Denis Stairs

Denis Stairs, O.C., F.R.S.C., is Professor Emeritus in Political Science and a Faculty Fellow of the Centre of Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University. A former President of the Canadian Political Science Association, he served as Dalhousie's Vice-President (Academic & Research) from 1988 to 1993. The Chair of the Canadian Forces College Board of Visitors from 2005 until 2009, he is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, and is a Senior Research Fellow with the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, where he is also the Chair of its Advisory Council.