Richard Roy 

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: rich45@rogers.com
Phone: Ottawa (W): (613) 992-3106

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Education

Queen's University - Phd (in progress)
RMC - Masters in War Studies (1997)
RMC - BEng (Civil) (1982)

About

RICHARD C. ROY retired in February 2007 with 30 years service in the Canadian Forces. He is currently employed as a reservist. He is working on the development of the Comprehensive Approach, a concept seeking to improve the interdepartmental strategic planning of the Government of Canada. During his service Richard was deployed to Cyprus, Yugoslavia and Ethiopia. He served as the first mine information officer in UNPROFOR in 1992 effectively establishing its mine awareness program. He subsequently contributed to the development of the Anti-Personnel Landmine Treaty. In 2005 he served as an advisor to the African Union for their mission in Darfur. During his Masters Degree, Richard concentrated on various aspects of insurgency including its relationship to peacekeeping and various campaigns in Central America. Richard is currently a doctoral candidate at Queen's University in Kingston. He is studying aspects of population control in small wars. Using the North West Rebellion, the Boer War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Malayan Emergency and the Mau Mau Revolt as examples, he is seeking to determine how the measures employed contributed to success in these conflicts.