It was agreed, — That, in relation to its study on the role of Canadian soldiers in international peace operations after 2011, the following witnesses be invited to appear as part of panels to be grouped according to the following subjects:
Panel on the Canadian Context:
Colonel (Retired) Michel Drapeau, Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa;
Dr. Douglas Bland: Chair of Defence Management Studies, Queen’s University;
Dr. Philippe Lagassé: Assistant Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Royal Military College of Canada;
Dr. Alexa McDonough, President, Mount Saint Vincent University;
Panel on the International context:
Ambassador John McNee, Canada's Permanent Representative to the United Nations;
Dr. Carolyn McAskie, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and former Assistant Secretary General for Peacebuilding, United Nations;
Dr. Jocelyn Coulon, Director of Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix, University of Montréal;
Panel on peacekeeping theory:
Dr. Charles-Philippe David, Département de science politique, Université du Québec à Montréal;
Dr. Janice Stein, Director, Munk Centre for International Studies;
Dr. Jack Granatstein: Senior Research Fellow, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute;
Panel on humanitarian aspects:
Representative of the Canadian International Development Agency;
Representative of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team;
Representative of Oxfam;
Panel on diplomacy and governance:
Louise Arbour, President & CEO, International Crisis Group;
Ernie Regehr: Co-Founder, Project Ploughshares and Adjunct Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo;
Dr. Fen Osler Hampson: Director, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University;
Panel on best practices – Military
Lieutenant-General (Retired) the Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire, Senator;
Major-General (Retired) Lewis MacKenzie;
General Andrew Leslie, Canadian Forces;
Panel on the future of peace operations:
Louise Fréchette, Chair (Board of Directors), Pearson Peacekeeping Centre;
Sophie Toupin, Gender Advisor for the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre;
Dr. Roland Paris, Director, Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa;
Peggy Mason, Peacebuild;
and that if specific individuals are not available to appear on the dates chosen for each panel, the Chair may use his discretion, in consultation with the Analysts, to assign another witness to appear.