On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Dr. Andrea Charron speaks to Cheri Crosby, BGen Chris McKenna, BGen Patrice Sabourin, and Dr. Martin Tomkin about implementing NORAD Modernization

This episode is an excerpt from our annual procurement conference, Putting Canadian Procurement on a War Footing, which took place on October 25th in Ottawa. This event was made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS Program, our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Davie Shipyard; Silver Sponsors the Royal Embassy of Norway in Ottawa and Innovation Norway; Bronze sponsors ATCO Frontec, BAE Systems Canada, Bombardier, The Boeing Company, and PAL Aerospace.

Participant bio

Cheri Crosby is the Department of National Defence’s Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

BGen Chris McKenna is the Director General Air and Space Force Development

BGen Patrice Sabourin is Director General Digital Capabilities and Force Development

Dr. Martin Tomkin is the Senior Advisor to the Assistant DeputyMinister (Infrastructure and Environment)

Hosts Bios

Dr. Andrea Charron is a CGAI Fellow and a Professor at the University of Manitoba.

Dr. David Perry is President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Recording Date: 25 Oct 2022

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips