Rideau Institute

Steven Staples, President

Tel./Tél. 613 565-9449 ext/poste 24
Cell. 613-290-2695
sstaples@rideauinstitute.ca
@stevenstaples

Steven Staples is the president of the Rideau Institute. In the past 20 years, Steven Staples has acted as the Director of Security Programs for the Polaris Institute, the Issue Campaigns Coordinator for the Council of Canadians and the Coordinator for End the Arms Race. He is well known for his work on international defence, disarmament and trade issues. In 2006 he published his first book, Missile Defence: Round One (Lorimer), which chronicled the citizen-based campaign that succeeded in persuading the Paul Martin government to announce that it would not join the U.S. ballistic missile defence program in February 2005. In 2008 he co-edited with Lucia Kowaluk the anthology Afghanistan and Canada: Is There an Alternative to the War? (Black Rose Books). Steven Staples is a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group and the Group of 78.

Kathleen Walsh, Operations Coordinator

Tel./Tél. 613 565-9449 ext/poste 22
kwalsh@rideauinstitute.ca
@kat_a_walsh

Kathleen Walsh is a graduate of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs at Carleton University. She has specialized her studies in international development and resource management while persuing her interests in women in politics.

Kathleen is part of the executive board of the Carleton Equal Voice chapter. She has built and expanded on her research and policy analysis skills in recent years through volunteering and working for other organizations in the policy sphere.

Christopher Holcroft, Toronto Associate

Cell. 416 996-0767
cholcroft@rideauinstitute.ca

Christopher Holcroft is a consultant and Toronto associate for the Rideau Institute. He advises clients on all facets of their communications and advocacy plans. Christopher has more than a decade of strategic communications, media relations and political campaign management experience in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. He is a prominent advocate, community board member and volunteer involved with a number of public policy issues including the environment, health care, homelessness, youth and civic engagement. Christopher is also a frequent media commentator on political issues and has written several op-ed articles for major Canadian newspapers.

Bill Robinson, Ceasefire.ca Editor and Researcher

Telephone. 613-565-9449

Bill Robinson is a defence analyst and senior adviser of the Rideau Institute. He has been writing about Canadian defence and security policy issues since 1983. From 1986 to 2001, he was on the staff of Project Ploughshares, an ecumenical peace centre of the Canadian Council of Churches. Since 2001, he has done research and writing for Project Ploughshares, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the Polaris Institute, the Rideau Institute and other organizations.