NATO Association of Canada


The NATO Association of Canada is a non-governmental organization founded in 1966 to promote knowledge and understanding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Canada.

Synopsis

NAOC is a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, which coordinates some forty similar organizations in other NATO member and Partnership for Peace nations. The vision of NAOC is to promote the critical importance in cultural, security and economic terms of the transatlantic relationship among Canada, the United States and the nations of Europe, and be the premier sponsor and supporter of NATO in Canada.
, NAOC is headed by its chairman, the Hon. Hugh Segal, and the list of directors counts 51 persons., day-to-day operations are overseen by the president, Robert Baines. The association operates from its national office at 60 Harbour Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, with a small professional staff, including volunteers and interns.
The association organizes and promotes conferences, seminars, roundtables, speakers' dinners and lunches, as well as an annual Spring Conference in Toronto and a Fall Conference in Ottawa. NAOC also releases 15 to 25 articles per week, on issues pertaining to peace, prosperity and security, in order to better educate Canadians about NATO.