Professor - Department of Political Studies

Oded Haklai

Professor - Department of Political Studies

Stéfanie von Hlatky

Associate Professor - Department of Political Studies

Christian Leuprecht

Professor - Department of Political Studies

Stéphanie Martel

Assistant Professor - Department of Political Studies

Grazia Scoppio

Professor - Department of Political Studies, Cross-appointment from RMC

Joel Sokolsky

Professor - Department of Political Studies, Cross-appointment from RMC

Summary prepared by: Benjamin Fisher

Looking to break into the Defence and Security career field and not sure where to start?

On March 10th 2022, our colleagues at Emerging Leaders in Canadian Security (ELCS) hosted a workshop at Queen’s about how to get started. Our group of CIDP interns have drafted some key takeaways from the workshop to act as a quick reference guide for students looking at careers in defence and security.

Content:  The team at ELCS illustrated the three-main roles in defence and security in the public and private sector, external to academics.

They categorized them as follows:

- ANALYST

• Uses research and investigative skills to answer a question
• Often used as a buzzword in job titles, especially in the private sector and government
• Typically an entry-level position
• Recent graduates are typically excellent analysts as they have spent their undergraduate career working through data to make conclusions and/or recommendations

Associated Job Titles or Keywords:  investigator, researcher and intelligence

Job example: Risk Control Analyst

• Role is to investigate intelligence on crises around the world and make threat intelligence reports

- OPERATOR

• Works directly on problems and issues with subject matter expertise
• Usually in the field of creating or enforcing (i.e., cyber security threat response)

Associated Job Titles or Keywords: screener, interviewer, specialist, officer, enforcement, responder, investigator

Job Example: Security Screening Investigator

• analytical thinking, target knowledge and context

• interactive communication, working in a team
• achieving results, change and innovation

- STRATEGIST

• Examines issues through general trends and bigger picture knowledge
• Shapes policy and decision making for an organization
• Aggregates and makes assessments for action

Associated Job Titles or Keywords: Policy, program, writer, government liaison, coordinator

Job Example: Briefing and Issues Advisor

• Identify emerging issues and trends with potential implications
• Knowledge of issues management strategies and can provide sound advice to leaders and officials

>>Typically, most emerging professionals move between these roles and do not spend their entire career in only one of these positions.

After identifying the different roles in the industry, it is additionally important to choose which sector you are applying to. Again, this is a fluid choice and can change throughout your career. The sectors include:

• Government (Federal, Provincial, Municipal)
• Private (consulting, managed service provider)
• Military (reserves or regular forces; army, navy, air force)
• Academia (university, think-tanks)

It is additionally important to have a specialty within the security and defence field. This is your unique area of expertise. Examples include terrorism, cybersecurity, nuclear weapons, extremism, regional (China, Russia, Iran etc.), intelligence, misinformation, privacy & law, and insurgency