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About

I am a former member of the Canadian military, having divided my service between the Air Force and Army. I served in Armour and Search & Rescue before being commissioned as an Intelligence officer, where I worked in NDHQ, Brigade HQ, and within Special Operations Forces Command. I have operational deployments to Cyprus (UN), Bosnia (NATO), Kosovo (NATO), and two tours in Afghanistan (Special Operations Command). I retired as a Reserve Infantry Officer.

After receiving a BA in Politics (Manitoba) and a MA in War Studies (RMC), I completed my PhD in Military History (Queen’s) in 2004, with a dissertation on Intelligence Support to Peacekeeping. This was followed by Post-Doctoral research in Terrorism (William & Mary) and Intelligence (Carleton/Norman Patterson School of International Relations)

Research Interests

• Intelligence
• Violent Radicalization and Disinformation
• Canadian Arctic

Recent Publications

• “From the Kremlin to the Klan: Russian Nesting Dolls of Right-Wing Hate,” in Bernd Horn, James Kiras, and Emily Spencer, eds., The Invisible Hand: Strategic Sabotage, Case Studies. Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, 2021.

• “Beliefs: What Motivates Insurgents,” in Robert Engen, H. Christian Breede, and Allan English, eds., Why We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of War. McGill-���Ҵ�ý Press, 2020.

• “Anger in the Peaceable Kingdom: An Overview of Canada’s Violent Extremist History,” in in Stéfanie von Hlatky, ed., Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Assessing Domestic and International Strategies, McGill-���Ҵ�ý Press, 2019.

• “Radicalization in Mali: A Primer.” Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy, Policy Brief, 4 (5), November 2018.

• Domestic Operations: A Canadian Army Perspective. (Editor and contributor) Kingston: Canadian Army Publication Office, 2006.

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