Disarmament Education Highlights

The Liu Institute for Global Issues at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs invites applications to the Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security from UBC students intending to undertake research on topics broadly related to nuclear disarmament, including nuclear energy and global security. This award is funded by an endowment provided by The Simons Foundation Canada.

The Simons Foundation Canada and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020-2021 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation competition.

A total of four awards of CAD $5,000 are available to Canadian Master’s and/or Doctoral candidates to support the independent research and writing of an academic paper responding to a specific Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament (NACD) topic. Awards also include domestic travel support to Ottawa where successful candidates will present their completed papers during a special event at Global Affairs Canada Headquarters. Click here for more information and to apply before March 15, 2021.

Five UBC students have been selected by the Liu Institute for Global Issues in the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs to receive the Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security for 2020. The award is funded by an endowment provided by The Simons Foundation Canada.

We are pleased to congratulate the following 2019-2020 Graduate Research Award recipients who each received a cash award of CAD$5,000.00 from The Simons Foundation Canada and travel support to participate in a special seminar for the award winners hosted by Global Affairs Canada at GAC headquarters in Ottawa.  Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the GRA Award Winners Seminar has been postponed and the winning papers have been published at the link below.

The Simons Foundation Canada and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019-2020 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation competition.

A total of four awards of $5,000 are available to Canadian Master’s and/or Doctoral candidates to support the independent research and writing of an academic paper responding to a specific Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament (NACD) topic.

We are pleased to congratulate the 2018-2019 Graduate Research Award recipients who each received a cash award of CAD$5,000.00 from The Simons Foundation Canada, as well as travel support to Ottawa to participate in the Global Affairs Canada 2019 Forum on Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, Disarmament and Space/Forum D’affaires Mondiales Canada 2019 Sur La Non-Prolifération, Le Contrôle Des Armements, Le Désarmement Et L’espace. See the report below for more information and to view the presentations made by this year’s successful applicants.

On March 28, 2019, the winners of the 2018-2019 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation competition presented their papers as part of the 2019 Global Affairs Canada Forum on Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, Disarmament and Space hosted by Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa and the Awards Ceremony was held during a special reception for the winners that evening.

The Simons Foundation and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018-2019 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation competition.