Education: MA War Studies (RMC); Executive MBA (Athabasca)
I am a retired Canadian Army officer having served for 23 years, and a retired executive from the Canadian defence and aerospace industry. Under my co-supervisors - Dr. Lisa Pasolli and Dr. Jane Errington - my major field focuses on Canada and the Great War while my minor field focuses on Canadian Masculinity, Politics, and War from Confederation to the Interwar Period: (1867-1939). Accordingly, my dissertation blends my two fields and examines the intersection of gender and military histories in Canada from 1867 through to 1939.
Publications
Bowes, Richard. 2025. “Passchendaele: A Canadian Tactical Victory.” First World War Studies, December, 1–21. doi:10.1080/19475020.2025.2604811.
Bowes, Richard. “History Matters.” Canadian Military Journal 25, no. 3 (2025): 29.
Bowes, Richard (Lieutenant-Colonel). "The Advent of Digitization: A Doctrinal Perspective." Canadian Army Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2003.
Bowes, Richard L. “Sacrifice and the Categorical Imperative of Human Security.” International Journal (Toronto) 56, no. 4 (2001): 649–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/002070200105600406.
Bowes, Richard Lee. “Waiting for the ‘G’: A Re-Evaluation of the Role of the British Cavalry on the Western Front, 1915–1918.” ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2000.
Bowes, Richard (Major). "Information Operations: Whither Mission Command." Canadian Army Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1999
Bowes, Richard: "Soldiers of the Queen: Canadian Manhood and the South African War (1899-1902)," Journal of History, Vol. 61, No. 2, (August 2026). 59-83.
