Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Cybersecurity: Human Security Lessons from Canadian Scenario Planning

Jan. 8, 2026 | Both cyber threats and climate change, as nontraditional security concerns, present distinct but interconnected risks to human security. Cybersecurity issues, ranging from data breaches to ransomware…

Opening Keynote with General Jennie Carignan

Jan. 7 , 2026 | In case you missed KCIS 2025, you can now access the opening keynote presentation by Gen Jennie Carignan where she call for an increased presence in the Arctic, including improved maritime domain awareness, engagement with Coast Guard, and integration of land, sea, air, cyber, and space operations.

Connecting Emerging Technology and Human Security: The Case of Quantum S&T

Dec. 10, 2025 | by: Michael Murphy‍ ‍| The concept of human security has challenged conventional approaches that centred the state as the primary unit of analysis in security and defence. Employed in practitioner, policy, and academic contexts, human security calls for a deeper understanding of the impacts of a variety of threats…

The Duty to Destroy: Russian Identity Formation and Human (In)Security in Mariupol

Nov. 25, 2025 | By Ian Garner | According to the Kremlin and its propagandists, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched in defence of civilians. State actors claim that Russian forces are variously protecting the “language rights”…

Revisiting Military Models in Support of Human Security

Nov. 13, 2025 | I by: Michael A. Rostek | The current security environment and coincident re-emphasis on human security establishes the demand for a closer look at the military applicability and scientific research relevant to the utilization and implementation of human security as a concept for the CAF. 

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: The Canadian Armed Forces and Human Security

Nov. 5, 2025 | by: Adam Moore, Kris Purdy and Drew Lanier | There is no question that Canada, the United States of America and their militaries find themselves in an ever-changing world.

 A “Hot-Take” on Human Security and the Military

Oct. 10, 2025 | by: Tod Strickland | Notions of human security are evolving. Where questions of security once had a completely military or policing aspect to them, contemporary perspectives are often much broader, with non-traditional points of view coming to the fore.

War and Human Security in an Evolving World

Sept. 23, 2025 | Edited by: Peter Gizewski & Katherine Rossy | In a world marked by rapid geopolitical shifts, global challenges, and emerging threats, ensuring human security requires a multifaceted approach covering a range of issues.