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2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
Subject Matter Expert (SME) External Assessor, Insight Grants, Research Grants Programme, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada/Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines, Government of Canada
2018-2019 ACADEMIC YEAR (Final Teaching Year)
Committee Member, Promotions Committee, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College of Canada.
Professor-in-Charge, Military and Strategic Studies Distance Learning Courses, Review of proposed DL-POF317, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College of Canada.
SME Peer Reviewer, Journal Article, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal/La politique étrangère du Canada, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, Ottawa.
Research and Public Outreach Collaborator, Canadian Defence and Security Network (CDSN), Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, Ottawa.
RMC Academic Host, Guest Lecture in course POL416: Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy by Lt. Gen. Esa Pulkkinen, Director General, Military Staff, European Union, March 2019.
Research Collaborator, SSHRC Partnership Grant, Canadian Defence and Security Network (CDSN), NPSIA, Carleton University, 2019-2020 Competition.
SME Peer Reviewer, Journal Article, Manuscript IJX-18-0021, International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis, Canadian International Council & Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History, August 2018.
2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR
Committee Member, Canadian Defence Academy Research Projects (CDARP) Committee, Faculty of Arts, Royal Military College of Canada.
Committee Member and Department Representative, College Wide
Library and Textbook Committee, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada.
Principal Department Assessor, Political Science Competitive Contract Applications, Sessional Instructors, Undergraduate Distance Learning and On-site Courses, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada.
External Assessor, Insight Grants, subventions Savoir (politique étrangère et de sécurité du Canada) du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH), Division des subventions de recherches et des partenariats.
International Chair, War Studies Working Group, International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), Annual ISMS Conference: Military Sciences – The Backbone of Military Educational Institutions?, Norwegian Defense University College, Oslo, Norway, 15-17 November 2017.
Photo at top right: With colleague Dr. George Kaimakamis of the Hellenic Army Academy
Photos: Dr. Young at Norwegian Defence University College
2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
International Chair, War Studies Working Group, International Society of Military Sciences, War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland, 1 September – 31 December 2016 and Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway, 1 January – June 30 2017.
Photos: Dr. Young at War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland
Seminar Participant, Early Warning and the OSCE, Communication and Media Relations Section, Office of the Secretary General, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Hofburg Congress Centre, Vienna, 1 March 2017.
Conference Participant, DASICON2017: Europe Under Pressure: The OSCE in a Complex Security Environment, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 3-4 March 2017.
Photos: Dr. Young at Vienna School of International Studies, Vienna, Austria
Invited Research Outreach, OSCE Documentation Centre, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2017.
Photo above right: Alice Němcová, Senior Documentation and Information Officer, who graciously hosted and instructed Dr Young at the OSCE Documentation Centre.
Credit: OSCE/David Bednář.
2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR
Committee Member and Department Representative, College Wide Library and Textbook Committee, Royal Military College of Canada.
Principal Department Assessor, Political Science Competitive Contract Applications, Sessional Instructors, Undergraduate Distance Learning and On-site Courses, Department of Political Science.
Course Reports, pursuant to Ministerial Inquiry: Is UNSCR 1325 included in existing curriculum?, courses WS529, POE462, POF410, POE410, POF490, EMF424, POE490, POE324, POF324, POE460.
Committee Member and Department Representative, Department of Political Science, College Wide Syllabus Committee/Comité des programmes, Royal Military College of Canada.
Committee Member, Faculty of Arts Promotion Committee for Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC
SME Peer Reviewer, Journal Article Review of Constitutional Studies/Revue d’études constitutionnelles, Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Committee Member and Department Representative, Search Committee for the Chair of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in War Studies, Faculty of Arts, Royal Military College of Canada.
Professor-in-Charge, Courses on Peace Support Operations, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada.
Committee Member, Canadian Defence Academy Research Projects (CDARP) Committee, Faculty of Arts, Royal Military College of Canada.
International Chair, War Studies Working Group, International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), Annual ISMS Conference: (R)evolution of War, Finnish National Defence University, Santahamina Campus, Helsinki, Finland, 13-15 October 2015, for July to December 2015, and Polish National Defence University (renamed during the year as the War Studies University), Warsaw, for January to June 2016.
Photo at right: Dr Alexander A. Bon of the Netherlands National Defence Academy, and one of the founding members of ISMS, making a follow-up comment to Dr Young after a War Studies Working Group panel discussion, Finnish National Defence University, Helsinki, October 2015.
Faculty Supervisor, Officer Cadet Projects, Officer Cadet On-Job-Employment (OJE) Projects, Career Training, Summer 2015, Royal Military College of Canada.
SME Peer Reviser, War Studies Papers, International Society of Military Sciences Annual Conference 2014, Armed Forces for 2020 and beyond: Roles, Tasks, Expectations, Walter Feichtinger and Benedikt Hensellek, eds., Militärwissenschaftliches Journal des Landesverteidigungsackademie, Austrian National Defence Academy, Vienna, March 2016, 13-51.
2014-2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
Committee Member and Department Representative, College Wide Library and Textbook Committee, Royal Military College of Canada.
Principal Departmental Assessor, Political Science Competitive Contract Applications, Sessional Instructors, Undergraduate Distance Learning and On-site Courses, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada.
Professor-in-Charge, Departmental Courses in International Relations, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada.
Poli Sci> IR>Security Studies > Strategic Studies > Military Studies
2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
Committee Member and Department Representative, Academic Wing Workplace Health and Safety Committee (AWWHSC), Royal Military College of Canada.
Co-inspector and co-author, Health and Safety Inspection Report, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Academic Wing Workplace Health and Safety Committee (AWWHSC), Inspection No. 6, Date: 11 Feb 2014. 27 Feb 2014.
International Chair, War Studies Working Group, International Society of Military Sciences, ISMS Annual Conference 2014: Armed Forces for 2020 and Beyond: Roles – Tasks – Expectations , Austrian National Defence Academy, Vienna, Austria, 21-23 October 2014.
Description of the ISMS Working Groups 1. War studies : Military strategy, operational art and tactics, contemporary operations, conflict, future warfare, asymmetrical warfare, psychological operations, peace support ops, COIN, military support for civil authority, doctrine development, military theory and practice, lessons learned and identified, terrorism and counterterrorism, organized crime, intelligence, military policing, international police operations, regional approaches, privatization of security, special forces.
Chair: Professor Dr. John David Young, Royal Military College of Canada
Source: Viribus Unitis, Band 1/2015 www.bundesheer.at
Photo: Dr. Young with his good colleague Dr. Abdelkérim Ousman , Chair of the MPA Program at RMC, at the Austrian Military Museum, Vienna, following Conference Working Group Panels.
Photos: Dr. Young exchanging with Dr. Christopher Spearin, Deputy Director, Graduate Studies, Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College, Toronto, with Dr. Paul T. Mitchell, Director of Studies at CFC Toronto, in the near background.
Committee Member and Department Representative, College Wide Library and Textbook Committee, Royal Military College of Canada.
Principal Departmental Assessor, Political Science Competitive Contract Applications, Sessional Instructors, Undergraduate Distance Learning and On-site Courses, Department of Political Science.
Committee Member, Search Committee for Head of Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts. Chair: Habib Benabdallah; Members: John D. Young, François-Emmanuel Boucher, Houchang Hassan-Yari, Mokhtar Amami.
Professor-in-Charge, Courses on International Relations and Strategic Studies, Department of Political Science.
Canadian Member, International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS) Governing Council, Austrian Presidency of ISMS, Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management, Austrian National Defence Academy, Vienna.
Committee Member, Canadian Defence Academy Research Projects (CDARP) Committee, Faculty of Arts, Royal Military College.
Professor-in-Charge, International Relations and Strategic Studies Courses, Department of Political Science. (Review of content and purpose of all IR courses during summer period from May 2013 through September 2013).
Timetable Representative, Department of Political Science.
2013-2014 Undergraduate Calendar Political Science
Programme Requirements | Political Science Introduction
The primary purpose of the Department of Political Science is to provide the Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada with the best possible university-level education in political science. This education must benefit first and foremost the students themselves and, as a direct consequence, the professional development of the future officers of the Canadian Forces. The quality of this education must be such that the doors of every graduate school will be opened to the best of these students.
Source: 2013-2014 Undergraduate Studies Calendar, RMC
2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
International Chair, War Studies Working Group (WSWG), International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), Annual Conference: Balancing Domestic and International Security Requirements, Royal Military College of Canada, 23-24 October 2012 (Encompasses planning, organizing, and chairing the WSWG panels at the ISMS Annual Conference).
Faculty Advisor and Organizer, RMC N/OCdts Instructional Visit, Lecture and Q&A Session with Commandant PSTC/CFSP,
Peace Support Training Centre, CFB Kingston, 15 November 2012.
Principal Departmental Assessor, Political Science Competitive Contracts, Sessional Applications Distance Learning Courses, Department of Political Science.
Committee Member, Canadian Defence Academic Research Projects (CDARP) Evaluation Committee, Faculty of Arts, RMCC, Canadian Defence Academy.
Committee Member, Promotions Committee Member, Incumbent Based Promotions, Department of Political Science.
2011-2012 ACADEMIC YEAR
International Chair, War Studies Working Group, International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), Third Annual ISMS Conference, Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia, 9-10 November 2011.
Photos: Dr. Young at the site of the 1988 Estonian Singing Revolution, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.
SME Judge, 14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Canada’s Security Interests, Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI), Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, 27-28 October 2011.
SME Presentation, Contemporary EU-NATO Relations, York Centre for International and Security Studies and European Union Centre of Excellence, York University, Toronto, 20 October 2011.
Faculty Chair, Faculty-Student Liaison Committee, Politics and Economics Department, September-December 2011.
Committee Member, Performance Review and Tenure Committee, Department of Politics and Economics, 2011-2012.
2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
International Chair, War Studies Working Group, International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), Annual ISMS Conference 2010, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, 10-13 November 2010.
Photo: International Chairs of ISMS Working Groups: from the left, Dr. Young, Royal Military College of Canada, unidentified WG Chair, Dr Walter Feichtinger, Austrian National Defence Academy, Dr Maja Eriksson, Swedisn Defence University, Dr Hannu Kari, Finnish National Defence Academy, and Dr James Corum, Baltic Defence College.
SME Workshop Panelist, Sudan, Horn of Africa, Yemen, and Armed Non-State Actors: Developing a Strategic Capability, Red Teaming Decision Support Discovery Workshop, Defence and Security Research Institute, Royal Military College of Canada & Queen’s University Defence Management Studies, Sheraton Four Points, Kingston ON, 21-22 September 2010.
SME Judge, 13th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Canada’s Security Interests, Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI), Currie Hall, Royal Military College of Canada, 28-29 October 2010.
SME WORKSHOP PANELIST, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) red-teaming decision support international workshop, Swedish National Defence College, Stockholm, 14 November 2010. Established formal liaison mechanisms between the ISMS Working Groups and the DRDC red teaming process.
SME Panelist, Red Teaming Conference, National Perspectives on Red Teaming – Rapporteur for ISMS (International Society of Military Sciences) Member Countries, Adversarial Intent Section, Defence Research and Development – Defence and Security Research Institute, Centre for Security, Armed Forces and Society (RMCC), Queen’s Centre for International Relations and Royal Military College of Canada, Queen’s University, Kingston, 17-18 March 2011.
Member, Performance Review/Promotions and Tenure Committee, Department of Political Science and Economics.
Coordinator and Chair, International Relations (IR) Curriculum Review Committee, Department of Political Science and Economics.
Curriculum Review is a critical examination of academic programs for the purpose of optimizing student learning experiences led collaboratively by academic staff who teach within the program. Source: Taylor Institute, University of Calgary.
Coordinator, Multi-Section Core Curriculum Course PO216, Introduction to International Relations/Introduction aux Relations internationales, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science.
2009-2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
SME Judge, 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI), Royal Military College of Canada.
2008-2009 ACADEMIC YEAR
SME Judge, 11th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI), Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, 30 October-1 November 2008.
2007-2008 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chair, Political Science Programs, Department of Political Science and Economics
Chair, Tenure Review Committee, Department of Politics and Economics
SME Peer Reviewer, Manuscript Article, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal/La politique étrangère du Canada, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa.
Faculty Advisor, Model NATO, Howard University, Washington, D.C. and Kent State University, Kent OH, Military and Strategic Studies Program (MSS) Faculty of Arts, 21-24 February 2008.
SME Assessor, Graduate Thesis Proposals, Interdepartmental Program in War Studies, Faculty of Arts.
Conference Panel Chair, Les crises et l’insécurité du nucléaire, Colloque annuel de l’Association France-Canada d’Études stratégiques, Les crises, la sécurité de, Perspectives pour le XXIe siècle, Centre d’Études de Défence et de Stratégie, Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, 18-19 2007.
Photo: Campus of the Université Robert Schuman (URS), Strasbourg, France
SME Judge, 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI), Royal Military College of Canada.
2006-2007 ACADEMIC YEAR
Committee Member, Search Committee, Associate Dean, Campus St-Jean, Canadian Defence Academy, April-June 2007.
Committee Member, College-Wide Committee on Engineering Decompression, Royal Military College of Canada.
2005-2006 ACADEMIC YEAR
SME Faculty Advisor, Global Issues Syndicate, Canada and the World Seminar, Command and Staff Course 32, Canadian Forces College, Toronto, May 2006.
2002-2003 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Military and Strategic Studies (MSS), Faculty of Arts.
MILITARY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES PROGRAMME
Chairman and Dean of Arts: J. J. Sokolsky, BA, MA, PhD
Professor-in-Charge: J. D. Young, BA(Hons), M. Sc. Soc., PhD
In addition to their course work, Officer Cadets enrolled in the MSS programme are encouraged to participate in the various extracurricular activities of the programme, including field trips to Ottawa, Washington, New York, USMA, USNA, and NATO HQ and several Model UN and NATO simulations at leading North American universities. Source: RMC Calendar 2002-2003.
2001-2002 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Military and Strategic Studies (MSS), Faculty of Arts.
MILITARY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES PROGRAMME
Chairman and Dean of Arts: R. G. Haycock, BA, MA, PhD
Professor-in-Charge: J. D. Young, BA(Hons), M. Sc. Soc., PhD
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
To earn a degree in Military and Strategic Studies students must pursue one of two patterns of study: a. Military and Strategic Studies; or, b. Military and Strategic Studies, with a Minor in Military Psychology and Leadership, Economics, French Studies, or English. Source: RMC Calendar 2001-2002.
Committee Member, Search Committee for Head of History Department, Faculty of Arts, Royal Military College of Canada.
Committee Member, Search Committee for Head of English Department, Faculty of Arts, Royal Military College of Canada, September-November 2002.
Board Member, Research Ethics Board, Graduate Studies & Research Division, Royal Military College of Canada.
SME Course Projects Assessor, National Security Studies Course, Canadian Forces College, Toronto.
SME Peer Reviewer, Article Manuscript, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal/La politique étrangère du Canada, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, July-October 2001.
SME Participant, Field Study Excursion to the Balkans, Security and Defence Forum, Public Policy, Department of National Defence, 8 -20 June 2002.
2000-2001 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Military and Strategic Studies (MSS), Faculty of Arts.
MILITARY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES PROGRAMME
Chairman and Dean of Arts: R. G. Haycock, BA, MA, PhD
Professor-in-Charge: J. D. Young, BA(Hons), M. Sc. Soc., PhD
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
This interdisciplinary programme is unique in North America at the undergraduate level. The Military and Strategic Studies (MSS) programme offers students an opportunity to acquire a sound grounding in military history, strategic thought, and international relations, as well as in Canadian government, politics and economics, English or French Studies, and military psychology and leadership. It leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Military and Strategic Studies at the General or Honours level, which provides a solid basis for graduate studies and a professional career. Source: RMC Calendar 2000-2001.
SME Peer Reviewer, Manuscript Article, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal/La politique étrangère du Canada, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, September 2000.
Faculty Advisor, Royal Military College of Canada Delegation, Harvard National Model United Nations 2001, Harvard University, Boston/Cambridge, Mass., 15-18 February 2001.
Faculty Advisor, Royal Military College of Canada Delegation, 17th Annual Political Studies Students’ Conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1-3 February 2001.
Faculty Advisor, Royal Military College Delegation, West Point Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA), United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 8-11 November 2000.
Panelist and Co-Chair, Regional Table on North America, 52nd Annual Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA), U.S. Leadership into the New Century: Defining the Puzzle, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 8-11 November 2000.
1999-2000 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Military and Strategic Studies (MSS), Faculty of Arts.
This multidisciplinary programme is unique in North America at the undergraduate level. The Military and Strategic Studies (MSS) programme offers students an opportunity to acquire a sound grounding in military history, strategic thought, and international relations, as well as in Canadian government, Politics and Economics, English, Culture, and Communication or French, Literature, and Culture studies, and Military Psychology and Leadership. It leads to a B.A. (Honours) Military and Strategic Studies or B.A. Military and Strategic Studies. The MSS degree provides a solid basis for graduate studies and a professional career.
Source: RMC website.
SME Faculty Advisor, Royal Military College of Canada Delegation, Harvard National Model United Nations 2000, Harvard University, Boston/Cambridge MA, 16-20 February 2000.
SME Course Lecturer, Basic Intelligence Officers Course (BIOC), International Organizations and Contemporary Peacekeeping Operations, Canadian Forces School of Intelligence and Security (CFSIS), CFB Borden, 8 February 2000. (This invited course lecture was given at RMCC)
Course Lecturer, Canadian Forces Officers’ Professional Development Course, Aviation Tactics Flight, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Recent Developments in Doctrine, Force Posture, and Operations, 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron, CFB Gagetown, 12 April 2000.
SME Peer Reviewer, Manuscript Article, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal/La politique étrangère du Canada, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, Ottawa, November 1999.
1998-1999 ACADEMIC YEAR
SME Peer Reviewer, Article Manuscript, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal/La politique étrangère du Canada, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, Ottawa, November 1998.
Committee Member, Selection Committee for Head of French Studies Department, Faculty of Arts.
SME Course Lecturer, Canadian Forces Officers’ Professional Development Course, NATO: Strategy and Aims of Operation Allied Force (Air War against FRY over Kosovo), Advanced Aviation Tactics Flight, 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron, CFB Gagetown, 28 April 1999.
Discussant, Presentation in conjunction with Director General Intelligence (DG Int) to Officer and Naval Cadets of Royal Military College of Canada, The Kosovo Conflict, 10 May 1999.
Committee Member, War Studies Committee, Faculty of Arts, Royal Military College of Canada.
1997-1998 ACADEMIC YEAR
Committee Member, and Representative of the Department of Politics and Economics, Canadian Military Journal Committee (Committee to found the CMJ), Faculty of Arts.
SME Lecturer, The Developing Situation in Bosnia, Basic Intelligence Officer Course (BIOC 9801), Canadian Forces School of Intelligence and Security (CFSIS), CFB Borden, 6 February 1998. This Lecture was given at RMCC.
SME Lecturer, Canada-United States Common Security, National Security Studies Seminar (NSSS 9801), Canadian Forces College, Toronto, 5 May 1998.
Working-Panel Chair, American and NATO Perspectives, Panel II, Strategic Studies Workshop, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, Kingston, ON, 29 May 1998.
Representative, Department of Politics and Economics, DND Security and Defence Forum, 1998 Conference, Ottawa, 29-30 April 1998.
1996-1997 ACADEMIC YEAR
Faculty of Arts Representative, Faculty of Arts Briefing on RMCC Programs: Prep Year Officer Cadets, Campus St-Jean, 14 March 1997.
Committee Member, Admissions Committee, M.A. and PhD Programs, Interdepartmental Program in War Studies, Faculty of Arts.
SME Lecturer, Canadian Forces Officers’ Professional Development Course, Advanced Aviation Tactics Flight, NATO Review and Update, 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron, CFB Gagetown, 10 April 1997.
Committee Member, War Studies Committee, Interdepartmental Program in War Studies, Faculty of Arts.
Committee Member, Canadian Forces Professional Journal Business Plan, Faculty of Arts (re: eventual Canadian Military Journal)
1995-1996 ACADEMIC YEAR
SME Lecturer, National Security Studies Program, Strategy Series, Strategic Deterrence: Concept and Current Issues, Canadian Forces College, Toronto, 13 February 1996.
Faculty of Arts Representative, Briefing on RMCC Programs: Prep Year Officer Cadets, Campus St-Jean, 25 March 1996.
SME Lecturer, Canadian Forces Officers’ Professional Development Course, Advanced Aviation Tactics Flight, 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Recent Developments in Doctrine, Force Posture and Operations, CFB Gagetown, 18 April 1996.
Committee Member (substitute), College-Wide Teaching Timetable Scheduling Committee, Department of Politics and Economics.
National radio network interview, La situation au Rwanda et au Zaire, programme Actualités, Radio-Canada, 5 décembre 1996.
National radio network interview, La force canadienne d’intervention humanitaire en Afrique centrale, interview for programme Actualités, Radio-Canada, 21 November 1996.
1994-1995 ACADEMIC YEAR
Head, Department of Military and Strategic Studies, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
SME Lecturer, The Strategic Balance, Strategy Series, National Security Studies Program, Canadian Forces College, Toronto ON, 28 February 1995.
Radio Interview, The impact of the 1995 Budget on CF Operations, Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International (RCI), 24 February 1995.
Coordinateur et superviseur, Voyage d’Étude à l’OTAN, l’UE, et les champs de bataille de Vimy et Dieppe, département d’Études stratégiques, Collège militaire royal de St-Jean, du 2 au 9 février 1995.
CMR Representative, Security and Defence Forum, ADM POL, Department of National Defence, NDHQ, Ottawa ON.
1993-1994 ACADEMIC YEAR
Head, Department of Strategic Studies, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
SME Presentation and Discussion Panelist, The International Security Platforms of the Federal Political Parties, part of a Special CIIA Program, What the Candidates in the Federal Election Should be Talking About, But Probably Won’t!, Montreal Branch (English-speaking), Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Mt. Stephen Club, Montreal, 14 October 1993
SME Lecturer, NDC Study Program on National and International Security, Course XLVII, Collective Security: The International Use of Power, National Defence College, Fort Frontenac, Kingston, Ontario, 18 February 1994.
Radio Interview, UNPROFOR Military Leaderships: The Interface Between Policy and Operations, interview on Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International, 14 February 1994.
Research and analysis, for public affairs program, Téléservice, Radio-Québec television network, The International Arms Trade: Implications for the Bosnian Conflict, Montreal, QC, 11 February 1994.
Radio Interviews, NATO and Canadian Policy Concerning Bosnia, interviews (one in English, one in French) on Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International, 2 February 1994.
CBC national network television interview, Instructional and Training Requirements for CF and UN Peacekeeping Operations, interview for news magazine program, Aujourd’hui Dimanche, Radio-Canada, Montréal QC, 30 January 1994.
Ontario network television interview La Chaîne Française, TFO since 1995, ALCM Tests in Canada, news magazine program Panorama, TV Ontario French-language network, Toronto, ON, 27 January 1994. (French language, in Toronto Studio)
CBC Radio Quebec network interview, Cruise Missile Testing in Canada, news commentary segment of program Daybreak, CBC Radio, Quebec Network, Montreal, QC, 27 January 1994.
Ontario network television interview La Chaîne française, TFO since 1995, Canada’s Peacekeeping Role in the Former Yugoslavia, news magazine program Panorama, La Chaîne Française network, Toronto,
5 January 1994. (French-language, in Toronto studio)
International radio network interview, Year-end Review of Canadian Defence and Security Policy and Prospectus for 1994, interview on Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International, 30 December 1993.
Radio interview, Appointment of a new CDS: Impact for the CF and the DND Policy Review, interview on Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International, 16 December 1993.
Radio interview, Implications of the Federal Elections for the CF and Canadian Defence and Security Policy, interview on the Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International, 4 November 1993.
Radio Interview, The Issue of UN or NATO Operational Control in post-Cold War Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement, interview on the Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International, 7 October 1993.
Radio interview, Defence and Security Issues in the Federal election, interview on the Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International, 5 October 1993.
Radio interview, American Policy Concerning the Conflicts in the Balkans and the NATO Ultimatum, Station WMEX, Boston, MA,
13 February 1994.
Radio Interview, The Federal Budget and CF Base Closures, interview on Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International (RCI),
22 February 1994. (I gave two interviews on this occasion: one in English and one in French – for the respective languages of the CF.)
Radio Interview, UNOMUR and UNPROFOR II: New Challenges for Peacekeeping Operations, interview on the Canadian Forces Network of Radio Canada International (RCI), 18 April 1994.
1992-1993 ACADEMIC YEAR
Head, Department of Strategic Studies, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
Directeur et coordinateur, Groupe d’étude du CMR, mandaté par le Commandant, sur les exigences en matière de formation et d’entraînement pour les opérations de maintien de la paix des Forces canadiennes (J3 Maint P, QGDN)
Panel Chair, Panel on Mobilisation des ressources/Mobilizing Resources, Symposium of The International Society for Planning and Strategic Management, Quebec Chapter, Stratégie militaire et stratégie d’affaires, un échange synergétique\Military and Business Strategy: Learning from Each Other, Palais des congrès, Montréal, Québec, 17 September 1992.
Président, Conseil d’administration, Section régionale de Montréal, Centre québécois des relations internationales, Secrétariat de langue française, Institut canadien des affaires Internationales (ICAI).
In June 2006, the CIIA merged with the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies to create the CIC, a single umbrella organization to promote public engagement with Canadian foreign policy.
Source: Canadian International Council/Conseil international du Canada website.
National CBC Television Network Interview, Canadian Peacekeeping Policy and the Cyprus Conflict, news program This Country, CBC Newsworld national network, Calgary, 6 November 1992.
Coordinator and supervisor, Working and Research Trip to Cyprus to Code Regimental Histories, Military and Strategic Studies Officer Cadets, Royal Military College at Saint-Jean, Peacekeeping Operations (UNFICYP),
December 1992-January 1993.
Coordinator et supervisor, Invited Speakers Program, Department of Strategic Studies, Royal Military College at St-Jean, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC.
Radio Interview, Commentaires sur l’action de l’ONU face à l’Irak, entrevue au poste de radio CJMS-FM (flagship of the Radiomutuel network), Montréal, 13 janvier 1993.
Newspaper Interview, Saddam aurait sous-évalué la détermination des États-Unis, entrevue accordée pour la page des analyses, Le Soleil, Québec, QC, 14 janvier 1993.
Coordinator et supervisor, Study Tour to NATO HQ, French War College, la Fondation pour les études de défense nationale (FEDN) (Paris), European Union, Belgian War Museum, Vimy, Dieppe, Douaumont Ossuary, Douaumont-Vaux, (Verdun) France, Department of Strategic Studies, Royal Military College St-Jean, 9 – 17 February 1993.
Workshop Conference Panel Chair, Les nouvelles perceptions politiques, l’Occident et Islam dans la nouvelle donne internationale and Les nouvelles préoccupations de sécurité, sécurité coopérative, sécurité collective, maintien de la paix, organisations internationales : Dangers réels et dangers perçus, Workshop Conference : Islam dans l’après-guerre froide, Collège militaire royal de St-Jean, 19 February 1993. (Conference conceived by the MND and sponsored by DND and the Canadian Forces.)
SME Lecturer, Canada’s International Security Environment, Canadian Forces Professional Development Program for Officers and Senior NCOs, Canadian Forces Base St-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC,
19 February 1993.
Représentant du CMR St-Jean au Séminaire FEDN-CMR St-Jean, Problèmes de Sécurité en Europe et La politique de Défense de la France, Fondation pour les Études de Défense nationale, Hôtel National des Invalides, Paris, jeudi le 11 mars 1993.
SME Lecturer, International Constraints on the Resolution of the Yugoslav Conflict, Canadian Forces Senior Officers’ Professional Development Seminar, SQFT (Land Forces Quebec Area) now 2nd Cdn Div, CFB Valcartier, Québec, 24 April 1993.
Conference Participant, NATO’s Eastern Dilemmas, Centre for International Relations, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON,
13-14 May 1993.
SME Interview, Current Possibilities for a Peaceful Resolution of the Cyprus Conflict, Canadian Forces Network, Radio-Canada International (RCI), 14 May 1993. Following the Gulf War, during which Dr Young was the principal on-air subject-matter-expert analyst for Radio-Canada, he was asked to present a weekly program of CF-related news from Canada on the Canadian Forces Network of RCI. This weekly news segment was broadcast on short-wave to all naval platforms and army and air contingents overseas.
1991-1992 ACADEMIC YEAR
Head, Department of Strategic Studies, Collège militaire royal de St-Jean.
Committee Member, Comité consultative du Commandant sur l’avenir du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
Member, Faculty Council, Collège militaire de Saint-Jean.
Committee Member, Comité sur la recherche, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
SME Panelist, The North American Pillar of NATO and Canada’s Role in It, Symposium of the Canadian Association of NATO Defense College Alumni, Ottawa, 8-9 October 1991.
SME Lecturer, Canadian Forces’ General Training Course for Officers, NATO: Responses to the Current Military and Political Situation in Russia, CFB Montreal, St-Hubert, Quebec, 19 February 1992.
DND/CF Academic and SME Delegate, Canadian Military-Diplomatic Exchange Mission to the Russian Federation, Canadian Defence and Security Policy, Lecture to the Higher All-Arms Command College of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 3 March 1992. (All Officer Cadets of the Higher All-Arms Command College and their Instructors and Directing Staff were the audience.)
DND/CF Academic and SME Delegate, Military-Diplomatic Mission to the Russian Federation, Discussant, Canadian Defence and Security Policy, Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Science (ISKRAN), Moscow, 2 March 1992.
SME Interview, How Strategic Studies is Taught at RMC-Saint-Jean, interview published in Red Star (the newspaper of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation), Novosti News Agency, Moscow, 3 March 1992.
SME Panel Chair, Panels on NATO Defence Planning and Realities of Producing for the Military Market, Annual Spring Seminar: A Continuing Commitment: Canada and North Atlantic Security, The Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS), Montreal, Quebec, 9 April 1992.
Network Radio Interview, Defence Policy Options of an Independent Quebec, interview for a 15-program series entitled le Québec et son avenir, produced by the Quebec Community Network, radio station CIBL-101.5 FM, Montreal QC, 4 May 1992.
SME Discussant and Introductory Remarks, Strategic Trends Affecting Canadian Aerospace Doctrine, Working Session, Canadian Government Policy with regard to Space-Based Weapons, Verification Research Unit, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, 14 May 1992.
1990-1991 ACADEMIC YEAR
Head, Department of Strategic Studies, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
Coordinator and Faculty Advisor, and Head of Delegation, Study Tour to NATO HQ (Brussels) and SHAPE (Mons), the Mission of Canada to the European Union (Brussels), and to the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Brussels), Department of Strategic Studies, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
Member, Faculty Council, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
Committee Member, Comité de la recherche, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.
Network Television interview, La crise du Golfe Persique, Télémétropole, Montéal, QC, TVA network, 20 septembre 1990.
SME Conference Presentation, L’aspect militaire de la crise du Golfe, Colloque annuel de 1990 sur les relations internationales, La crise au Moyen Orient et dans le Golfe Persique, Le Club des relations internationales, Faculté de droit et département de Science politique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, 2-3 novembre 1990.
SME Panelist, La guerre du Golfe, Les implications pour le futur, round-table discussion sponsored by Learning Enrichment Services, Cégep du Vieux Montréal, Montréal, 20 mars 1991.
International Network Radio Interview, Public Perceptions of the Gulf War, Radio-Canada International, Montreal, 30 March 1991 (interview broadcast to forty countries on the RCI network).
CBC Quebec Network Radio Interview, Future Directions in Canadian Defence Policy, Radio-Noon, CBC radio public affairs open-line, call-in program, preceded by interview by Stuart Robertson– for the Quebec network, Montreal, 2 May 1991.
SME Lecturer, The Geopolitical Background of the Cyprus Conflict: Perspectives for Peacekeeping Operations, Canadian Forces’ Training Course for Peacekeeping Officers, Directorate General for Peacekeeping (NDHQ), CFB Montreal (Longue Pointe, Quebec), 10 May 1991.
Newspaper Interview, Les origines immédiates de la Guerre du Golfe, entrevue au journal Le Soleil (Québec QC), 2 février 1991.
Newspaper Interview, Le département des Études stratégiques du CMR St-Jean, La Presse, Montréal, QC, 18 février 1991, p. C12.
SME Participant, Arms Control and Disarmament in the 1990s, Meeting of the Consultative Group on Disarmament and Arms Control Affairs, Hotel Shangrila, Montreal, QC, 20 March 1991.
Principal on-air analyst, French-language network of CBC during the Gulf War, analyste principale, Bulletin de guerre, Radio-Canada, Montréal, 16, 17, et 25 janvier et 5, 11 et 24 (X2) février 1991. Real-time on-air analysis and commentary on Radio-Canada’s national network flagship program on the Gulf War.
SME analyst and commentator on the Gulf War, Radiomutuel network via radio stations CJRP (Quebec City) and CJTR (Trois-Rivières), 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 February and 1 March 1991.
CBC Quebec Network Radio Interview, Future Directions in Canadian Defence Policy, Radio-Noon, CBC radio public affairs open-line, call-in program, preceded by interview by Stuart Robertson – for the Quebec network, Montreal,
2 May 1991.
1989-1990 ACADEMIC YEAR
Vice-President, Association des professeurs des Collèges militaires canadiens (regroupant les professeurs et les profeseures de Royal Roads Military College, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, and the Royal Military College of Canada (resigned when appointed Head of the Department of Strategic Studies because of inherent conflict of interest since Department Heads are members of College Administrations).
Committee Member, Comité des admissions, Collège militaire de Saint-Jean, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC.
Faculty Representative, Conseil des études, Collège militaire de Saint-Jean (until appointed Head, Department of Strategic Studies).
1988-1989 ACADEMIC YEAR
SME Discussant, The Foundations of Strategic Studies and Chair, New Approaches in Strategic Studies, Colloquium on the State of Strategic Studies in Canada, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, 21-22 October 1988.
Faculty Advisor, War Games Club, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec.
Network television interview, L’arctique et la sécurité internationale, Table rase, Radio-Québec’s flagship public affairs program, Montréal QC, 13 September 1988.
Conference Participant, The Aging Alliance: NATO at Forty, Centre for International Relations, Donald Gordon Conference Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 18-19 May 1989.
EARLIER YEARS
Prior to joining the Canadian Military College system in 1988, while at Queen’s University, Université Laval, and a number of ministries and agencies of the Québec Public Service (Justice, Communications, the Commission des norms, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) – at the time this organization was the Commission des accidents du travail du Québec, and the Office de Planification et de Développement du Québec (OPDQ):
Newspaper Op-Ed, Les sous-marins nucléaires et la non-prolifération, Le Devoir, Montréal, QC, 9 June 1987, p. 9 (with David G Haglund)
SME Conference Panelist (academic), Current Trends in International-Security Affairs, Canada 2001 Policy Conference, Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario), Trinity College, Port Hope, ON, 8-10 June 1987.
SME Guest Speaker, SDI – the Science and Politics of the Strategic Defense Initiative, Futurescope ’87 Conference, Learning Enrichment Services, Hastings County Board of Education, Belleville, ON, 6 April 1987.
SME Panelist, Symposium on the Strategic Defense Initiative, Canadian Student Pugwash and the Queen’s Alma Mater Society, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 23 March 1987.
SME Symposium Participant, Paradigm Hegemony and International Relations in Canada, Department of Political Science, Senate Chamber, Administration Building, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, 9-11 October 1986.
Round-Table Discussant, The Nuremberg War Trials Revisited, Different Perspectives, radio stations CFRC-FM and CFRC-AM (Queen’s University), Kingston, ON, 20 April 1986.
Newspaper Op-Ed, Les sanctions occidentales contre l’Afrique du Sud, Le Devoir, Montréal, QC, 22 October 1985,
p. 9. (with David G. Haglund).
Subject Matter Expert, affidavit in the Supreme Court of Canada in support of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Governments of Canada and Manitoba concerning language rights under section 23 of the Manitoba Act, 1870 and section 133 of the Constitution Act, 1867. The affidavit advised on the financial and human resources required to translate the laws, regulations, municipal charters, private Acts, unconsolidated and unrepealed Acts of Manitoba from English to French, as well as timelines to complete this work, 30 March 1984 to 28 May 1984.
Solicited by Professor Joseph Eliot Magnet, B.A., LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., University of Ottawa Faculty of Law – Common Law, representing the Société franco-manitobaine. Case was heard in the Supreme Court 11-13 June 1984, with Judgment 13 June 1985 : Reference Re Manitoba Language Rights [1985] 1 S.C.R. 721
Executive Board Member, Conseil d’administration de la Région de Québec de l’Institut canadien des affaires internationales (ICAI), Québec, QC, 1979-1982.
Président, Section de Québec, Société des traducteurs du Québec, Quebec City, QC, 1980-1981. This organization is now : Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (L’OTTIAQ)
Membre, Conseil de direction, et Président de la Commission d’information de 1976 à 1979, et Président de la Commission Politique de 1979 à 1981, Association Libérale Fédérale de Louis-Hébert, Québec, QC, 1976-1981.
Member (representing the Commission des norms, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail du Québec), Public Relations Standing Committee, American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds, San Francisco, CA, 1975 – 1976.
Membre et représentant des étudiant-e-s de deuxième et troisième cycles, Comité du programme des deuxième et troisième cycles, Département de science politique, Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, 1973-1974.
Abstracts Translator, revue scientifique Études internationales, Centre québécois de Relations internationales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, 1973-1974.
Seminar Participant, Seminar on Information Technologies and Public Policy, Institute on Telecommunications and Public Policy, Center for Research in Computing Technology, Summer School of Arts and Sciences and of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 13-18 July 1972.
“Les hommes font leur histoire, même s’ils ne savent pas l’histoire qu’ils font.”
Raymond Aron