Steven Staples
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Steven Staples is President of the Rideau Institute, an independent research, consulting and advocacy group located in Ottawa
, Canada
. In the past 15 years he has been involved with numerous organizations that promote peace and he is well known for his work in international defence, disarmament and trade issues. He has acted as the Director of Security Programs for the Polaris Institute
, Issue Campaigns Coordinator for the Council of Canadians and the Coordinator for End the Arms Race. Along with Peter Coombes, he is the founder of Ceasefire Canada
which acts as the public outreach and advocacy arm of the Rideau Institute. Steven Staples is also a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group, the Group of 78 and he currently acts as the Secretariat of the international network of anti-nuclear groups, Abolition 2000.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. In the past 15 years he has been involved with numerous organizations that promote peace and he is well known for his work in international defence, disarmament and trade issues. He has acted as the Director of Security Programs for the Polaris Institute
Polaris Institute
The Polaris Institute is a Canadian think tank based in Ottawa. Its stated goal is "to help empower citizen movements towards democratic social change"...
, Issue Campaigns Coordinator for the Council of Canadians and the Coordinator for End the Arms Race. Along with Peter Coombes, he is the founder of Ceasefire Canada
Ceasefire Canada
Ceasefire.ca is a public policy research and advocacy group. It functions as the research and advocacy arm of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs.-History :...
which acts as the public outreach and advocacy arm of the Rideau Institute. Steven Staples is also a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group, the Group of 78 and he currently acts as the Secretariat of the international network of anti-nuclear groups, Abolition 2000.
Books and edited volumes
- Staples, Steven Missile Defence: Round One (James Lorimer & Company Ltd.) 2006
- Staples, Steven and Lucia Kowaluk ed. Afghanistan and Canada: Is There and Alternative to War (Black Rose Books) 2008
Reports
- Staples, Steven and Mike Wallace "Ridding the Arctic of Nuclear Weapons: A Task Long Overdue" Rideau Institute and Canadian Pugwash Group March 2010
- Staples, Steven, and Bill Robinson "More Than the Cold War: Canada’s military spending 2007–08" Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives October 2007
- Staples, Steven "Marching Orders: How Canada abandoned peacekeeping – and why the UN needs us now more than ever" The Council of Canadians October 2006