Gabrielle Daoust is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Her research broadly examines relationships between and responses to environmental and climate change, water, and insecurity; changing forms, spaces, politics, and experiences of humanitarian response; and the political economy of education in contexts of conflict and peacebuilding. Across these areas, she is interested in colonial, post-colonial, and gendered dynamics, as well as ‘everyday’ relations and experiences. Her research focuses particularly on the Lake Chad region (between Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria) and the wider Sahel region, as well as Sudan and South Sudan. For the past 10 years, she has been involved in numerous policy- and practice-focused research projects with international organizations such as UNICEF and with government bodies in the UK.

Philippe is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada. His research interests are in borders and migration, critical security studies, and African politics. As part of a multi-faceted research trajectory, he has also come to research and write on issues related to the politics of surveillance and privacy for diverse audiences.

His ongoing research is on the transnational governance of security, with a particular focus on technologies and policies of border control and migration management. He is currently working on two parallel projects. The first is on automation/digitalization of border security in Canada through electronic visas, apps and airport kiosks. The second is on the politics of intervention in and around the G5 Sahel and its place in the evolving architecture of security in West Africa.

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Veronica M. Kitchen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and in the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research is primarily on national security in a Canadian context, from the perspective of critical and feminist security studies. Her most recent book is Heroism and Global Politics (Routledge, 2018), co-edited with Jennifer Mathers.

Kitchen is an executive member of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS) and in 2018-2019 was its Acting Director. She is an active member of Women in International Security (WIIS) Canada, and part of the editorial board of International Journal.

Areas of specialization

• Security studies (critical security studies, feminist security studies)
• National security
• Counter-terrorism
• International Relations
• Canada-US relations

Dr. Will Greaves is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria, where his research focuses on global politics and security, climate change, energy, Indigenous peoples, Canadian foreign policy, and the circumpolar Arctic. 

He is Lead for Climate Change and Security with three federally-funded research networks: the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), the Canadian Defence and Security Network (CDSN), and the Réseau d’analyse stratégique (RAS). His research has received funding from the Department of National Defence, Global Affairs Canada, UVic and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

An award-winning teacher and researcher, Professor Greaves teaches courses and supervises graduate students in the areas of international relations, Arctic and environmental politics, Canadian foreign policy, and global security.