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Dr. Grazia Scoppio is Professor Emerita, Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), cross-appointed in the Queen’s University Department of Political Studies and a fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen’s. She was a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Peace and War Studies at Norwich University, in Vermont, USA.  She was Dean of Continuing Studies at RMC from 2017 to 2020 after having served as Associate Dean. Between 2002 and 2013 she held appointments at the Canadian Defence Academy and the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute. In 2018 she was a member of the first Halifax Peace with Women Fellowship Selection Committee for the Halifax International Security Forum. Due to her expertise Dr. Scoppio is often contacted to provide contributions to the media and testify before Parliamentary committees. She is an active member of various academic societies and a member of the Editorial Boards of two bilingual journals, the Canadian Military Journal and Comparative and International Education Journal. She has over two decades of experience conducting interdisciplinary research on issues related to military personnel including diversity and gender in military organizations, indigenous participation in the military, immigrants in the armed forces, military education, organizational culture, and lessons learned.

Research Interests

• Military Personnel
• Immigrants in the Armed Forces
• Indigenous Peoples Participation in the Military 

Recent Publications

• Scoppio, G. (2024). “Teaching gender to soldiers: Experiences from a Canadian educator.” In Scoppio, G. (Ed.) Opportunities and challenges for Integrating Gender Perspectives in Military Education: Experiences from the US and Canada [Special Issue]. On Track journal, Vol. 33. 

• Scoppio, G. & Lagerlof, B. (2024). “The first Partnership for Peace Consortium workshop on Women Peace and Security in Professional Military Education: reflections, considerations and the way ahead.” Canadian Military Journal, Volume 24.1.  

• Caso, F. & Scoppio, G. (2024). “Indigenous participation in the Canadian Armed Forces: Efforts towards Reconciliation?” Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University, Policy Brief, Volume 9, Issue 6. /cidp/sites/cidpwww/files/uploaded_files/CIDP%20-%20POLICY%20BRIEF%20Scoppio-Caso%209-6.pdf 

• Scoppio, G., Vieira, A., Baidoo-Anu, D. & Guo, J. (2024). “Immigrants in the Canadian Armed Forces: Second Acts and New Canadians”. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies. Vol 23, No. 2  

• Scoppio, G. & Greco, S. (Eds). (2022). The Power of Diversity in the Armed Forces: International Perspectives on Immigrant Participation in the Military. McGill-Queen’s University Press. (Peer reviewed). 

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