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Dr. Nancy Teeple is a Defence Scientist (Strategic Analyst) with Defence Research and Development Canada’s Centre for Operational Research (DRDC CORA), embedded at the Canadian Army Land Warfare Centre (CALWC) in Kingston. She is also an adjunct assistant professor and research associate at the Department of Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC). Her research areas include strategic foresight, evaluating Canadian Army capabilities in the future land operating environment, nuclear and conventional deterrence, arms control, and the defence of North American. Dr. Teeple was the 2020-21 postdoctoral fellow at the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) (DND MINDS), following her 2019-2020 position as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Peace and War Studies at Norwich University in Vermon. Dr. Teeple is a fellow at both NAADSN and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Center for Arctic Security and Resilience (CASR).

Research Interests

• Defence of North America
• Nuclear Strategy and Deterrence
• Strategic Foresight

Recent Publications

• Monograph: (co-authored with Gaelle Rivard-Piche and Bradley Sylvestre), At the Gaps and Seams: SOF in the Defence of the Canadian Arctic, McGill-Queen’s University Press, forthcoming.
• Book Chapter: “Enhanced ISR: The Paradox of Pursuing Strategic Advantage and Strategic Stability,” Chapter 7 in Eds., Thomas Juneau, Justin Massie, and Marco Munier, Intelligence Cooperation Under Multipolarity: Non-American Perspectives, University of Toronto Press, 2024.
• Journal Article: “The Future of Canadian Participation in Missile Defence,” Canadian Army Journal, 19.2 (2022): 18-31.
• Edited Volume: (co-edited with Ryan Dean), Shielding North America: Canada’s Role in NORAD Modernization, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) Engage Series, Trent University, 2021.
• Journal Article: “Offensive Weapons and the Future of Arms Control,” Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies 14.1 (2020): 79-102.

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• Twitter/X: @NancyStratNukes
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nancy-teeple-96a88a23/

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Mr. Björn Lagerlöf is the Senior Advisor to the Commander of the Canadian Defence Academy and Director of the Commander’s Advisory Group.  He is responsible for leading the development and delivery of strategic corporate initiatives, overseeing the Academy’s defence diplomacy and international capacity building efforts, and advising the Commander on the Academy’s operations and engagement plans.  

Mr. Lagerlöf joined the Department of National Defence (DND) in 2007 and has held numerous positions as a Policy Officer, Program Manager, Speech Writer and Senior Policy Advisor. He has deployed in support of Canadian Armed Forces operations, including to Afghanistan in 2010 and has led several oversees engagements in Ukraine and Iraq in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP).

In 2012, Mr. Lagerlöf joined the Department of Industry, as one of the lead policy analysts responsible for developing Canada’s Defence Procurement Strategy. He returned to DND in late 2014 and assumed his current position in September 2017. Mr. Lagerlöf’s main research interests are focused on security force capacity building and security force assistance.

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Colonel Adam Moore was commissioned into Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and has served as an infantry officer in the Canadian Armed Forces since 1996. Colonel Moore’s career includes a range of command and staff roles, notably as Commanding Officer of Third Battalion, PPCLI, from 2018 to 2020. He has deployed internationally four times, including to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as on five domestic operations. A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, he holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Defence Studies. He has completed professional military education at the Canadian Army Command and Staff College and the Canadian Forces College. Colonel Moore was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen’s University from 2024-2025 and is currently the Chief of Staff of the 4th Canadian Division.

Research Interests

Recent Publications

• A KCIS2024 volume chapter: More than Meets the Eye: The Canadian Armed Forces and Human Security–Visiting Defence Fellows’ Perspective (co-authored with Kris Purdy and Drew Lanier)
• An Occasional Paper: The Climb and the Compass: A Retrospective on Customizing Professional Development in the CAF
• An Occasional Paper: Navigation by Sextant & Astrocompass: ‘A’ CAF Approach for AI Adoption

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Juliana Haras has been with the Government of Canada since 2005. Her work in the global affairs and defence portfolios has focused on assessing the strategic interests, intent, and behaviour of hostile states (above and below the threshold of armed conflict, and across theatres, domains, and instruments of national power); providing advice on deterrence policy; and convening strategic dialogues. Most recently, she served as the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy) at DND and, alongside senior military officers from Canada and abroad, completed the residential Joint Command and Staff Programme at CFC. Originally from Western Canada, Juliana is a graduate of Queen’s and RMC. Her international experience has been shaped by study, work, and service learning in Asia, Europe, and Latin America, as well as a fair bit of travel. Beyond office walls, she is passionate about all things elections, civic literacy, and the performing arts. 

Research Interests

• Grey-zone conflict

• Whole-of-society resilience

• Deterrence policy

Recent Publications

• Building Citizen Resilience: Preparing Canadians for an Age of Grey-Zone Conflict. Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University, 2025. https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/publications/research-reports/building-citizen-resilience-preparing-canadians-age-grey-zone.

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Patrick is studying law through the Military Legal Training Program (MLTP). Before joining the Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG), he served as an Intelligence Officer with both the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command and the Canadian Army. His service includes an operational deployment to Iraq and a student internship at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.  Patrick holds a Masters of Arts in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada and is a graduate of the Canadian Army Command and Staff College. 

Research Interests

• The Laws of War
• National Security
• International Relations

Recent Publications

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-diotte-660829294/

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Irina Goldenberg is a director of personnel research in the Canadian Department of National Defence. Her main areas of expertise include military recruitment and retention, military culture and identity, and topics related to Total Defence Forces personnel management (including integration and collaboration amongst regular forces, reservists, defence civilians). She is an internationally recognized researcher and plays an active role in a number of scholarly organizations, including the Canadian Defence and Security Network (CDSN), the NATO Science and Technology Organization, and the European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS). Dr. Goldenberg has published extensively in scholarly journals and (co)edited 4 books, including The Defence Team: Military and Civilian Partnership (with Angela Febbraro), Information Sharing in Military Operations (with Joseph Soeters), Military Behavioural Sciences in the Handbook of Military Sciences, and Total Defence Forces in the 21st Century (with Joakim Berndtsson and Stéfanie von Hlatky). She is series editor of the Springer Military and Society book series (with Rene Moelker).

Research Interests

• Total Defence Forces (including Reserves)
• Military Retention
• Military Organizational Culture

Recent Publications

• BERNDTSSON, J., GOLDENBERG, I., and VON HLATKY, S. (2023). Total Defence Forces in the 21st Century (Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press). 023.

• GOLDENBERG, I. (2025). NATO Science and Technology HFM-390 Research Workshop on Reserve Forces: Challenges and relevance to NATO and national security – Technical Report. NATO Science and Technology Organization. HFM-390-TER.

• GOLDENBERG, I., & Otis, N., (2023). Canadian Armed Forces Reconstitution: The Critical Role of Personnel Retention in Thomas Juneau and Philippe Lagassé (eds.), Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice, Volume 2, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 29-50.

• GOLDENBERG, I., (2022). Military Behavioural Sciences Series. In the Handbook of Military Sciences. Springer.

• VON HLATKY, S., GOLDENBERG, I., and Hughes, T., (eds .), (2023). Many Faces of Diversity in Military Employment. Journal of Military, Veteran, and Family Health 8, Special Issue 1.

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Christopher Wilkie was Secretary at the International Joint Commission (IJC) in Ottawa from 2021 until 2025. Previously, he served as Canadian Ambassador to Algeria, and prior to that to Morocco (and Mauritania). 

Dr. Wilkie has represented Canada in senior capacities on international trade and other issues, including at the WTO and UNCTAD, and as chief negotiator for FIPAs (foreign investment promotion and protection agreements) with China, newly acceding EU member states, and other countries. He has also represented Canada in bilateral fora and discussions with the US on energy, environmental, and other issues. 

In addition to publishing widely on international trade, corporate social responsibility, and global governance, Chris has also worked at the Privy Council Office and Industry Canada in Ottawa, for the OECD in Paris, and for strategic consulting firms in Canada and Europe. Dr. Wilkie received his DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, an MSc(Econ) from the London School of Economics, and a BA(Hons) from Queen's.

Research Interests

• Global governance and international institutional arrangements
• International trade and finance
• Canadian foreign policy (including the Maghreb countries/North Africa, as well as Canada-US relations, particularly re: water.)

Recent Publications

• Special Drawing Rights (SDRs): The First International Money (Oxford University Press: 2012)

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• Twitter/X: @WilkieC123
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-wilkie-a7b75929/

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Dr. Warren Mabee (Ph.D. 2001, Toronto) is Professor of Geography and Planning at Queen's University, with cross-appointment to the School of Policy Studies and the School of Environmental Studies.  He has held two research chairs including the Stauffer-Dunning Chair in Public Policy and the Canada Research Chair in Renewable Energy Development and Implementation.  His international research programme focuses on the interface between policy and technology in the area of renewable energy and fuels, addressing issues that bridge the gap between researchers and decision-makers using tools such as life cycle assessment, geographic information systems and agent-based logistical models.  His past work experiences include stints at the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto, as well as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Energy Agency.

Research Interests

• Renewable energy and environmental policy
• Energy systems
• Net-zero transitions

Recent Publications

• Arif E, Sharan A, Mabee W. 2025. An analysis of the compatibility between popular carbon footprint calculators and the Canadian National Inventory Report.  Sustainability 17(14). 10.3390/su17146629

• Kiehbadroudinezhad M, Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha H, Mabee W, Nanda S, Afshari H, Saeedi M, Rathgeber B, Benis K. 2025. Thermochemical pathways coupled with carbon capture for valorizing animal manure: a review. Biofuel Research Journal 12(2):2373-2397. 10.18331/BRJ2025.12.2.2

• Mabee WE, Nanda R, Zaman S, Walker B. 2023. Circular economy and the role of policy in informing sustainable biomass use. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 103(3):S7.

• DeLoyde C, Mabee W. 2023. Ecosystem service values as an ecological indicator for land management decisions: A case study in southern Ontario, Canada. Ecological Indicators 151: 110344. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110344

• Mabee W, Liu Y. 2023. Normalizing Canada-China relations through development diplomacy: a case study of Canadian legacies from the first IFAD-funded international development-aid project in China, 1981-1988. Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 10.1080/02255189.2022.2161489

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Eugene Lang is Director (Acting) of the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, where he teaches in the Master of Public Administration program.  He is a Senior Fellow with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, Trinity College, University of Toronto; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute; and Special Advisor (Policy), Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries.

Lang served in the federal government for many years, including as Chief of Staff to two Ministers of National Defence in the early 2000s. He was heavily involved in defence and foreign policy decisions during that period, including Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan, Ballistic Missile Defence, the Iraq War, the 2005 Defence White Paper and defence funding increases. An award-winning author and professor, Lang has published extensively over the past twenty years on defence policy and funding, national security and Canadian foreign relations.  He is co-author (with Janice Stein) of The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar, a frequent commentator in both Canadian and foreign media, and a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail. Lang was educated at the University of Western Ontario, Queen’s University and the London School of Economics, where he studied as a Chevening Scholar.

Research Interests

• Defence Policy, Funding and Economics

• National Security Policy

• Canadian Foreign Policy

Recent Publications

• "Can Canada Have Both Guns and Butter?  Carney Shows us, Yes we Can", Globe and Mail, June 11, 2015

• “AWOL: "Great Defence Spending Plan, Carney, It Would be a Shame if Ottawa Bureaucracy Got in the Way".  Globe and Mail, July 22, 2025

• “AWOL: Canada’s National Security Policy, Governance and Culture”, in Norman Hillmer, Philippe Legasse and Vincent Rigby eds., Canada Among Nations: 21st Century National Security, Palgrave, 2024.

• (co-author Andrew Graham) “Global Pandemics and National Security: Will the Federal Government Have Your Back?”, in Kathy Brock and Geoffrey Hale eds., Managing Federalism Through Pandemic, University of Toronto Press, 2023.

• (co-author Janice Stein) “Chretien’s Afghanistan Policy: Sound Decisions Do Not Always Produce Good Outcomes”, in Jack Cunningham and John Meehan eds., Chretien’s World: Canadian Foreign Policy, 1993-2003, University of British Columbia Press, 2025.

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-lang-34253118/