Expertise in Action

Witness Testimony

Witness, House of Commons’ Standing Committee on National Defence

  • Provided testimony to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on National Defence for its study of Recruitment and Retention in the Canadian Armed Forces on April 4th, 2022

  • Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the study’s focus includes: the role of culture change, including the presence of sexual misconduct, harassment, and discrimination in the CAF; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; support for families, including access to childcare; professional development opportunities; recruitment and training methodologies; and, role and impacts of privatization, contracting to the civilian sector and, occupational satisfaction

Conferences

Government of Canada Security Summit 2023, Government of Canada

  • Presented my project entitled “Using Risk Assessment to Drive Collaborative Readiness Practices for Canadians Abroad: The Emergency Management Risk Index” (May 15 2023)

ISA 2023 Annual Convention, International Studies Association

  • Panel Chair: “New Insights from Corporate Environmental Disclosures” (March 17 2023)

ISA 2023 Annual Convention, International Studies Association

  • Panel Presenter: “International Security: Civil Military Relations” (March 16 2023)

  • Presenting my paper entitled “Increasing Recruitment in the Canadian Armed Forces Through Gender Inclusivity: Leveraging Lessons Learned from Allies”

#OC24 2022 Conference, International Association for the Study of Organized Crime - Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

  • Panel Presenter: “An Analytical Approach to Fauna Crimes” (October 13 2022)

  • Presented my paper entitled “Fauna Crime: What Causes it to Expand and Contract? A Quantitative Analysis”

The Interdisciplinary Studies Section 2022 Conference, International Studies Association

  • Panel Presenter: “Environmental Crisis” (June 19 2022)

  • Presented my paper entitled “Fauna Crime: What Causes it to Expand and Contract? A Quantitative Analysis”

The 2022 Emerging Perspectives Conference, Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University

  • Panel Presenter: “State Power and its Limits” (March 9 2022)

  • Presented my paper entitled “What Drives Fauna Crime? A Quantitative Analysis of National Correlates for Fauna Crime”

Publications

Budning, Kevin; Mayer, Paxton; Palmer, J. Marshall. 2021. “Doing More With Less: Confronting COVID-19’s “Double Squeeze” on Middle Income Countries.” iAffairs Canada, March 2021.

Mayer, Paxton. 2020. “What’s in a Soldier? How to Rebrand the Canadian Armed Forces.” Canadian Global Affairs Institute, October 2020. Peer Reviewed.

Mayer, Paxton. 2019. “War Dogs: A Depiction of How Procurement Can Go So Wrong.” iAffairs Canada, December 2019.