The purpose of this research project is to generate published books, articles, book chapters, and conference papers to provide Canadians with a greater awareness of the Canadian Rangers’ historical development and contemporary contributions. Completed publications include:

• “The Canadian Rangers: A Postmodern Militia That Works.” Canadian Military Journal 6/4 (Winter 2005-06). 49-60.
  
• “Teaching Canada’s Indigenous Sovereignty Soldiers … and Vice Versa: ‘Lessons Learned’ from Ranger Instructors” to appear in Aboriginal Peoples and Military Participation: Canadian and International Perspectives ed. Craig Mantle, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Scott Sheffield. Kingston: Canadian Defence Academy Press, forthcoming 2007.
  
• “Canada’s Northern Defenders: Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian Rangers, 1947-2005” to appear in Aboriginals and the Canadian Military: Historical Perspectives ed. P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Craig Mantle. Kingston: Canadian Defence Academy Press, forthcoming 2007.
  
• “Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian Rangers: Canada’s ‘Eyes and Ears’ in Northern and Isolated Communities.” In Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples to Canadian Identity and Culture, Vol. 2 ed. David Newhouse. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. In press.
  
• The Canadian Rangers: A Survey of English-Canadian Media Coverage, 1995-2004. July 2004. 268 pp.

At the present, I am working on several major publications. The first (and foremost) is a book-length history of the Rangers, which I plan to finish by October 2007. The second is a book-length history of the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers, which I am co-authoring with Kerry Steeves. This book should be complete by 2008. In the meantime, I will be submitting an article entitle “Guerillas in Our Midst: The Pacific Coast Militia Rangers, 1942-45” for publication in a scholarly journal. Lastly, I am co-authoring a book entitled Custos Borealis: The Military in the Canadian North, 1900-2006 with Ken Eyre which will include significant coverage of the Rangers, and situate their contributions in the larger context of the twentieth century military north.

There is interest in this project from the media and within the academic and public sectors. In addition to numerous media interviews on the Rangers, I have presented various papers to academic conferences on the Canadian Rangers and Junior Canadian Ranger programme:

• “Teaching Canada’s Indigenous Sovereignty Soldiers … and Vice Versa: ‘Lessons Learned’ from Ranger Instructors.” Paper presented at the Canadian Defence Academy Conference, “Aboriginals and the Canadian Military: Past, Present, Future,” Kingston, Ontario, June 2006.
  
• “Producing Arctic Security.” Paper delivered at the Security and Defence Forum-Net workshop “Producing Security,” Hamilton, Ontario, March 2006.
  
• “Indigeneity and Redefinition of the Arctic Security Discourse: The Case of Canada, 1950-2005.” Paper delivered at the Centre for International Governance Innovation / Norman Patterson School of International Affairs Conference “Canadian Foreign Policy Under Review,” Waterloo, Ontario, November 2005.
  
• “Guerillas in Our Midst: The Pacific Coast Militia Rangers, 1942-45.” Paper delivered at the Canadian Historical Association, London, Ontario, May 2005.
  
• “Contours of Canada’s Coldest War: Continental Defence and the Canadian Arctic.” Paper delivered at the Wilfrid Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies Military History Colloquium, Waterloo, May 2005. (With Matthew Farish).
  
• “‘The Eyes and Ears of the Canadian Forces’: The Canadian Rangers as a Human Solution to Northern Sovereignty and Security.” Paper delivered at the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN) Conference, Ottawa, November 2003.
  
• “The Canadian Rangers: Protectors of the North.” Invited paper delivered at the Joint and Combined Warfare Symposium, Canadian Forces College, Toronto, December 2002.
  
• “The Rangers – A Canadian Success Story.” Invited paper delivered at the Canadian Arctic Research Council (CARC) Conference “On Thinning Ice: Climate Change and New Ideas about Sovereignty and Security in the Arctic,” Ottawa, January 2002. Paper to be published in conference proceedings, currently being prepared by Dr. Rob Huebert.
  
• “Sovereignty, Security and Community Development in the Canadian North.” Paper delivered at the Armed Forces and Society Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2001.