CIN FORUM

Ladies and gentlemen,

This is a reminder about our last VICS before the summer break, to be held tonight, 24 June 2026, at 7:00 pm (Eastern), on Zoom.

Rob Mendoza will lead a discussion on Canada's new Defence Industrial Strategy. Notably, it seems to lack any real recognition of intelligence function mobilization... but we will talk about that.

The Zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86292035849?pwd=1UbyUohCU0Qpj16ZrkSKhGuCaC6rRE.1

See VICS guidelines in the upper menu. Grab a coffee, take a seat in a comfy chair and engage in good conversation.

Best regards,

Ladies and gentlemen,

Once again I have the pleasure of introducing another new member of CIN/RCR. Oliver Horton is a senior executive and governance professional with more than 30 years of experience across Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His career has involved complex environments requiring structured analysis, risk assessment, strategic decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and the synthesis of information from multiple sources to support executive and organizational decision-making.

Oliver is also an AEMCA-certified paramedic ( Ontario ) with operational experience in public safety and emergency response environments.

He has been working to expand his knowledge of intelligence, national security, emergency management, and resilience through professional development activities, including studies in Canadian intelligence at the University of Ottawa and participation in related professional forums and conferences such as CANIC 2026.

In joining CIN/RCR, Oliver hopes to deepen his understanding of intelligence as a discipline and its role in supporting…

Ladies and gentlemen,

I invite those of you who live in the Ottawa area (and those who might want to visit us), to join me for our last OIDC dinner before the summer break. We'll spoil ourselves, once again, with a no-host meal at Le St. Laurent penthouse restaurant (https://lestlaurent.ca/), and good conversation.

It is important that we keep track of those attending, so please register to attend (free), at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-intelligence-dinner-club-oidc-wednesday-8-july-2026-tickets-1992015286345?aff=oddtdtcreator

The topic of discussion over dinner is the CIN/RCR intent to conduct the first annual Canadian Intelligence Enterprise Education and Training Symposium, later in the autumn of 2026.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Best regards,

Ladies and gentlemen,

I have the pleasure of introducing our newest member of CIN/RCR. Chris Hordal is a former naval officer who completed a long career as a military intelligence officer. He susequently worked for CBSA. See more about Chris, or as much as he wants to tell us, at https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hordal-b6238420/

Welcome aboard Chris. We look forward to your contributions.

Best regards

Jim