The Power of Diversity in the Armed Forces: - International Perspectives on Immigrants’

This work- shop’s most important contribution to the debate focusing on how to increase the diversity of militaries around the world consists in its central claim that the participation and integration of immigrants/non-citizens in the armed forces is morally and strategically imperative, and contrib- utes to the goals of equity, diversity, and inclusion in defence organiza- tions. [...] The first will be to situate these studies of immigrants and the military in the larger context of the profession of arms and, in particular, the interactions and exchanges that occur between the armed forces and broader society. [...] The first will be to situate these studies of immigrants and the military in the larger context of the profession of arms and, in particular, the interactions and exchanges that occur between the armed forces and broader society. [...] Indeed, the requirements to have both Canadian citizenship and a security clearance in order to enrol in the CAF are compounded by the lack of interest of some immigrant groups in a military career, all of which contribute to the low representation of visible minorities in the CAF. [...] Arita Holmberg and Beatrice Pahv: “Caught In Between the Progressive and the Traditional: The Swedish Military Managing Diversity” Research on migration and the military has devoted little attention relation to migration and the military in terms of the impact of societal and normative transformation processes such as value changes, political ideals, and policies of diversity and equal opportuniti.