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Meet the Dean

Lackenbauer

Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer

CASR member based in Canada

(519) 589-2584
pwhitneylackenbauer@trentu.ca

  • Adjunct Professor - Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, UAF
  • Network Lead – North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN)
  • Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North and Professor, School for the Study of Canada, Trent University
  • Adjunct Professor, Public Policy and Governance Program, St. Francis Xavier University
  • Senior Fellow, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History, Trinity College and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto
  • Research Associate, Arctic Institute of North America
  • Research Associate, Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l’arctique (OPSA), Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les relations internationales du Canada et du Québec (CIRRICQ), École nationale d’administration publique 2020.

 

Whitney Lackenbauer (he/him) has been an adjunct professor in the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and member of the Center for Arctic Security and Resilience since 2020.

Whitney is network lead of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), funded by the Canadian Department of National Defence Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, in Fall 2010; the 2017-18 Killam Visiting Scholar at the University of Calgary; Distinguished Visiting Professor at Canadian Forces College in Toronto in 2018; and Lansdowne Lecturer at the University of Victoria in fall 2019.

Whitney has (co-)written or (co-)edited more than fifty books and more than one hundred academic articles and book chapters. He is also co-editor of the Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security (DCASS) series, to which he has contributed thirteen volumes. His research focuses on Arctic policy, sovereignty, security, and governance issues; modern Canadian and circumpolar history; military history and contemporary defence policy; and Indigenous-state relations in Canada. For more information, please visit his website at www.lackenbauer.ca.

 Education

  • PhD, 2004, History, University of Calgary
  • MA, 1999, History, University of Calgary
  • BA, 1998, Applied Studies Co-op History, University of Waterloo

 

Publications (peer-reviewed since 2018)

Greaves, Wilfrid, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, eds. Breaking Through? Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021.

  • Chapter: “From ‘Defending Sovereignty’ to Comprehensive Security in a Whole of Government Framework: Government Narratives of Arctic Sovereignty and Security in the Harper Era,” 137-167.
  • Co-authored chapter: “Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic,” 3-24. (With Wilfrid Greaves.)

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “‘Defence Against Help’: Revisiting a Primary Justification for Canadian Participation in Continental Defence with the United States.” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 20/2 (February 2021): 62-89.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “The Militarization of the Arctic to 1990.” In The Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics, eds. Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 487-505.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Suzanne Lalonde and Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon. Canada and the Maritime Arctic: Boundaries, Shelves, and Waters. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), 2020.

Eyre, Ken, edited and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Custos Borealis: The Military in the Canadian North. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, ed. Canada’s Northern Strategies: From Trudeau to Trudeau, 1970-2020. Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security (DCASS) No. 17. Calgary and Waterloo: Centre for Military, Strategic and Security Studies /Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism /Arctic Institute of North America, 2020. 

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “Tolerant Allies: The Joint Arctic Weather Stations, Canadianization, and Canada-U.S. Relations in the Cold War Arctic.” International Journal 75/4 (December 2020): 487-502.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Ryan Dean. “Arctic Exceptionalisms,” in The Arctic and World Order: The Question of Future Regimes to Manage Change, eds. Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton. Washington: Johns Hopkins University for Brookings University Press, 2020. 327-355.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “Defence, Development, and Inuit: St-Laurent’s Modern Approach to the North” in St. Laurent’s Canada, ed. Patrice Dutil. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2020, 193-221.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Ryan Dean. “A Northern Nuclear Nightmare? Operation Morning Light and the Recovery of Cosmos 954 in the Northwest Territories, 1978,” in Nuclear Histories of Canada, eds. Susan Colbourn and Timothy Sayle. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020, 181-206.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Suzanne Lalonde, eds. Breaking the Ice Curtain? Russia, Canada, and Arctic Security in a Changing Circumpolar World. Calgary: Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 2019.

Landriault, Mathieu, Andrew Chater, Elana Wilson Rowe and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Governing Complexity in the Arctic Region. International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series. London: Routledge, 2019.

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Canada and Geostrategy: From C.P. Stacey to Twenty-First Century Arctic Threat Assessment.” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 20:1 (2019): 33-96.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Ryan Dean. “Applied Science and Practical Cooperation: Operation Morning Light and the Recovery of Cosmos 954 in the Northwest Territories, 1978.” In Cold Science: Arctic Science in North America during the Cold War, eds. Stephen Bocking and Daniel Heidt. New York: Routledge, 2019. 236-55.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Daniel Heidt, eds. The Advisory Committee on Northern Development: Context and Meeting Minutes, 1948-71, Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security (DCASS) No. 4. Calgary and Waterloo: Centre for Military and Strategic Studies/Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism, 2015, rev. ed. 2019.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “‘On Hallowed Ground’: St. Roch, Sovereignty, and the 1944 Northwest Passage Transit.” Northern Mariner 29/3 (Fall 2019): 213-32.

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Geostrategy and Canadian Defence: From C.P. Stacey to Twenty-First Century Arctic Threat Assessment,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 20/1 (November 2019): 1-64.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “The North’s Canadian Rangers” in Strengthening the Canadian Armed Forces through Diversity and Inclusion, eds. Alistair Edgar, Rupinder Mangat, and Bessma Momani. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019, 67-86.

Lajeunesse, Adam, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Defence Policy in the Canadian Arctic: From Jean Chrétien to Justin Trudeau” in Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice, eds. Thomas Juneau, Philippe Lagassé, and Srdjan Vucetic. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 365-382.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Daniel Heidt. “Flexibility, Leadership, and the Establishment of Arctic Scientific Stations: Situating the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS)” in Cold Science: Arctic Science in North America during the Cold War, eds. Stephen Bocking and Daniel Heidt. New York: Routledge, 2019, 42-60.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Ryan Dean. “Applied Science and Practical Cooperation: Operation Morning Light and the Recovery of Cosmos 954 in the Northwest Territories, 1978,” in Cold Science: Arctic Science in North America during the Cold War, eds. Stephen Bocking and Daniel Heidt. New York: Routledge, 2019, 236-55.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Adam Lajeunesse, Frédéric Lasserre, and James Manicom. China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2018.

Savard, Jean-François, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, eds. Special issue: The Role of Indigenous Peoples in Armed Forces: Canadian and International Perspectives. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies vol.19, no.2 (Fall/Winter 2018).

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “‘Indigenous Communities are at the Heart of Canada’s North’: Media Misperceptions of the Canadian Rangers, Indigenous Service, and Arctic Security,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 19/2 (December 2018): 158-192.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Ken Coates. “‘It is better to have a half loaf than none at all’: The Yukon and Confederation” in Reconsidering Confederation: Canada’s Founding Debates, 1864-1999, ed. Daniel Heidt. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2018, 193-212.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and André Légaré. “‘A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World’: The Creation of Nunavut” in Reconsidering Confederation: Canada’s Founding Debates, 1864-1999, ed. Daniel Heidt. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2018, 263-290.

 

Publications (other since 2018)

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Troy J. Bouffard. "Positioning Russia in the Circumpolar Arctic: Narrative, (De)Legitimizing Discourses, and a Framing Environment". Quick Impact, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), 17 Jan 2021.

Lajeunesse, Adam, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Arctic Security: A Canadian Perspective.” The Watch [NORAD] (Winter 2021): 37-38.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Strengthening Search and Rescue in Nunavut: Approaches and Options,” NAADSN Policy Primer, January 2021.

Dorough, Dalee Sambo, Bridget Larocque, Kaviq Kaluraq, and Daniel Taukie. Edited and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Voices from the Arctic: Diverse Views on Canadian Arctic Security. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), December 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Troy Bouffard, and Nancy Teeple, “L’Arctique et La Défense Nord-Américaine”, L’année Arctique 2020, Observatoire de la Politique et la Sécurité de L’arctique (OPSA), December 2020

  • English version: “The Arctic and North American Defence” Policy Brief, NAADSN
  • (In print) Republished in Vanguard, 2021

Bouffard, Troy J., Will Greaves, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Nancy Teeple. "North American Arctic Security in a New U.S. Administration." In Strategic Perspective, edited by Shannon Nash. Peterborough, Ontario: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, 2020.

Bouffard, Troy J., and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. The United States and Arctic Security. North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (Reading List: 26 May 2020).

Bouffard, Troy J., and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “The U.S. Withdrawal from Open Skies – Implications for the Arctic.” North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network. Quick Impact, May 2020

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney (lead author). Understanding the Future Arctic Security Environment: Applying NATO Strategic Foresight Analysis to Canadian Arctic Defence and Security. Peterborough: NAADSN, November 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Peter Kikkert. Measuring the Success of the Canadian Rangers. Report to the 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, released October 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Using Civil-Military Operations to “Expand and Deepen” Relationships with Northern Communities: Examples from Alaska and Australia. North American and Arctic Defence and Security (NAADSN) Special Report. July 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “The Canadian Rangers and COVID-19.” NAADSN Policy Brief. June 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “Why Fear Russia in the Arctic? Contemplating Scenarios as an Exercise in Assumption-Testing and ‘Red Teaming.’” NAADSN Strategic Perspectives Impacts, 5 May 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Angulalik Pedersen. Kitikmeot Roundtable on Search and Rescue – General Report and Findings. Report from a workshop hosted at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, 31 January – 1 February 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Angulalik Pedersen. Kitikmeot Roundtable on Search and Rescue – Mass Rescue Table Top Exercise Report. Report from an exercise facilitated by the Canadian Coast Guard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, 1 February 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “The Canadian Army in a Changing North American Defence and Security Environment,” North American and Arctic Defence and Security (NAADSN) Quick Impacts, 29 September 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “Permanency, Reassurance, and Quiet Diplomacy: The Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD) at Eighty,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 16 August 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Handshakes or Arm Wrestling? The United States, Canada, and Icebreakers in the Arctic.” Canadian Global Affairs Institute Policy Perspectives. August 2020.

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “We Cannot Deter What We Cannot Detect,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 25 May 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “Custos Borealis: The Fiftieth Anniversary of Northern Region Headquarters / Joint Task Force (North),” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 15 May 2020.

Lajeunesse, Adam, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “‘Russian Arctic Military Exercise Draws Awe and Concern’ … and Promotes Misconceptions about the Canadian Armed Forces and Threats to the Canadian Arctic?,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 13 May 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Stéphane Roussel. “Les Rangers : une réponse communautaire à la COVID-19 en régions isolées,” Radio-Canada, 1 May 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “The Canadian Rangers, Community Resiliency, and COVID-19,” NWT News/North, 5 April 2020.

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “China’s Arctic Gambit? Contemplating Possible Strategies.” NAADSN Policy Brief. April 2020. 

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Blackjack Diplomacy,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 18 March 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy Framework: A Roadmap for the Future?” Arctic Yearbook 2019, eds. Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot, and Justin Barnes (Akureyri: Arctic Portal, 2019): 332-39.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Bolstering Community-Based Marine Capabilities in the Canadian Arctic.” Canadian Naval Review 15/2 (October 2019): 11-16.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “A Better Road Map Needed for Arctic and Northern Policy Framework,” Policy Options [online], Institute for Research on Public Policy. 17 September 2019.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “‘Global Arctic Leadership’ in an Era of Cooperation and Competition,” in Canada’s Arctic Agenda: Into the Vortex, ed. John Higginbotham and Jennifer Spence. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2019. 67-73.

Lajeunesse, Adam, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Per il Canada l’artico è un mare di opportunità,” Limes [Italy] (January 2019): 187-94.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Peter Kikkert. “An Important International Crossroads”: Implementing Canada’s Arctic Priorities in Strong, Secure, Engaged. Report from a symposium hosted by the Centre for National Security Studies, 10-11 October 2018. 68 pp.

Lajeunesse, Adam, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “China’s Arctic Ambitions: The New Arctic Policy of a ‘Near Arctic State,’” iPolitics, 2 February 2018.

 

Publications in Progress

Heidt, Daniel and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. The Joint Arctic Weather Stations: Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-72. Forthcoming with a university press.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “The Canadian Rangers: Cornerstone for Community Disaster Resilience in Canada’s Remote and Isolated Communities.” Northern Review, forthcoming 2021.

Barnes, Justin, Heather Exner-Pirot, Lassi Heininen, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, eds. China’s Arctic Engagement: Following the Polar Silk Road to Greenland and Russia. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network Engage Series, expected publication in February 2021.

Depledge, Duncan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. On Thin Ice? Perspectives on Arctic Security. Edited volume with Duncan Depledge. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network Engage Series, expected publication in March 2021.

  • Chapter: “Threats through, to, and in the Arctic: A Canadian Perspective.”

Sergunin, Alexander, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Canada’s and Russia’s Security and Defense Strategies in the Arctic: A Comparative Analysis.” Chapter for an edited volume in the Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development book series for Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, forthcoming 2021.