The Canadian Global Affairs Institute hosts various conferences in Ottawa around critical issues in Canadian defence, trade, security, resources, and foreign policy. These conferences consistently attract high-calibre speakers, key policy makers, prominent academics, and a large number of the interested public. 

Listed below are links to the various conferences presented by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and its partners. If you are interested in collaborating on a conference event with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, please contact us at [email protected]. 

• USMCA: Past, Present, Future (2023)
• Mood of Americans Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election (September 2023)
• CAF Reconstitution and Culture Change (March-June 2023)
• Canadian ASW in the Future Strategic Environment (June 2023)
• Annual International Affairs Conference: A Window on the World (June 2023)
• Navigating Canada’s Interests Through Resurging Protectionism (March 2023)
• Towards Peace and Stability in the Indo-Pacific (January 2023)
• Canadian Agri-Food in a Hungry World (January 2023)
• Annual Defence Procurement Conference: Putting Canadian Defence Procurement on a War Footing (October 2022)
• Canada’s Role in the Korean Peninsula & the Indo-Pacific (October 2022)
• Defending the Continent: A Pan-Canadian and Pan-Domain Arctic Approach (May 2022)
• After the War: What Kind of World for Canada (May 2022)
• Annual State of Trade Conference: Doing Trade in Disrupted Times (March 2022)
• Supply Chains and Resilience in the Indo-Pacific: Building Mutually Beneficial Dependency (February 2022)
• Towards a New Strategic Concept: Rethinking NATO in 2022 (February 2022)
• Canada's Journey to Net Zero Webinar Series (Fall-Winter 2021)
• Zero Emissions Vehicles Webinar Series (Fall-Winter 2021)
• U.S. Virtual Speaker Series: American Security (Spring-Summer 2021)
• The Canadian Armed Forces and Climate Change (July - December 2021)
• North American Zero Emission Vehicle Manufacturing in a Time of Trade Disintegration (November 2021)
• Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero: How Do We Get There? (November 2021)
• Critical Mineral Supply Chains for Canada’s Zero Emission Vehicle Ambitions (November 2021)
• Reorienting American Energy - The Geopolitics of Transition (September 2021)
• Emerging Technologies and Continental Defence (2021) 
• A 360 on Canada-Taiwan Relations (August 2021)
• 7th Annual Procurement Conference: “Procuring for Interoperability” (2021)
• Canada-EU Relations: Looking Forward (May 2021)
• Biden’s 100 Days (May 2021)
• Canadian and Japanese FOIP Visions: Purpose, Form, and Practice (March 2021)
• 9/11 – The Day (February 2021)
• 2021 State of Canadian Trade – Canada and the US: Looking to the Biden Administration (February 2021)
• 3rd Annual Canada’s State of Trade Conference (March 2020)
• Modernization of North American Defence (January 2020)
• Defence Procurement in the 43rd Parliament (November 2019)
• Security, Commerce and FDI in Canada (October 2019)
• New Perspectives on Shared Security: NATO's Next 70 Years (June 2019)
• What Role for Canada on the Global Stage? (May 2019)
• Canada’s State of Trade: At Home and Beyond (February 2019)
• Measuring the Big Bang: Evaluating the Implementation of Strong, Secure, Engaged (October 2018)
• Ready for Launch: Preparing Canada for a Future in Space (October 2018)
• One Year of Strong, Secure, Engaged: A Status Report (June 2018)
• Positioning Canada in the Shifting International Order (May 2018)
• Canada's State of Trade: At Home and Beyond (February 2018)
• Creating a Big Bang: Implementing the Procurement Ambition in Strong Secure Engaged (October 2017)
• Unpacking Canada's New Defence Policy: The Path to Strong, Secure, Engaged (October 2017)
• A World in Disarray: What Role for Canada [invitation only] (May 2017)
• Deliverology for Defence Procurement (October 2016)
• The Canadian Defence Review Symposium [invitation only] (May 2016)
• What Role for Canada in Ukraine and Asia-Pacific Symposium (2015)
• Canada's Changing Role: The New Cold War and Canada's Place In The World (2014)
• Trilateral Border Issues Symposium (2013)
• SSWG e-Conference: Drone Week (2012)
• Canada's National Strategic Relations: NATO & NORAD (2009)
• Canada & The United States: What Does It Mean To Be Good Neighbours? (2008)
• Canada as the “Emerging Energy Superpower”: Testing the Case (2007)
• Foreign Policy Under a Conservative Government: An Interim Report Card (2006)
• The World in Canada: Demographics, Diversity & Domestic Politics in Canadian Foreign Policy (2005)
• Defining the National Interest (2004)
• Changing Canadian Foreign Policy (2003)
• Canada-US Strategic Partnership (2002)