Laurier expert alert: Remembrance Day

Nov. 7, 2025
For Immediate Release

WATERLOO — Canada will observe Remembrance Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Wilfrid Laurier University has several experts available to speak about topics related to war, veterans and peacekeeping.

The following list includes Laurier experts who are currently available to speak to media, but does not represent the full breadth of expertise that exists at the institution. For a more comprehensive inventory of Laurier’s faculty researchers, please consult the Experts at Laurier database. 

• Andrew Basso — international conflict and security, human rights, crimes against humanity, war crimes
  
  
• Alistair Edgar — Canadian troops, defence policy, international security
  
  
• Ann Fitz-Gerald — military operations, global security, international relations, and peace and conflict resolution
  
  
• Amy Milne-Smith — veteran mental health, military trauma
  
  
• Kevin Spooner — Canadian history, international peacekeeping, Canadian foreign policy
  
  
• Eric Story — Indigenous veterans of the Great War, chronic illness after the Great War