Tod retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after serving thirty-seven years as an infantry officer with Princess Patricia鈥檚 Canadian Light Infantry. His last position was commandant of the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario. He served overseas on multiple operational deployments in the former-Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and the Republic of South Korea.
He is now a PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr Allan English. His dissertation will seek to examine the interactions between leadership of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Minister鈥檚 Monitoring Committee on Change as, together, they sought to implement the myriad recommendations resultant from the Somalia Affair. This will have implications on our understanding of the Canadian civil-military relationship, cultural transformation in large organizations, and change management 鈥 particularly as demonstrated by directed change by political authorities.
Selected Publications
- Crisis to Catalyst: The Strategic Effects of the Somali Affair on the Canadian Armed Forces, Centre for International and Defence Policy Occasional Paper Series 70 (Kingston, ON: CIDP), December 2024. /肠颈诲辫/蝉颈迟别蝉/肠颈诲辫飞飞飞/蹿颈濒别蝉/耻辫濒辞补诲别诲冲蹿颈濒别蝉/翱笔%2070%鈥
- From the Boers to the Taliban: How Canadian Attitudes Towards War Have Changed, JADEX Papers 3, (Ottawa, ON: National Defence), 2011.
- 鈥淐reating Combat Leaders in the Canadian Corps: The Experiences of Lieutenant-Colonel Agar Adamson鈥 in Andrew Godfroy Editor, Great War Commands: Historical Perspective on Canadian Army Leadership, 1914-1918, (Kingston ON: Canadian Defence Academy Press) 2010. pp 201-238.
- 鈥淟eading from the Front: Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron 鈥淐ammie鈥 Ware鈥 in Colonel Bernd Horn Editor, Intrepid Warriors: Perspectives on Canadian Military Leaders, Toronto, ON: The Dundurn Group, 2007, pp. 199-221.
Professional Associations
- Member of the Military Writers Guild
- Member of the Royal Kingston United Services Institute
