Each year the Centre hosts and co-hosts conferences and workshops on international and defence policy issues.
2018:
KCIS 2018:
The Return of Deterrence: Credibility and Capability in a New Era
Kingston, 11-13 June, 2018
Engendering International Security Conference:
The Role of Women in International Development at the UN and in NATO
Kingston, 16 March, 2018
2018 Kingston International Humanitarian Law Conference:
Vulnerabilities in Armed Conflict: Exploring Child Soldiers and Sex as a Weapon of War
Kingston, 9 March 2018
Research Panel,
Gender Matters in Political Science
Kingston, 1 March, 2018
Kingston International Lecture: Leah West Sherriff
Killing Citizens: Legal Dilemmas in the Targeted Killing of Canadian Foreign Terrorist Fighters
Kingston, 13 February, 2018
2017:
Research Workshop: Gender, Women, and International Security
Herstmonceux, 4-6 October 2017
KCIS 2017 - Developing the Super Soldier: Enhancing Military Performance
Kingston, 12-14 June 2017
Research Workshop: Gender Dimension of Veteran Reintegration
Kingston, 21 April 2017
Policy Workshop: Between Deterrence and Assurance: Understanding Canada's Role
Kingston, 11-12 May 2017
Kingston International Lecture "Separating Fact from Fiction: Canada, the U.S. and Foreign Policy in a 140 Character World"
Murray Brewster, CBC correspondent​
Kingston, 9 March 2017
Policy Workshop: Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Assessing Canada's Domestic and International Strategies
Kingston, Ontario
19 January 2017
2016:
Workshop: Combat Motivation - Past, Present and Future: The Canadian Context
Kingston 1-2 November 2016
Workshop: Peace First: Canada's Role in Peace Operations
Kingston 20-21 October 2016
International Colloquium: Le bilan de la politique étrangère d’Obama: Les Etats-Unis et la fin de la grande stratégie?
​Poitiers, France 13-14 October 2016
Lecture: Forecasting the Future: How to handle new threats (focus on Russian hybrid threats and "active measures")
Dr. Lars Nicander, Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies, Swedish Defence University
Kingston, ​​6 October 2016 7 pm
Methods Workshop: Global Actors and Community-Level Security in the Extractive Sector
Kingston, 16 September 2016
9th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security (WIIS Canada)
Women in Security Across Military and Civilian Lines
Halifax, 17-19 June 2016
KCIS2016: Engagement Between Peace and War: How Military Institutions Adapt
Kingston, 13-15 June 2016
CIDP/CIMVHR Policy Workshop
The Future Canadian Soldier and Enhancement of Human Performance 2016
Kingston, 8-9 June 2016
Summer Institute on Border Integrity
École Nationale d'Administration Publique, Université du Queébec en Outaouais 283 Boulevard Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau
​Gatineau, 6-7 June 2016
Corporate Social Responsibility, Governance Frameworks, and Human Security Workshop.
Examining Canada's Role in Africa¹s Natural Resource Sectors
Kingston, 3-4 May 2016
2015:
CIDP Policy Workshop
Gender Mainstreaming in the Canadian Armed Forces: Benchmarking with NATO Allies and Partners
Kingston, 12-13 November 2015
CIDP/CIMVHR Policy Workshop
The Future Canadian Soldier and Enhancement of Human Performance: Research meets Policy
Kingston, 17-18 September 2015
8th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security (WIIS Canada)
Rethinking Foreign and Defence Policy in Canada: A decade after the International Policy Statement
Kingston, 27-29 May 2015
Executive Course in International Security [ECIS]: Threats, Technological Innovations and Resources
Kingston, 11-15 May 2015
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
Robotics and Military Operations
Kingston, 10-13 May 2015
CIDP Policy Workshop
Lost in Translation? The impact of military culture on alliance and coalition politics
Kingston, 17-18 April 2015
Africa Day Symposium
The Queen's Community in Scholarly Research on Africa and African Diaspora
Kingston, 26 March 2015
2014:
Research Roundtable on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
part of The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Campaign
Kingston, 9 December 2014
7th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security (WIIS Canada)
Canada and NATO: Capabilities and Priorities in an Uncertain Environment
NPSIA (Carleton University), Ottawa, 29-31 May 2014
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
CBRNe: The Ongoing Challenge
Kingston, 12-14 May 2014
Future of NATO Videoconference
with US and Canadian Permanent Representatives to NATO
Kingston, 28 April 2014
CIDP Workshop
Future Trends in Military Interventions Workshop
Kingston, 16 April 2014
2012-13:
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
Ethical Warriors: The Profession of Arms in Contemporary Perspective
Kingston, 10-12 June 2013
CIDP/CIRRICQ Symposium
Canada's "No" to the War in Iraq Ten Years On: A Symposium
Co-sponsored by CIDP and CIRRICQ (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche
sur les rélations internationales du Canada et du Québec)
Shawinigan, Quebec, 15-16 March 2013
US Canada Biennial Conference 2012
Transforming and Supporting Public and National Security:
Civil-military Contributions and the Role(s) of Armed Forces
Kingston, 2-4 November 2012
International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS) 2012 Annual Conference
Balance Domestic and International Security Requirements
Kingston, October 22-24, 2012
The International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS) was established in 2008 and includes ten defence colleges and universities, including the host for this year?s symposium - the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC).
ICMS: 7th Annual Transatlantic International Crisis Management Simulation
The Case of Libya
Otzenhausen, Germany, 19-24 June 2012
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
International Security in an Age of Austerity
Kingston, 11-13 June 2012
2011:
CIDP/SSHRC Workshop
Transnational Threats and Border Security
Co-sponsored with Social Science and Humanities Research Council
Ottawa, 27 June 2011
ICMS: 6th Annual Transatlantic International Crisis Management Simulation
The Case of Sudan
Kingston, 25-30 June 2011
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
The Changing Arctic: Sovereignty, Resources and Security
Kingston, 13-15 June 2011
14th Annual Western Hemisphere Security Colloquium
Transforming Public Security in the Americas
Co-sponsored with Center for Latin American issues (George Washington University), Strategic Studies Institute (U.S. Army War College), Institute for National Strategic Studies (National Defense University), Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies (Cornell University), and Florida International University
Washington, 7-9 May 2011
2010 & EARLIER :
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
Security and Governance: Foundations for International Stability
Kingston, 21-23 June 2010
Conference
Canadian Perspectives on the Comprehensive Approach
Co-sponsored with Directorate of Land Concepts and Designs, Chief of Force Development, and the Defence and Security Research Institute
Kingston, 15-16 April 2010
QCIR Annual Conference 2009
France?s Return to NATO: Practical Implications for Transatlantic Relations
Co-sponsored with the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS), McGill University-Université de Montréal
Queen?s International Studies Centre, Herstmonceux Castle
Hailsham, UK, 10-12 December 2009
Conference
NATO and Canada's Transatlantic Relations
Rothmere American Institute, University of Oxford
Oxford, UK, 9-12 July 2009
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
At Home in the Americas: Canada, the United States, and Hemispheric Security
Kingston, 10-12 June 2009
ICMS: 4th Annual Transatlantic International Crisis Management Simulation
Stabilizing Afghanistan
Kingston, 13-17 July 2009
QCIR Annual Conference 2008
St-Malo+ 10: Is the ESDP Capable and Credible?
Kingston, 4-6 December 2008
QCIR/RMC Workshop
UN Sanctions Moment: New Methods, Actors, Objectives and Consequences
Co-sponsored with the War Studies Programme, Royal Military College
Kingston, 6-7 November 2008
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
Wars Without Borders
Kingston, 17-19 June 2008
Conference
Defending Democracy: Accommodating Diversity in the Security Sector
Kingston, 1-3 November 2007
ICMS: 2nd Annual Transatlantic International Crisis Simulation
Darfur: Crisis & Response
Kingston, 8-14 July 2007
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
Stability Campaigns: Do We Learn?
Kingston, 26-28 June 2007
QCIR Annual Conference 2007
NORAD's Half Century: Securing and Defending North America
Kingston, June 2007
QCIR Workshop
The CIS Frozen Conflicts: Impact on Regional Stability and Global Security
Kingston, 20 April 2007
2006 Annual SDF Conference
Canadian Security & Defence Studies: In Transformation
Kingston, 20-22 September 2006
KCIS: Kingston Conference on International Security
Defence, Development and Diplomacy: The Canadian and US Military Perspectives
Kingston, 21-23 June 2006
QCIR Annual Conference 2006
Suez + 50: Peace Operations Today
May 2006
QCIR Annual Conference 2005
Emerging Powers: Governance in a Changing Global Order
Kingston, June 2005.
