EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE

Ph.D. Department of History, University of Calgary, 2004.

M.A. Department of History, University of Calgary, 1999.

B.A. Honours Arts Applied Studies Co-op Program, History Major, University of Waterloo, 1998.

Strategic Studies Teachers’ Workshop, Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Selected to participate from an international competition. Week-long seminar hosted by the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, held in Stowe, Vermont. June 2006.

Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS). Selected to participate from an international competition. Three-week seminar hosted by Institute for War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, held at Cornell University, New York. July 2002.

1998 Battle of Normandy Foundation Study Tour. Selected to participate from a national competition. Three-week tour led by Terry Copp of Wilfrid Laurier University. May-June 1998.

Certificate in French as a Second Language. Niveau Intermédiaire III-IV. CÉGEP de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Summer 1993. Six-week course in French immersion sponsored by the federal government.

TEACHING

Associate Professor and Chair (2009 - ), Department of History, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, Ontario

Assistant Professor (2004-09), Department of History, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, Ontario.

Sessional Instructor (2004), Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Sessional Instructor (2001, 2003), Department of History, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Courses Taught:
History 103 (Canadian History through Biography)
Historical Studies 213 (Canada since 1867)
Historical Studies 341 (Post-Confederation Canada)
Historical Studies 349 (Canadian Military History)
History 363.3 (The Age of Affluence: A History of Post 1945 Canada)
History 380 (History of the Canadian North)
History 389 (Canada in World Affairs)
History 397 (Independent Study)
History 403A (Canadian History in the 19th and 20th Centuries)
History 403B (Senior Seminar in Canadian History: Research and Methods)
History 491 (Independent Study)

Legal Studies 401 (Senior Seminar in Legal Studies)
Legal Studies 498 (Aboriginal Peoples and the Law)

History 610 (War and Society I)

History 611 (War and Society II)
History 691 (Graduate Reading Course)

Graduate Supervision:

Philip Isard, “Northern Vision: Northern Development during the Diefenbaker Era” (M.A., University of Waterloo, 2010).

Peter Kikkert, “Pragmatism and Cooperation: Canadian-American Defence Activities in the Arctic, 1945-1951” (M.A., University of Waterloo, 2009).

Michael Paiva, “Surmounting Trade Barriers: American Protectionism and the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement” (M.A., University of Waterloo, 2009).

Major François Bradley, “Canadian Arctic Concerns: Sovereignty or Security?” (Master of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College, 2009).

Lieutenant-Colonel D.R. Lauckner, “Cold, Cold Ground: Required Infrastructure Development in the Arctic in the Face of Climate Change” (M.D.S., Canadian Forces College, 2009).

Lieutenant-Commander Craig Wicks, “Canadian Sovereignty: A Pragmatic Look at an Arctic Nemesis and How Surveillance Can Finally Vanquish This Beast” (M.D.S., Canadian Forces College, 2009).

Daniel Heidt, “From Bayonets to Stilettos to UN Resolutions: The Development of Howard Green’s Views Regarding War” (M.A., University of Waterloo, 2008).

David Kielstra, “Canadian Involvement in UNFICYP during the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus, July-August 1974" (M.A., Univesity of Waterloo, 2008).

Captain(Navy) Jamie Cotter, “Developing a Coherent Plan to Deal with Canada’s Conundrum in the Northwest Passage” (M.D.S., Canadian Forces College, 2008).

Major Paul Dittman, “In Defence of Defence: Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security” (M.D.S., Canadian Forces College, 2008).

Gordon Matthew Donald Capel, “‘Damned If They Do And Damned If They Don't’: The Inferiority Complex, Nationalism, and Maclean's Music Coverage, 1967-1995.” M.A. thesis, University of Waterloo, 2007.

Commander Patrick St-Denis, “Arctic Sovereignty and the Implications for the Canadian Forces from a Security Perspective.” Master of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College, 2006.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Fellow (2009 - )
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute, Calgary, Alberta

Research Associate (2004 - )
Arctic Institute of North America, Calgary, Alberta

Faculty Associate (2005 - )
Wilfrid Laurier Centre for Military and Strategic Disarmament Studies, Waterloo, Ontario

Research Associate (2005 - )
Canadian Forces Leadership Institute, Kingston, Ontario

Research Fellow (May 2004 - )
Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Consultant (September 1997 - )
Arthur-Lackenbauer Consulting, Kitchener, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta
Projects include research reports on international boundary issues, real property policy, the wartime conscription of Native peoples, First Nations veterans, and Aboriginal-military relations in Canada since 1763.

Canadian International Council Fellow (2008-09)
Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Ontario

Research Associate (September 1998 – April 2004)
Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Archivist (Summer 2000)
University of Calgary Archives, Calgary, Alberta

Marker (Winter 2002, Winter 2000)
Historical Studies 349 (Canadian Military History), University of Calgary, given by Dr. David Bercuson

Research Assistant (May-August 1998)
Dr. John English, Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, and Chief Consultant on the Future of the National Library and National Archives of Canada

Teaching Assistant (Spring 1998)
History 374 (Canadian Foreign Policy), University of Waterloo, given by Dr. John English.

Policy Analyst (January - August 1997)
Department of National Defence, Director Claims and Aboriginal Government, Ottawa, Ontario

Assistant Claims Analyst (Summer 1996)
Department of National Defence, Director General Aboriginal Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario