Introduction to "Evolving Transnational Threats and Border Security: A New Research Agenda"

Abstract

In June 2011, a group of federal departments and agencies including Public Safety Canada (PS), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), convened a meeting of experts on the broad issues of Canadian security in collaboration with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The workshop, Transnational Threats and Border Security, had as a key objective to mobilize policy-relevant research pertinent to the mandates of these four federal stakeholder departments, inter alia by promoting dialogue between these federal stakeholders and academics conducting research related to their interests, as well as helping to identify opportunities for possible collaboration.