Bill E. Featherstone

Served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). In 1965, transferred to the RCN Fleet Air Arm as an Avionics Technician. After a 50 + year career in electronic technology including 28 years at Manitoba Hydro, returned to school in 2014 and graduated with a BA (2018) and MA (2020) in Political Science, Canadian defence studies, from the University of Manitoba.

Research brought me to the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba, as a Research Affiliate (2021). 

My first book about Canadian Civil-Military Relations Defence White Papers, and Operations from 1964 to the present, was published in May 2024. 

Research for In the Face of Melt (book number two), necessitated an examination of Arctic climate change from a defence perspective and how that impacts Canadian defence policy, security, and sovereignty. 

The second book, In the Face of Melt is a follow-up to the first and near completion. 

I am also a Research Fellow with the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS) at the University of Manitoba. 

The Russian invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 have brought a further potential troubling perspective to the Arctic regions regarding all these issues. 

Bill E. Featherstone (2024), Canadian Civil-Military Relations: Re-Examining Defence White Papers and Operations, 1964 to the Present. Winnipeg, MB: Kootboneau Press. 

“The Arctic Council: Caught in the Middle.” Canadian Naval Review, Vol. 20 (3) (Spring 2025).

"Arctic Waters Surveillance: Auditor-General Report 2022." Canadian Naval Review, Vol.18 (3) (Winter 2023).

“COP 26, Arctic Climate Change and the RCN.” Canadian Naval Review, Vol. 17 (3) (Spring 2022).

“Canadian Civil-Military Relations: 1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis.” Canadian Naval Review, Vol. 16 (2) (Fall 2020).