For comments or an interview, please contact one of our experts below directly. They are listed alphabetically.

If you cannot reach them or are unsure to whom you would like your queries directed, please contact:
Tasneem Jamal +1 519 888-6541 ext. 706, Communications and Fundraising Officer

Kenneth Epps +1 519 888-6541 ext. 7701

Background

Kenneth Epps is Senior Program Officer at Project Ploughshares. Since joining Project Ploughshares in 1986, he has conducted research and policy analysis on issues related to small arms and light weapons, the international arms trade, and Canada's military industry and he maintains a unique database on Canadian military production and exports. For 20 years he also was the contributing editor of Project Ploughshares' Armed Conflicts Report. Kenneth has participated as NGO advisor on Canadian delegations to United Nations conferences on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and since 1999 he has been the Project Ploughshares representative on the international NGO Steering Committee promoting a global Arms Trade Treaty.

Recent Publications

Detour through Darfur: Canada's exports reveal the trouble with tracking arms October 2011
Gaps and Omissions: Canada’s arms exports 2007–2009 July 2011
Canadian Commercial Corporation: A Crown Company as Arms Middleman April 2011
The Limits to Measuring the Global Arms Trade December 2010
The Size of the F-35 Market is Overstated November 2010

Recent Blogs

Canada drops the ATT ball July 2011

Maribel Gonzales +1 519 888-6541 ext. 7703

Background

Program Officer Maribel Gonzales joined Project Ploughshares in April 2008. She works on Ploughshares' initiatives to reduce armed violence, including managing a three-year project (beginning in September 2010)  to strengthen Caribbean Community cooperation to reduce gun crime.  She previously worked with the NGO, Development Workshop, on humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding and development projects in Angola.

Recent Publications

War in Paradise: Civil society groups battle Caribbean gun violence July 2011
Gender and UN Programme of Action: Including all voices  September 2010
Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence   June 2010

Recent Blogs

CARICOM Declaration on small arms July 2011

Cesar Jaramillo +1 519 888-6541 ext. 7708

Background

Cesar Jaramillo is a Program Officer at Project Ploughshares working on the Space Security and Nuclear Disarmament programs. He manages the Space Security Index (SSI), an international research consortium focused on research and analysis of space security trends, and is managing editor of the SSI's annual report. Cesar also leads the implementation of Ploughshares' nuclear disarmament initiatives. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with an MA in global governance and has bachelor’s degrees in honours political science and in journalism. Prior to joining Project Ploughshares, Cesar held a fellowship at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), an international think-tank that addresses international governance challenges.

Recent Publications

A Legacy for the Taking: The time is now for Canada to make anti-nuclear history October 2011
Preoccupation with Aggression: The latest US National Security Space Strategy April 2011
From START to Zero: The importance—and limitations—of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty December 2010
How Secure Was Space in 2009? September 2010
New Competition for a Space Security Regime June 2010

John Siebert +1 519 888-6541 ext. 7702; cell +1 519 591-3227

Background

Since becoming Executive Director of Project Ploughshares in 2005, John Siebert has served as an advisor for a research project on peace and security issues in the Horn of Africa, participated in meetings in Sudan and Ottawa on building sustainable peace in Sudan, and conducted research and analysis on the relationship between armed violence reduction and development. He chairs the Governance Group of the Space Security Index project, and represents Project Ploughshares on the Commission on Justice and Peace of The Canadian Council of Churches and the Sudan Inter-Agency Reference Group. Previously John was a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of External Affairs, a Program Officer for Human Rights and Aboriginal Justice with The United Church of Canada, and a consultant to governments and non-governmental organizations in Canada and overseas.

Recent Publications

South Sudan's Unsteady Start October 2011
Familiar Opening Scenes: Libya is rid of Gadhafi, but will Canadian Forces soon be bogged down in another Afghanistan? October 2011
Don’t Close Chapter on Libya, Yet September 2011
Target Libya: Can air strikes protect civilians? July 2011
Libya and R2P June 2011
Canada's Proposed Joint Strike Fighter Purchase and the Canada First Defence Strategy April 2011
South Sudan's New Battle: Building a state amid internal violence April 2011
What's Driving Canada's Procurement of the F-35? April 2011

Recent Blogs

Oscar Arias honoured September 2011
Hatfield: Death of a moderate August 2011
Names and faces of war June 2011
What does success look like? May 2011

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