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.
Summer Institute Speakers
Sean O’Brien grew up in a military family on bases throughout Canada, the son of rural outport Newfoundlanders. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1990 and served in the infantry and combat engineer reserves before joining the Regular force as a Military police officer. He graduated from RMC in 1996. In 1998, he transitioned to the RCMP and over 27 years, he has served in the Atlantic Region, Nunavut, Ontario and internationally (Jamaica and Ukraine) general duty, drug enforcement, national security, organized crime, and border integrity units. Of note, he has done two tours to Ukraine as a Senior advisor for organized crime, and he led the development of the first integrated Shiprider (marine border operations) in Ontario. His most recent role has been Border Integrity Operations Officer in Ontario.
Penny Moulton, UPS Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), is the Director of Trade Management Services and Trade Compliance, she works with multinational companies and stakeholders to assist them in navigating Canadian importing legislation. Penny is also responsible for CARM at UPS SCS. Penny holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Yorkville University including CCLP, CCS and CTCS designations. She has her professional brokerage license from CBSA.
Claude Beaupre is currently a joint Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Contemporary History at the University of Strasbourg, France. She is a BIG Graduate Student Fellow (PhD) and a Research Assistant and Conference Coordinator with the Jean Monnet Network on Post-Truth Politics, Nationalism and the (De-) Legitimation of European Integration. Her current doctoral research is on the influence of media in contemporary Canadian migration discourse. She has previously received Masters from York University in Public and International Affairs and from Sciences Po Strasbourg in History of International Relations. She focused her Master Thesis on the Canadian Media coverage of the Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe, 2015-2016. She also holds an honours Bachelor in International Studies from Glendon College, York University.
With more than 24 years’ experience in customs and trade policy and law enforcement, Janine Harker brings an integrated perspective to the challenges facing traders and governments involved in the cross-border movement of goods. She currently serves as the President of the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers and advocates for consistent and transparent regulations and processes to govern the import and export of goods. Janine has represented the Government of Canada on customs, intelligence and national security issues as both a diplomat and on committees at the World Customs Organization, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement, and other international organizations.
Allanah O’Hanlon is an Inspector with the Australian Border Force, working within the Customs and Trade Compliance Branch, Customs Division. Allanah has over 15 years experience across both public and private sectors in immigration and trade. Allanah holds a Masters in Intelligence Analysis and a Masters in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing from the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University. She also holds a Bachelors in International Business (International Relations) from Griffith University. Allanah has a strong interest in border security and the expanding remit of Customs Administrations.
Bruce Rodgers has been an active participant on the Board of Directors for the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) since 2009, and became Executive Director in October 2018. Bruce has several years of senior executive experience with several large transportation organizations, where he successfully bolstered revenue and maximized profitability by combining his high level of business acumen, strong leadership and a continued focus on results. Bruce is well-known for his high level of commitment to anything he becomes involved in, strategic approach, mastery in considering multiple perspectives and solving problems, and ability to connect and collaborate with others at all levels.
Bruce also believes in giving back to the communities he’s involved in, and for much of his career has served on the Board of Directors of various industry associations including the Toronto Transportation Club and Canadian Courier & Logistics Association.
CIFFA represents some 300 small, medium and large supply chain companies in Canada, and has in excess of 130 Associate Members offering products and services to regular members. Please visit www.ciffa.com for details on CIFFA’s robust education programs, including professional training on Transport Canada’s Air Cargo Security, accredited Dangerous Goods training or workshops on various subjects in addition to accredited Certificate and Advanced Certificate programs. All CIFFA education programs are available to supply chain practitioners, importers, exporters and third-party service providers.
Richard St. Marseille is the Director General of the Immigration Policy Directorate of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), a federal government organization with which he has worked for over 19 years. He has held a variety of roles from the officer to management and executive levels in the Government of Canada. His work has included initiatives related to immigration, refugees, controlled substances, customs enforcement, intelligence, external review, and Cabinet, Parliamentary and Regulatory Affairs.
Richard has extensive experience working with partners and leading multidisciplinary teams to develop and design complex legislative, regulatory, and program initiatives which have significant implications for Canada and related stakeholders (domestically and abroad), including the travelling public, foreign administrations, non-governmental organizations, and private sector industries among others.
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