Biography of the Acting Academic Director

Danic Parenteau holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Université de Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne). Professor at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean since 2008, he teaches philosophy and political science. He has held a few management positions at the institution, including Head of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (2016-2018), Associate Dean for University Programs (2018 to 2019), Interim Dean for Research (2023), and Academic Director (interim) since summer 2023. He has also been a visiting professor at the Royal Military Academy of Belgium (2022).

His most recent research focuses on officer education, particularly in military academies. Among his latest publications, we find “Lieutenants Are Potential Generals, and Generals Were Once Lieutenants: Reflections on the Military Academy’s Role in Officer Training” (Canadian Military Journal, 2023); with M. Maisonneuve, “Time to reset the Canadian military colleges as military academies. (Vimy papers, 2022); “Officers Must Play Key Role in Transforming Organizational Culture” (Canadian Military Journal, 2022); “Teaching Professional Use of Critical Thinking to Officer-Cadets. Reflection on the Intellectual Training of Young Officers at Military Academies” (The Journal of Military Learning, 2021) and “Réduire le fossé culturel entre les forces armées et la société civile sans rompre avec le ‘compromis huntingtonien’” (Canadian Journal of Political Science, forthcoming).