The aim of this workshop is to explore the various human dimensions of security within organizations to generate a local or organizational strategy that aligns human capacity to realistic security goals. For some organizations, security has become embedded into the way they do business. This has resulted from business necessity (e.g. banking) or due to their specific mandates (e.g. security organizations). In the main, however, security remains very much an afterthought.

Computers and information systems are a fundamental part of Canadian life. Day to day activities, commerce, and statecraft have gone digital. It enables much of our commercial and industrial activity, supports our military and national security operations and is essential to everyday social activities. This course will explore the digitized world (the good, the bad and the ugly) in the Canadian context with a view to assessing the breadth and scope of the cyber reality within Canada and the policy challenges it poses with emphasis on the Federal Government.

This course seeks to explore issues related to the expansion of global terrorism and to identify both Canadian vulnerabilities and opportunities to advance a Canadian agenda.Recent events around the world have implications for Canada and Canadian policy makers. Terrorism and the graphic violence displayed across news media has entered peoples’ lives in new and transformative ways.

In a market place where the landscape is highly competitive, developing new skills and gaining new experiences become a critical step towards both personal and professional growth. One of the most effective ways to develop these skills is through well-planned volunteerism engagements. These skills and experience can meet personal growth goals or it can help someone remain competitive in their careers.

Have you ever wondered how an actor does it? Murders her children on stage and then goes home to cuddle her own child? How do actors create intimacy where there is none, kiss someone they loathe, deliver the same joke eight times a week for months? What motivates them to rehearse for long and grueling hours so they can appear spontaneous? How do actors train themselves to face the demands of the profession? Even more puzzlingly, why do they do it at all—and in the face of so much rejection?