Guest Speakers
Upcoming Events
As a general rule, RKUSI will schedule a monthly guest speaker on the third Thursday of each month less the summer months of July and August. It is our custom to gather in the Fort Frontenac Officers’ Mess prior to a 1900 hours presentation in Korea Hall unless otherwise specified. Other events will be scheduled throughout the year and advertised beforehand.
Monthly Guest Speaker – 15 January 2026
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (RETIRED) BLAISE F. FRAWLEY, RCAF Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Blaise Frawley joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1985. He is an RCAF pilot with over 3000 hours on the F/A-18 Hornet including combat missions over the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Kosovo. He has held many staff, operational flying, command and overseas positions including an F/A-18 […]
Monthly Guest Speaker – 5 February 2026
HCol/Dr. Sté​fanie von Hlatky will discuss NATO. Professor | Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Gender, Security and the Armed Forces Stéfanie von Hlatky is the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security and the Armed Forces, Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow and former Director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen’s University. […]
Monthly Guest Speaker – March 2026
George S. Takach George S. Takach holds a first degree in history, political economy, and philosophy from the University of Toronto; a graduate degree in international relations from Carleton University; and a law degree from the University of Toronto. For nearly forty years, he practiced law at McCarthy Tétrault, Canada’s premier law firm. He is […]