en Rideau Institute

Rideau Institute
Abbreviation	RI
Formation	2007
Type	non-profit research organization based in Canada
Legal status	active
Purpose	advocate and public voice, educator and network
Headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Region served	Canada
Official language	English, French
Website	Rideau Institute website;

The Rideau Institute is a non-profit independent research and advocacy group based in Ottawa. It focuses on foreign policy and defence policy issues.

It was founded in January 2007.^[1] It is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Personnel

Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute, former UN Ambassador for Disarmament
Steven Staples, Vice-President of the Rideau Institute, commentator, and author of Missile Defence: Round One
Michael Byers, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia and author of Intent for a Nation, What is Canada For?
Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of numerous books and studies on Canadian public policy
Kathleen Ruff, former Director of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission and former director of the Court Challenges Program

Maude Barlow, author and Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
Peter Coombes, co-founder of Ceasefire.ca and Job Evaluation Representative for CUPE
Murray Dobbin, political commentator and author
Walter Dorn, Associate Professor of Defence Studies, Royal Military College of Canada
Wade Huntley, Director of the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
Anil Naidoo, International water policy analyst and Project Organizer of the Blue Planet Project
Douglas Roche, author, former parliamentarian and senator (retired)
Bill Robinson, former Program Associate, Project Ploughshares
Erika Simpson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Western Ontario
Scott Sinclair, director of Trade and Investment Research Project, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Alice Slater, Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, NY
Gar Pardy, former Canadian diplomat