Prof. Patrick M Dennis
Contract Academic Staff
Contact Information
Email: pdennis@wlu.caPhone: 519-884-0710 ext.3150
Fax: 519-746-3655
Office Location: 4-127
Office Hours: Fall 2009: Thursdays 4:00 - 5:00pm; or by appointment
Biography
Patrick M. Dennis (B.A. University of Windsor; M.A. University of Northern Colorado) specializes in political-military affairs. He is a former senior officer in the Canadian Air Force who served abroad for over 22 years, which included operational tours and senior staff appointments in both NORAD and NATO. In addition, he served as the Canadian Defence Attaché to Israel from 2001- 2004 and was the Vice Director for Training and Lessons Learned at Headquarters United States Northern Command from 2004 to 2006.
A graduate of the NATO Defence College (Rome, Italy) and the United States Joint Forces Staff College (Norfolk, Virginia), Professor Dennis also attended the Canadian Forces National Security Studies Course (Kingston) and the Canadian Forces Staff School (Toronto). Previously published in the Canadian Defence Quarterly, he has more recently written a historical piece on NATO AWACS for the Canadian Military Journal and has published a research paper on Canadian conscripts in World War I that appears in Canadian Military History. He is also a Research Associate with the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies.
