Adam Lajeunesse, PhD
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow +1 (403) 354-1939 St Jerome’s University in the University of Waterloo [email protected]
290 Westmount Road North adamlajeunesse.com Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G3
POSITIONS
SSHRC, Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-Present) Position sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to undertake a program of research that includes Arctic oil and gas development, northern security, and US Navy and Coast Guard operations in the Cold War Arctic.
SSHRC, Insight Co-Investigator (2015-2018) Co-Investigator on a project entitled: “Canadian-American Relations in the Cold War Arctic, 1946-72.”
Canadian Department of National Defence, Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2014) Position sponsored by the Defence Engagement Program to examine the operational lessons learned from 65 years of Canadian Armed Forces exercises and activities in the Arctic.
Sessional Professor (2010-2012, 2015) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University (2015) Department of History, University of Calgary (2010-2012)
ArcticNet, Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2013) Position sponsored by ArcticNet to study the evolution of Canadian Arctic policy.
AFFILIATIONS
Fellow, Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism (2015-Present) St. Jerome’s University/University of Waterloo
Research Associate (2013-Present) Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Research Associate, The Emerging Arctic Security Environment Program (2011-2015) ArcticNet
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (2008-2012) Department of History, University of Calgary Dissertation Title: Staking a Claim: The Evolution of Canada's Arctic Maritime Sovereignty Fields: Canadian History, Military History, International Relations
Master of Arts (2005-2007) Department of History, University of Calgary
Bachelor of Arts (2001-2005) College of the Humanities, Carleton University
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Lock, Stock, and Icebergs: The Evolution of Canada's Arctic Maritime Sovereignty (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2016).
China’s Arctic Aspirations: The Emerging Interests of a “Near Arctic State” and What They Mean for Canada. Accepted for publication with the University of Calgary Press. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer, James Manicom, and Frédéric Lasserre).
Canadian Armed Forces Arctic Operations, 1941-2015: Historical and Contemporary Lessons Learned. Submitted to the Canadian Defence Academy Press: November, 2015. (Co-edited with P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
Collections and Major Reports
“Ice Islands in Canadian Policy, 1954-1971.” Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security (October, 2015), 147 pages.
“Canadian Arctic Defence and Security Policy: An Overview of Key Documents, 1970- 2012.” Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security (July, 2014), 79 pages. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Ryan Dean).
Climate Change & International Security: The Arctic as a Bellwether. Arlington: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, 2012, 54 pages. (With Rob Huebert, Heather Exner-Pirot, and Jay Gulledge).
Book Chapters
“China’s Mining Interests in the North American Arctic.” In Governing the North American Arctic: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future. Dawn Berry and Halbert Jones Eds. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“Lester B. Pearson, the United States, and Arctic Sovereignty: A Case of Un-Pearsonian Diplomacy.” In Mike’s World: Lester Pearson and Canadian External Relations, 1963- 1968. Asa McKercher and Galen Roger Perras Eds. University of British Columbia Press (Forthcoming 2016). (With Peter Kikkert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“The Emerging Arctic Security Environment: Putting the Military in its (Whole of Government) Place.” In Whole of Government through an Arctic Lens. Heather Nicol and P. Whitney Lackenbauer Eds. Canadian Defence Academy Press (Forthcoming: 2016). (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“The Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic: Building Capabilities and Connections.” In Whole of Government through an Arctic Lens. Heather Nicol and P. Whitney Lackenbauer Eds. Canadian Defence Academy Press (Forthcoming: 2016). (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“The Arctic Response Company Groups: Presence and Mass.” In Canadian Armed Forces Arctic Operations, 1941-2015: Historical and Contemporary Lessons Learned. Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney Lackenbauer Eds. Canadian Defence Academy Press. (Submitted: November, 2015).
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“Early Days: The CAF Returns to the Arctic, 2000-2006.” In Canadian Armed Forces Arctic Operations, 1941-2015: Historical and Contemporary Lessons Learned. Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney Lackenbauer Eds. Canadian Defence Academy Press. (Submitted: November, 2015).
“Symbolism and Substance: Northern Deployments in the Late Cold War.” In Canadian Armed Forces Arctic Operations, 1941-2015: Historical and Contemporary Lessons Learned. Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney Lackenbauer Eds. Canadian Defence Academy Press. (Submitted: November, 2015).
“Canadian Arctic Security,” In Borders in Globalization (Forthcoming: Chapter contracted January, 2016)
“Canada’s Arctic Policy: The Evolution of Stephen Harper’s Northern Strategy,” In A Northern Nation, Klaus Dodds Ed. (Forthcoming: Chapter contracted February, 2016)
Peer Reviewed Articles
“The Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic: Building Appropriate Capabilities,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (Accepted for Publication), 28 pages. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“The Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic: Purpose, Capabilities, and Requirements,” Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (May, 2015), 14 pages.
“On Uncertain Ice: The Future of the Northwest Passage and Arctic Shipping,” Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (December, 2014), 16 pages. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“A Very Practical Requirement: Under-Ice Operations in the Canadian Arctic, 1960-1986.” Cold War History 13:4 (November, 2013), pp. 507-524.
“The Ice has Ears: The Development of Canadian SOSUS.” Canadian Naval Review 9:3 (Fall, 2013), pp. 4-9. (with Bill Carruthers). Winner of the CNR’s 7th Annual Bruce S. Oland Competition
“The New Economics of Arctic Oil and Gas.” American Review of Canadian Studies 43:1 (February, 2013), pp. 107- 122.
“A New Mediterranean? Arctic Shipping Prospects for the 21st Century.” Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 43:4 (October, 2012), pp. 521-539. Also appears in Canadian Arctic Shipping: Issues and Perspectives. International Centre for Northern Governance and Development Occasional Paper 11:1 (Winter, 2011), pp. 4-19.
“Claiming the Frozen Seas: The Evolution of Canadian Policy in the Arctic Waters.” Canada and Arctic Sovereignty and Security: Historical Perspectives. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Ed. P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2010, pp. 233-259.
“The Northwest Passage in Canadian Policy: An Approach for the 21st Century.” International Journal 63:4 (Fall, 2008), pp. 1037-1052.
“Lock, Stock and Icebergs: Defining Canadian Sovereignty from Mackenzie King to Stephen Harper.” The Calgary Papers in Military and Strategic Studies: Occasional Paper, No. 1. The Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and the Arctic Institute of North America (March, 2008), 13 pages.
“Sovereignty, Security and the Canadian Nuclear Submarine Program.” The Canadian Military Journal 8:4 (Winter, 2008), pp. 74-82.
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“The Distant Early Warning Line and the Battle for Public Perception.” The Canadian Military Journal 8:2 (Summer, 2007), pp. 51-59.
“The Anglo-German Alliance Talks and the Failure of Amateur Diplomacy.” Past Imperfect 13 (2007), pp. 84-107.
Other Publications
“Arctic Security in a “Lower for Longer” World,” Dispatch (Forthcoming: Fall 2016), 3 pages. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“The Evolving Security Requirements in the Canadian Arctic,” Conference of Defence Associations Institute (May, 2015) 3 pages.
“Developing the Offshore in the North American Arctic,” The Journal of Ocean Technology 9:2 (August, 2014), pp. 114-115. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
Negotiating Sovereignty: The Past and Present Failure of Security as a Bargaining Chip. Arctic Security Working Paper No. 5. Toronto: Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and ArcticNet Arctic Security Projects (February, 2013), 22 pages.
“American Submarines in Arctic Waters: A Research Note,” The Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies Connect (January, 2013), 6 pages.
“Arctic Warfare.” Oxford Bibliographies Online: Atlantic History. Ed. Dennis Showalter. New York: Oxford University Press (Winter, 2012), 19 pages.
“Forgotten Frontier: A Brief History of Canada’s Northern Policy.” Nord-Nord-Ouest Chronique No. 6 (April, 2011), pp. 1-5.
“Fuel Cell Submarines and the Three Ocean Fleet.” The Centre for International Strategic Studies Bulletin 21:1 (Winter, 2008), pp. 10-11.
Book Reviews
Review of A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North by Gordon Smith, edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Canadian Journal of History (Forthcoming: Autumn, 2016).
Review of Who owns the Arctic? by Michael Byers. The Northern Review 34 (Winter, 2012), pp. 105-108.
Review of From Far and Wide: A Complete History of Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty by Peter Pigeott. Arctic 65:2 (June, 2012), pp. 234-236.
Review of Mud: A Military History by C.E. Wood. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 13:4 (Summer, 2011), pp. 1-4.
Review of The Canadian Forces and Arctic Sovereignty: Debating Roles, Interests and Requirements, 1968-1974 by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 14:1 (Fall, 2011), pp. 1-4.
Popular Media
Interviews on the subject of Arctic defence with the Canadian Press, National Post Radio, and the CBC (2012- 2016)
“What does Arctic Defence Really Mean?” The Hill Times (May 25, 2015).
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“More Ships in the Northwest Passage will Boost our Arctic Claim,” Globe and Mail (January 5, 2014). (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“Much Ado about the Arctic’s Great Game,” National Post (December 27, 2013).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses
Athabasca University, Canada and the Cold War (Fall 2015) University of Calgary, War and Society: The Cold War Era and Beyond (2012) University of Calgary, World War II (2011) University of Calgary, Canadian Military History (2010)
Guest Lectures
NATO Defence College, Rome, “Regional Issues: The High Arctic” (2016) University of Calgary, Great Explorations (2015) Canadian Forces College, Toronto, “A History of Canadian Arctic Sovereignty” (2015) NATO Defence College, Rome, “Regional Issues: The High Arctic” (2015) University of Calgary, The History of Canadian-American Relations (2014) University of Calgary, An Introduction to Military History (2012) University of Calgary, Events and Ideas that Shook the World (2012) University of Calgary, Canadian Military History (2009) University of Calgary, History of Totalitarianism (2006) University of Calgary, Western Civilization (2006)
AWARDS
Major Academic Awards and Grants
2015-2018: SSHRC Insight Grant (Co-Investigator) ($108,000) 2014-2016: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship ($82,000) 2013-14: Defence Engagement Program Postdoctoral Fellowship ($40,000) 2012-2013: Arctic Net Postdoctoral Fellowship ($10,000) 2008-12: SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship ($80,000) 2009-10: Ralph Steinhauer Award ($20,000) 2008-09: Queen Elizabeth Graduate Doctoral Scholarship – Declined ($10,000) 2006-07: DND Security and Defence Forum Masters Scholarship ($15,000) 2005-06: Ontario Graduate Scholarship – Declined ($15,000)
Other Academic Awards
2012-2014: ArcticNet Travel Funding 2012: Terry and Sue White Doctoral Scholarship - Declined 2012: Maritime Awards Society of Canada Scholarship 2012: University of Calgary Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship 2012: University of Calgary Research Travel Grant 2011: Arctic Foreign Policy Graduate Fellowship 2011: University of Calgary, Department of History Research Grant 2011-12: University of Calgary Conference Travel Grant (x2) 5
2008-09: Dean’s Entrance Scholarship 2008-10: Dean’s Research Excellence Award 2006: Canadian Battle of Normandy Foundation Study Tour Bursary 2006-07: Graduate Thesis Research Grant 2006-07: University of Calgary Graduate Conference Travel Grant (x2) 2005-07: University of Calgary Graduate Research Assistantship 2004-05: Claude Bissell Scholarship 2003-04: A. Davidson Dunton Scholarship 2002-03: J. Lorne Grey Scholarship 2001-02: Carleton University Entrance Scholarship
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
March 2016: “The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Maritime Policy,” One Arctic Symposium, organized by the Borders in Globalization Project, Washington
December 2015 and May 2016: “Evolving Security Requirements in a New Arctic,” NATO Defence College, Rome.
November 2015: “Global Economic Trends and Northern Development,” Arctic Security Working Group, Yellowknife.
September 2015: “Canadian Arctic Sovereignty: History and Current Implications,” Joint Command and Staff Program, Canadian Forces College, Toronto.
June 2015: “The Economic and Political Motivations of Arctic Oil,” Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic, Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism, University of Waterloo.
March, 2015: “Canada-Russia Relations and the Emerging Arctic Security Environment,” International Security Research and Outreach Programme (Dept. of Foreign Affairs), Montreal.
December 2014: “The Unspoken Front Line: Canada’s Arctic Waters and the US Navy,” History Matters series, organized by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa.
December 2014: “The CAF and the Arctic,” A Defence Engagement Program Expert Briefing, Canadian Department of National Defence, Ottawa.
April 2013: “Arctic Shipping and its Impact on Canadian Sovereignty,” Canadian Studies Symposium, organized by the Canadian Studies Program at Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts.
April 2013: “Canada and Russia in the Arctic,” The Relationship Revisited Workshop, organized by the Monk Gordon Foundation, Calgary.
November 2012: “The Cold War under Ice,” The Arctic Speaker Series, organized by the Arctic Institute of North America, Calgary.
April 2008: “The Forgotten Frontier: The Arctic in Canadian Thinking,” The Security Issues in the Arctic Roundtable, organized by La Centre d’Études des Politiques Étrangères et de Sécurité, La University du Quebec à Montreal.
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Conferences
December 2014: “Lessons Learned from 40 Years of CAF Operations,” Arctic Change, ArcticNet Conference, Ottawa.
November 2013: “Chinese State owned Enterprises and the Coming Mining Boom in Northern Canada and Greenland,” State Capitalism in the New Global Political Economy Colloquium, Quebec City. [Paper presented in absentia by Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer]
May 2013: “Wither Canadian Sovereignty? 30 Years of American Submarine Operations in the Canadian Arctic,” The 24th Military History Colloquium, Wilfrid Laurier University.
May 2012: “A Very Practical Requirement: Under-Ice Operations in the Canadian Arctic, 1960-1986,” Society for Military History Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
November 2011: “The Final Frontier: Oil and Gas Development in the North American Arctic,” The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States’ Biannual Conference, Ottawa.
March 2011: “A New Mediterranean? The Future of Arctic Shipping.” International Centre for Northern Governance and Development Symposium on Issues in the Arctic, Saskatoon.
June 2009: “Sovereignty by other Means: The Voyage of the SS Manhattan and the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act,” NiCHE Northern Environmental History Workshop, Whitehorse.
April 2007: “The Northern Waters and the Origins of the Canadian-American Dispute,” The Graduate Research Symposium, University of Calgary.
March 2007: “Dieppe Revisited: A Re-examination of the Strategic and Tactical Lessons of Operation Jubilee,” The Underhill Colloquium, Carleton University.
March 2007: “Arctic Anxiety: Canadian Policy in the High North 1945-1950,” History across the Disciplines, Dalhousie University.
March 2007: “The Harper Plan: A New Dawn in Arctic Policy?” The 9th Annual Society for Military and Strategic Studies Conference, University of Calgary.
October 2006: “Sovereignty, Security and the Canadian Nuclear Submarine Program,” The 9th Annual CDFAI Security and Defence Symposium, Royal Military College of Canada.
May 2006: “The Distant Early Warning Line and the Canadian Battle for Perception,” The 17th Annual Military History Colloquium, The University of Western Ontario.
May 2005: “The Anglo-German Alliance Talks and the Failure of Amateur Diplomacy,” The Undergraduate History Colloquium, Carleton University.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Editor (2014-Present)
Series co-editor for the Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security Series, a collection of document analysis and compendiums published jointly by ArcticNet, the Centre on Foreign Policy & Federalism, and the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies.
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Peer Reviewer (2013-Present)
Reviewer for Polar Record, International Journal, and the Journal for Military and Strategic Studies
Conference Organization (2009-2011)
Co-chair of the 4th Annual “Chiniki Lecture in First Nations History.” The objective of the Chiniki lecture series is to bring distinguished speakers to Calgary to present new research and perspectives on Canadian aboriginal history. The 2011 Speaker was the Grand Chief of the Dehcho Nation, Samuel Gargan.
Member of the organizing committee for “Seventy Years On: New Perspectives on the Second World War.” The event, held September 2009, brought some of the top military historians from around the world to Banff to discuss new perspectives on the Second World War.
PUBLIC HISTORY
Exhibit Content Writer: Calgary Military Museums (2015-16)
Contributed display content, editing services, and professional consulting to TMM’s exhibit: “The Cold before the War.”
Research Historian: Parks Canada (2013-2014)
Organized collections dealing with northern Canadian history to make them more accessible to researchers and the general public.
Research Historian: Alberta Culture and Community Services: Energy History (2012)
Provided research and drafting services for an extensive online resource examining the history of energy resources in the province and around the world. http://history.alberta.ca/energyheritage.
Research Associate, Arctic Institute of North America (2010)
Completed an interactive online database entitled “Sovereignty, Defence and Discovery,” cataloguing AINA’s large photographic catalogue.
CONSULTING WORK
Crystal Cruise Lines (2016)
Contracted by CCL as an expert historical advisor and lecturer aboard the voyage of the Crystal Serenity during its three week passage through the Northwest Passage.
Inuit Circumpolar Council (2013-2015)
In association with Chester Reimer Consulting and True North Consulting, I researched and drafted a number of reports and significant written deliverables for ICC relating to Arctic governance, resource development, and sea-ice usage.
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Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development (2014)
Working with True North Consulting, I co-authored a series of research and advisory reports on capacity building and financing amongst the Arctic Council’s Indigenous Permanent Participants. These reports were used by DFATD to inform policy making during Canada’s 2013-2015 chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre (2013)
I assisted True North Consulting by drafting chapters for a report contracted by the CFAWC on China’s emerging Arctic interests
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (2012)
Working with TrueNorth Consulting, I assisted in developing Arctic policy case studies for a course organized by DFAIT for its diplomatic corps.
CURRENT RESEARCH
For a full description of research in progress and forthcoming publications visit: adamlajeunesse.com
Arctic Voyages: This book, being coauthored with Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer (St. Jerome’s University), is a study of American icebreaker operations in the Canadian North during the 1940s and early 1950s. It is in the early writing stage.
Arctic Oil: The Costs and Benefits of Developing the Canadian North: This postdoctoral project is a study of oil and gas development in the Canadian Arctic from 1950 to 1990. The book will examine the politics, economics, and local impacts of Arctic exploration and development in the North within a global context. It is currently in the early research stage.
Whole of Government Operations in the Canadian North: With a team of historians and political scientists, I am working on a research program looking at the history of Canada's whole of government operations in the Arctic. The intent of this program is to determine the strengths and weaknesses of this approach and how it can be best applied in an Arctic environment. Deliverables include a number of articles and a short monograph.
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