Canada Under Pressure: Navigating the Hybrid Threat Landscape

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Canada is facing an evolving risk landscape — one where cyber threats, physical security, disinformation, geopolitics, and human behavior increasingly converge. In this episode of Wired for Change, host Amy Yee sits down with Lina Dabit, former Unit Commander of the RCMP Cybercrime Investigative Team, former Field Unit Commander with the Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program, and a leading voice on national resilience and hybrid threats. This conversation explores how hybrid threat landscapes are reshaping security in Canada — especially as the country prepares for large-scale global events like FIFA 2026 — and why traditional, siloed approaches no longer work. 🔍 Topics covered include: What hybrid threats really are (cyber, physical, information, and human threats combined) Why misinformation and disinformation are so effective at eroding trust Lessons from global events like the Paris Olympics The role of instinct, culture, and psychological safety in security and leadership Public-private collaboration and unified command models Why resilience depends on people — not just technology What Canadian leaders need to understand about risk, trust, and readiness This episode doesn’t offer a checklist or a playbook. Instead, it provides clarity, context, and leadership insight for navigating the pressures Canada faces today — and what resilience truly requires going forward. 🎧 Subscribe to Wired for Change for independent, Canadian conversations on technology, cybersecurity, leadership, and systems change. 📢 Supporting thoughtful dialogue on resilience, trust, and impact in Canada and beyond. 00:00 Welcome to Wired for Change Introducing Lina Dabit and the evolving hybrid threat landscape facing Canada 02:10 Lina Dabit’s career: from frontline policing to cyber leadership How operational experience shaped a systems-level view of security and trust 05:40 Instinct, intuition, and sensing when something isn’t right Why human judgment still matters in cyber, safety, and leadership 09:00 Psychological safety and why people only speak up once How culture determines whether risk signals get raised—or buried 12:30 Investigative interviewing: finding truth, not forcing outcomes Rapport, ethics, and avoiding false assumptions 17:20 Inclusion, mentorship, and the Women’s Plus Network Belonging, sponsorship, and creating access to opportunity 22:00 What are hybrid threats? Cyber, physical, human, and information threats converging in real time 24:50 Disinformation in action: lessons from Paris How false narratives erode trust—even when real incidents are happening 29:30 FIFA 2026 and large-scale event pressure Why global events amplify hybrid risk for host countries 34:20 Cascading risk: power, transport, food, and trust How small disruptions can trigger big downstream impacts 39:10 Unified command and breaking down silos Who’s in charge, how teams coordinate, and why rehearsals must be joint 44:00 Culture as a security control Why you can’t “checkbox” trust, collaboration, or resilience 48:40 Collaboration done right: a cybercrime case study Public–private partnerships that drove real outcomes 53:30 Leading teams for collaboration and innovation Permission, trust, and how leaders unlock better ideas 58:30 Community resilience and shared responsibility How citizens and cross-sector networks can strengthen national readiness 1:02:50 What Canadian leaders need to hear now Listening to the ground truth—not just filtered reassurance 1:06:10 Final reflections on trust, resilience, and the road ahead Why resilience is a shared mission for Canada