{"id":19,"date":"2026-05-25T11:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:54:22","slug":"about-ipis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/about-ipis\/","title":{"rendered":"About IPIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/About-IPIS-banner.png); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        About IPIS\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Infrastructure Protection and International Security (IPIS) program brings together the core principles of critical infrastructure engineering and multi-hazard threat risk assessment with an awareness of the geopolitical challenges and policy frameworks and options needed for better protecting national critical infrastructure systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is housed at the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/\">Norman Paterson School of International Affairs<\/a>, to deliver an interdisciplinary graduate program specifically designed to bridge current gaps in infrastructure protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"our-vision\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our vision is to deliver an elite, multidisciplinary graduate program that attracts dedicated and motivated policy analysts committed to safeguarding the nation\u2019s critical infrastructure. We strive for excellence in every dimension of the program\u2014academic rigor, professional integrity, and the cultivation of innovative, socially informed approaches to infrastructure security. We believe that safe, secure, and sustainable critical infrastructure is a shared responsibility across public and private sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through advanced training in threat assessment, policy analysis, structural mitigation, and the social science of infrastructure systems, our students learn to evaluate vulnerabilities in Canada and abroad, understand the complex hazards posed by natural events and conflict, and apply best practices to strengthen resilience. Ultimately, IPIS prepares graduates to think creatively, act strategically, and contribute to building and protecting infrastructure in a more coherent, effective, and future\u2011focused way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Infrastructure Protection and International Security (IPIS) program brings together the core principles of critical infrastructure engineering and multi-hazard threat risk assessment with an awareness of the geopolitical challenges and policy frameworks and options needed for better protecting national critical infrastructure systems. 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