Chris is a member of the national board of the Canadian International Council (CIC), the former editor of CIC’s online foreign policy magazine Open Canada, and president of the CIC Victoria branch, the largest branch in Canada with over 700 members.
He also holds a PhD in history from Queen’s University with a focus on civil-military relations in the developing world. In addition, he is a Fellow with the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy and a sessional professor with the Canadian Forces College teaching Canadian foreign and defence policy.
Chris also enjoyed a 36-year career in the Canadian Armed Forces, including command of 4th Air Defence Regiment and roles such as the Director Future Security Analysis and the Military Liaison Officer to the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence. He also deployed to Canada’s Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan as the Deputy Military Attaché for one year and later served in Turkiye as the Canadian Defence Attaché with accreditation to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan from July 2011 until July 2014. Chris retired from the military in September 2014.
Since retiring, and besides teaching and his volunteer work with the CIC, his book chapters, articles and opinion pieces on Canadian defence and foreign policy issues have appeared in numerous Canadian and international publications.
