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Arctic Research in a Whole of Government Environment David Hazen, Student NSP6 and Centre Director, DRDC Atlantic Research Centre
Arctic Research in a Whole of Government Environment
David Hazen, Student NSP6 and
Centre Director, DRDC Atlantic Research Centre
Current and Recent Work 1
• Physical Sciences– Ocean and Atmospheric Science– Climate Change– Ice Dynamics– Permafrost– Mapping and Charting
Current and Recent Work 2
• Human Sciences– Individual Performance (inc. kit)– Team Performance– Sociological/Cultural Interaction with Northern
Communities
Current and Recent Work 3
• ISR– Satellite Remote Sensing Techniques– OTH Radar– Acoustics– Remote System Integration– Building Situational Awareness
• Sustainment– Camp Power– Ship Design
What’s working well
• Polar Continental Shelf facility• ALERT Science Support Coordination• RCN, CCG and RCAF Air Mobility Support• Construction Engineering and Fleet Diving Support• Clusters of horizontal coordination • NCE Programs (ArcticNet, MEOPAR)• CHARS
What’s not working well
• Administrative Rice Bowls– Horizontal collaboration discouraged– Difficulty in making administrative arrangements (MOUs
and cost recovery mechanisms)– Lack of consistent approach to international collaboration
• Logistics (RCN, CCG and RCAF Air Mobility)• Pre-Deployment Training (standards, access to
courses and ranges)
What needs to change
• Circles vs. Hierarchies – Collaboration as the norm– Operate as part of the environment vice treating it as an
externality
• Shift the departmental culture to make northern operational experience normative.
• Need conscious development of a new generation of civ & mil “Arctic hands,” including leadership roles for Northerners.
Some Ongoing Research Challenges
• Understanding Effects of Climate Change• Community Sustainability (Ship-shore connectors,
power and energy, airports, social/cultural issues)• Mobility and Communications• Situation Awareness and Response • Mapping and Charting• Under-ice surveillance• Personnel Performance in Harsh Environments
Acknowledgements
Assistance by staff at DRDC Atlantic, DRDC Toronto and DGMPRA in assembling background information is gratefully acknowledged. (Photo credits are embedded in notes pages)
Likewise, I am grateful to ADM(S&T), the Commandant of CFC, and the Academic Staff and Senior Mentors of NSP 6 for enabling the opportunity to explore these issues.
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