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Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer

CASR member based in Canada

(519) 589-2584
pwhitneylackenbauer@trentu.ca

• Adjunct Professor - Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, �鶹ԭ��F
• Network Lead – North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network ()
• 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 (NAADSN), funded by the Canadian Department of National Defence . 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 , 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 .

 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. . 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. 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. . Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), 2020.

Eyre, Ken, edited and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer. . Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, ed. . 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.

• English version:
• Translated into Russian as , trans. Andrey Todorov. Calgary and Peterborough: Canadian Global Affairs Institute and North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), 2020.
• Chapter: “Canada’s Emerging Arctic and Northern Policy Framework: Confirming a Longstanding Northern Strategy,” 13-42.

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

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. 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. Northern Mariner 29/3 (Fall 2019): 213-32.

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “,” 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. . Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2018.

Savard, Jean-François, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, eds. Special issue: . Journal of Military and Strategic Studies vol.19, no.2 (Fall/Winter 2018).

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 19/2 (December 2018): 158-192.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Ken Coates. “�ĘIt 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. “�ĘA 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), .

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, .

Dorough, Dalee Sambo, Bridget Larocque, Kaviq Kaluraq, and Daniel Taukie. Edited and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer. . 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), 

• English version: “The Arctic and North American Defence” 
• (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, .

Bouffard, Troy J., and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. . 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, 

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney (lead author). . Peterborough: NAADSN, November 2020.

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

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. . North American and Arctic Defence and Security (NAADSN) Special Report. July 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “.” NAADSN Policy Brief. June 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “.’” NAADSN Strategic Perspectives Impacts, 5 May 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Angulalik Pedersen. . 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. . Report from an exercise facilitated by the Canadian Coast Guard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, 1 February 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “,” North American and Arctic Defence and Security (NAADSN) Quick Impacts, 29 September 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 16 August 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “.” Canadian Global Affairs Institute Policy Perspectives. August 2020.

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 25 May 2020.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 15 May 2020.

Lajeunesse, Adam, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. ,” NAADSN Quick Impacts, 13 May 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Stéphane Roussel. “,” Radio-Canada, 1 May 2020.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “,” NWT News/North, 5 April 2020.

Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “.” NAADSN Policy Brief. April 2020. 

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

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “ Arctic Yearbook 2019, eds. Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot, and Justin Barnes (Akureyri: Arctic Portal, 2019): 332-39.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “.” Canadian Naval Review 15/2 (October 2019): 11-16.

Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “,” Policy Options [online], Institute for Research on Public Policy. 17 September 2019.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “�Ę,” 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.

• English version:
• French version: .

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.