Border security management is a complex multiplayer effort grounded in vertical/horizontal, domestic/international, and public/private partnerships. This institute will enhance your understanding of border security management protocols, emphasizing current technologies and strategies. It will highlight the significance of international and domestic cooperation and effective governance structures, fostering collaboration among states to address shared security challenges. Both traditional and non-traditional threats will be discussed to address the interconnected challenges of our modern world: from drug and human trafficking to cybersecurity and climate change. Sessions will be facilitated by both academics and practitioners and delivered through short lectures, virtual field trips, and interactive exercises.
Dr. Christian Leuprecht is Class of 1965 Distinguished Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Military Journal. A longtime senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, he also directs the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations in the School of Policy Studies and is an Adjunct Research Professor in the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Charles Sturt University. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Military Journal and Canadian Defence Academy Press, a former Fulbright Research Chair in Canada-US Relations at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC (2020) and a former Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome (2019), an elected member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada, and a recipient of RMC’s Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research.
Dr. Jamie Ferrill is the Discipline Lead of Financial Crime Studies and Senior Lecturer in the same at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University. Jamie has nearly a decade of law enforcement experience, having worked for the Canadian federal government prior to commencing an academic career. Jamie holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour from Loughborough University (UK), a Masters in Homeland Security Leadership from the University of Connecticut, and a Bachelors in Criminal Justice from Mount Royal University (Canada). A political sociologist, Jamie researches threats to national and economic security. Her work focuses on the role of human actors and ideology in organisational processes, as well as in transnational cooperation and collaboration.
Dr. Todd Hataley is a professor in the School of Justice and Community Development at Fleming College. He is a retired member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. During his tenure as a federal police officer, he worked as an investigator in organized crime, national security, cross-border crime and extra-territorial torture. Dr. Hataley is an adjunct associate professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and in the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Charles Sturt University in Canberra, Australia. His research currently focuses on the management of international boundaries, money laundering, Indigenous policing and transnational crime. He is working on the IIRG’s project on the intersection of international and traditional Indigenous boundaries.
Institute Speakers
Cesar Alvarez joined Lighthouse’s compliance team in 2008 and was appointed as the Chief Compliance Officer in 2016. Cesar administers Lighthouse’s compliance program and is responsible for ensuring that the firm maintains compliance with various federal, state, and international regulations. Before joining Lighthouse, Cesar began his professional career with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2000 and most recently served as an investigations manager in FINRA’s Market Regulation division. Cesar earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Cesar is a member of the bar of the State of Maryland.
Philippe Roseberry is the Director of Border Policy for Public Safety Canada.
Liam Price was appointed Director-General, International Special Services, in July 2021. In this capacity he is responsible for the RCMP’s international network of Liaison Officers, peace operations, overseas capacity-building initiatives, and Canada’s Interpol National Central Bureau.
Dr Kelly W. Sundberg (Kelly) is a Professor of Criminology in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University, specializing in migration and border security. His research also addresses broader issues of public safety and security, including the development of standards and practices that strengthen resiliency across both public and private sectors. Kelly is an internationally recognized scholar whose work is frequently cited by policymakers and featured in major news media. He has appeared on programs such as 60 Minutes (CBS News) and The Fifth Estate (CBC), and has been interviewed or referenced by Le Monde, The Globe and Mail, National Post, MSNBC, and every major Canadian broadcaster. He also contributes commentary and opinion editorials to publications such as The Hill Times, National Post, Calgary Herald, and Victoria Times Colonist.
Lazzat Daniyarova holds a Master’s degree in Public Finance from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Japan. She began her career with Kazakhstan Customs more than 11 years ago. In 2018 Lazzat was accepted by the WCO as a Professional Associate and in 2020 she obtained another post at the WCO as a Revised Kyoto Convention Review Expert. In July 2022 Ms. Lazzat Daniyarova was appointed as a Technical Officer. Her work at the WCO mainly focuses on SAFE Framework of Standards, AEO programme, business continuity plan, coordination with the private sector, etc.
Tim Fitzgerald was appointed as Deputy Commissioner National Operations for the Australian Border Force (ABF) in November 2022. He is responsible for Maritime Border Command, Operation Sovereign Borders and Customs Compliance, Enforcement and Targeting. Tim is also responsible for Operational Coordination and Planning, including management of the Australian Border Operations Centre.
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