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Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) formed in August 3, 2001 in Calgary, Alberta is a registered charity under the Income Tax Act that "funds and carries on research related to current and future issues of national defence and security as well as Canada's role in matters of foreign affairs including international peace and stability."

Values and beliefs
The CDFAI believes that hard military power enables soft power (influence on foreign policy, international affairs and trade). Canada can make a significant contribution to international peace and security. Canada needs to develop and maintain cultural influence, diplomatic leadership, economic power and military power.

Board of Directors
Bob Booth, Colonel Bob J. S. Gibson and Robert S. Millar (President) formed the first Board of Directors in 2001.

Advisory Council and Experts
The first first Advisory Council included Jack Granatstein, Romeo Dallaire, Bob Nicolay, Gordon Smith, Denis Stairs and Margaret Wente as their first Advisory Council. David J. Bercuson was Vice President of Research.

Activities
The CDFAI established a website in 2002. On November 15, 2002 the CDFAI awarded Stephen Thorne of the Canadian Press the Ross Munro Media Award for his contribution to the coverage of Canada's defence and security issues. The CDFAI piloted an eight-day course for four to ten journalism students from across Canada, taught and administered by Bob Bergen a former Calgary Herald journalist and a PhD candidate at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies.

The CDFAI in collaboration with Carleton University, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency from Washington, DC hosted a symposium on Canadian Defence and the Canadian-US Strategic Partnership attended by practitioners from the Department of National Defence and the Department of Foreign Affairs.