Thi Historians and Public Policy: Some Reflections based on a Visit to Canadian Peacekeepers

Abstract

A part-time member of the history department at Wilfrid Laurier University, I am also a Faculty Associate at the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategie and Disarmament Studies(LCMSDS). The purpose of the Centre is to “foster research, teaching, and public discussion of military and strategie issues of national and international significance.” Wilfrid Laurier is one of twelve universities across Canada which receive financial support from the Security and Defence Forum (SDF) of the Department of National Defence as part of its mandate to “develop a domestic competence and national interest in defence issues of current and future relevance to Canadian security.”