Network Coordinator

Corah L. Hodgson

​Corah Lynn Hodgson received an Honours Bachelor of Arts in History and Sociology (2017) as well as a Master of Arts in History (2019) from the University of Waterloo, where she was the recipient of numerous academic awards and scholarships. Corah is thrilled and humbled by the opportunity to support the Canadian Maritime Security Network in an administrative, research, and editorial capacity.

Advisory Board

Norman Jolin

​Norman Jolin served 37 years in the Canadian Navy, in a career that saw service across the entire spectrum of maritime operations in both ships and submarines. In 2017 he joined CFN Consultants specializing in naval issues. 

Advisory Board

Brian Santarpia

A retired naval officer with numerous command appointments, including HMCS St John's, CFB Halifax, CTF 150, and Maritime Forces Atlantic. He has a BCom and a Masters in Defence Studies.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues

Advisory Board

Elinor Sloan

Elinor Sloan is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, where she specializes in US, Canadian, and NATO defence policies and military capabilities.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Domains and Technology

Advisory Board

Suzanne Lalonde

Professor of Public International Law and the Law of the Sea, Law Faculty, Université de Montréal, network coordinator for the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network.

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​​Focus Area(s): Role of the Law of the Sea for maritime security

Advisory Board

Heather Exner-Pirot

Heather Exner-Pirot is a Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, Special Advisor to the Business Council of Canada and Research Advisor to the Indigenous Resource Network.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues

Advisory Board 

Kate Todd

Kate serves in the Royal Canadian Navy’s reserves, is a fellow at four Canadian defence and international relations think tanks, and is a Board member of three naval NGOs.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Domains and Technology

Postdoctoral Fellow & Webmaster

Kristen Csenkey

Dr. Kristen Csenkey is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council postdoctoral fellow at the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, St. Francis Xavier University where she researches quantum technology governance. She holds fellowship positions with the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies and the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network.

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​​Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Domains and Technology

Fellow

P. Whitney Lackenbauer

Whitney Lackenbauer is Professor in the School for the Study of Canada and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Study of the Canadian North, as well as Network Lead of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN).

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence

Fellow

Francesco Biondi

With a Doctorate in Cognitive Science, Dr. Biondi applies his training in applied cognition to investigating how to develop safer and more effective human-AI teaming and human-machine interactions in risk-prone defense applications.

Focus area: domains and technology.

Fellow

David H. Gray

Canada Lands Surveyor who computed maritime boundaries and limits for 30+ years for Canada and Permanent Court of Arbitration. Continuing interest in Canada's sovereignty offshore.
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Focus Area(s): Canada's maritime sovereignty (and sovereign rights)

 

Fellow

Chris WJ Roberts

Chris WJ Roberts (Instructor, Political Science, University of Calgary) specializes in African politics, critical minerals, Canadian foreign and defence policy, and is Coordinator of the African Navies Research Network.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues

Fellow

Patrick Lafleur

Patrick Lafleur recently completed his graduate degree in Geopolitics from Queen's University Belfast; writing his thesis on NATO's securitization response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Recently he's taken an interest in non-state actors.

Focus Area(s): NATO-Russia competition, alliance strategy, illicit economies, smuggling and piracy.

Fellow

Isabel Campbell

Isabel Campbell is a senior historian at the Directorate of History and Heritage, National Defence Headquarters, an adjunct research professor at Carleton University, and a Senior Fellow at the Bill Graham Centre, University of Toronto.
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Focus Area(s): Continental Defence, Canada and the Cold War, service families, the Royal Canadian Navy, alliance strategy, and nuclear deterrence

Fellow

Barry Walker

A retired civil servant working in the areas of C4ISR and Information Management.
 

​​Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Domains and Technology

Fellow

Richard Shimooka

Richard Shimooka is a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a contributing columnist for the Hub.ca. His areas of interest include Canadian and American defence policy, strategy and procurement.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Domains and Technology

Fellow

Aldo Chircop

Dr. Aldo Chircop, Professor of Maritime Law and Policy, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax. He specializes in the law of the sea, maritime law, and Arctic shipping.

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Focus Area(s): International law and Canadian maritime law

Fellow

Gershon Adela

I am a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Calgary. My research interests are great power and middle power geopolitics, foreign policy, and diplomacy. My current research focuses on the foreign policy and diplomatic posture of middle powers.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues

Fellow

Michael Cabral

Michael Cabral is a dual master’s candidate at the London School of Economics and Munk School of Global Affairs. His research focuses on geoeconomics, Arctic security, and Canadian defence policy.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence

Fellow

Paul Chamberlain

Defence Policy professional, former POLAD to CRCN, PhD candidate at the Australian National University, thesis topic Sea Power as Statecraft in the Contemporary Indo-Pacific.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Sea power, navies, diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, international system

Fellow

Tim Addison

Tim is a retired naval officer who provides consulting services in the Canadian defence market. He is the President of the Naval Ass’n of Canada Ottawa Branch and National Director of Naval Affairs.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Naval Affairs

Fellow

Griffin Cudmore-Keating

I am a BA graduate with Honours in Economics with research interest & experience in Environmental/ Natural Resource Economics. I hope to use these skills to improve our relationship with and management of with the natural world.
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Focus Area(s): Domains and Technology, Financial Evaluation

Fellow

Jay Collins

Jay has been working for the Canadian Coast Guard in the field of Search and Rescue for over 10 years with 7 years focused on Arctic SAR and Security.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Domains and Technology, Search and Rescue

Fellow

Jaya D’Souza

I am a recent graduate from St.Francis Xavier’s Public Policy and Governance program and have a particular interest in pursuing law as a career. Over the past semester I have contributed to a dataset on Northern infrastructure for the DND MINDS project.

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Focus Area(s): Maritime Infrastructure in Canada’s Territories

Fellow

Clare McKendry

Clare McKendry is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Her dissertation research centres on Taiwan's interests in the South China Sea disputes and parallels to Canadian maritime security in the Northwest Passage.

Focus areas: Strategic competition and global issues

Fellow

Andrea Charron

Andrea Charron is Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, and Professor or International Relations at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She writes extensively on Arctic security, NATO, NORAD and Canadian defence policy. 

Fellow

Nicholas Glesby

Nicholas Glesby is a Ph.D. student at Trent University, Administrator of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, and Student Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence

Fellow

Ruting Guo

Five years' experience researching China's Arctic activities, strategies and scientific icebreakers. Skilled in qualitative and quantitative analysis using R, SQL, Power BI, and Excel.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, China's icebreakers; China's activities in the Arctic

Fellow

James Fergusson

Dr. James Fergusson is currently a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba. He lectures to a wide range of military audiences, including to the Canadian Forces Barker College. 

Fellow

Khoi Nguyen

I am currently a third-year undergraduate student at Toronto Metropolitan University. I have been working on a research project that analyses political and social factors contributing to issues, such as the recruitment of a few members from marginalised communities to the Canadian Armed Forces, and developing solutions to address these issues.

Focus area(s):: Strategic Competition and Global Defence

Fellow

Jonathan Higby

Jonathan Higby has an M.A. in Northern Studies from Carleton University and is completing a PhD at the University of Ottawa in the Environment, Society and Policy Group. He specializes in Arctic security, sovereignty, and maritime policy with a focus on the Coast Guard.

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Focus area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Domains and Technology

Fellow

Britney Ly

Britney's research focuses on Arctic security and the effects of climate change on military and economic policies in the region and how the two facets interact.

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Focus area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence

Fellow

Joshua Kroker

Joshua Kroker graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Public Policy and Governance from St. Francis Xavier University. He is interested in Canadian Arctic policy and wrote his honours thesis on the Grays Bay Port and Road Project.

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Focus area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Northern Infrastructure

Fellow

Douglas Theedom

Senior NCM in the RCN. Currently Operations Coordinator onboard HMCS Frederick Rolette. Completing Honours degree (Poli. Sci.) at RMC. Recently completed thesis on Canadian Arctic maritime domain awareness.

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Focus Area(s): Domains and Technology

Fellow

David J. Bercuson

Dr. David Jay Bercuson is a Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Department of History, University of Calgary. Dr. Bercuson has published in academic and popular publications on a wide range of topics specializing in modern Canadian politics, Canadian defence and foreign policy, and Canadian military history. 

Fellow

Jessica Stewart

Jessica is a master’s graduate from the Balsillie School of International Affairs, specializing in emerging technologies, security and defence. Specifically, her research focuses on outer space security and Canadian sovereignty. 

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Domains and Technology

Fellow

Alec Rembowski

Alec Rembowski is a MA student at the UCalgary's CMSS and a Army Reservist. His research focuses on continental defence through the utility of the multi-domain concepts. 

Fellow

Alexander Salt

Dr. Alexander Salt is currently a Postdoctoral fellow with the Triple Helix research network. 

 

Fellow

Ross Manson

Ross Manson is a recent MA graduate of the Brussels School of Governance, specializing in Global Security and Strategy. His primary interest is Arctic security, with his thesis focusing on the convergence of climate change, militarization, and human security in the North American Arctic.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence, Arctic Security

Fellow

Cole Brosseau

Cole Brosseau is an undergraduate student at St. Francis Xavier University studying Public Policy and Governance, with interests in defence policy and national security.

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Focus Area(s): Continental Defence

Fellow

Nicole Covey

PhD Candidate at Trent University whose research focuses on Continental Defence, Canadian Foreign Policy, Arctic Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, NATO, and NORAD.

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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues, Continental Defence

Fellow

Andrew Erskine

Andrew Erskine is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Peace and Diplomacy and a Non-Resident Vasey Fellow with the Pacific Forum. Andrew’s work focuses on Canadian defence, security and foreign policy as it relates to the Arctic, North America, the Indo-Pacific, and NATO.
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Focus Area(s): Continental Defence, Domains and Technology

Fellow

Aidan Connors

Aidan Connors is a fourth year honours student in Public Policy and Governance at StFX. Aidan has research interests in Canadian foreign policy and defence.
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Focus Area(s): Strategic Competition and Global Issues