Frédérick Côté

• Conduct of War and Military Operations
• Canadian Military Studies

Frédérick Côté is a Ph.D. candidate at the École supérieure d’études internationales at the Université Laval and a lecturer at Royal Military College Saint-Jean. His research focuses on Canadian military operations as experienced by service members themselves. In particular, he examines the process of soldier identity formation, the structuring of military practices, and the factors that shape military action.

He is a member of the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale at Université Laval and an affiliated researcher with the Research Chair on Reserve Force at Royal Military College Saint-Jean.

An infantry officer in the Canadian Armed Forces for 26 years, he commanded the 3^e Battalion, Royal 22^e Régiment. Operationally, he was deployed to the former Yugoslavia (2001-2002) and Afghanistan (2004-2009), and later commanded Canada’s training mission in Ukraine (2019).

• Simonyi, A. & Côté, F. (dir.) (2024). Le Canada à l’aune de la guerre en Ukraine : penser la sécurité et la défense dans un monde en émergence. Quebec: Presses de l’Université Laval.

Research Report

• Côté, F. & al. (2022). Taliban 2.0: Réorganisation géostratégique en Asie. Documents du Groupe d’études et de recherche sur l’Asie contemporaine, no 16, January.

• Côté, F. (2026, March 13). The Dual Identity of Reserve Members: An Important Function in Civil-Military Relations? [Conference]. Symposium on Civil-Military Relations, Inter-American Defense College, Washington, D.C.
• Côté, F. (2025, February 27). Guerre et technologie [Conference]. Séminaire pluridisciplinaire sur la sécurité internationale, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
• Côté, F. (2024, November 5). Les conflits armés à l’époque contemporaine [Guest lecture as part of a course]. Introduction aux études internationales et langues modernes Course, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
• Côté, F. (2024, April 28). L’environnement de sécurité contemporain: implications pour le militaire canadien [Conference]. Professional Development Session, Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada.
• Côté, F. (2023, November 17). Le rôle des Forces armées canadiennes dans l’environnement de sécurité contemporain [Conference]. Student Conference, École supérieure d’études internationales, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
• Côté, F. (2023, February 17). The Provision of Arms to Ukraine: Political, Strategic and Institutional Implications [Guest lecture as part of a course], Royal Canadian Mechanical and Electrical Engineer’s Army Operations Course, online.

• Associate Researcher, Research Chair on Reserve Force, Royal Military College Saint-Jean (2025–present)
• Member, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM), Université Laval (2024–present)