Professional Affiliation
Deputy Director of the Council on State Governments--Eastern Regional Conference, New York; former Director of the Polar Initiative and former Director and Senior Advisor to the Canada Institute
Expert Bio
Education
M.A., International Relations, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; A.B., Bowdoin College; Dipl么me de Hautes 脡tudes de Lettres et Civilisation, Centre international d'茅tudes fran莽aises, Universit茅 de Nice (France)
Subjects
Polar (Arctic and Antarctic) Issues, Canada, NAFTA,U.S.-Canada Relations
Honors
Certificate of Merit, International Council for Canadian Studies
Experience
Executive director of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS); political/economic officer, Canadian Consulate General, New York City; lecturer in French, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; teacher, Blair Academy (New Jersey) and Universit茅 de Clermont-Ferrand (France).
Expertise
Polar issues; Canada; U.S.-Canada relations; NAFTA
Major Publications
- Co-author (with Melissa Haussman), in Bruce Doern and Christopher Stoney, eds, How Ottawa Spends (2010).
- "Resolving Disputes: No One Path," in Canada and the United States: Differences that Count (third edition), edited by David M. Thomas and Barbara Boyle Torrey (Broadview Press, 2008)
- "Whatever Happened to Canada?" (book review), Literary Review of Canada 14, no. 5 (June 2006)
- Education and Immigrant Integration in the United States and Canada, co-editor with Philippa Strum (Woodrow 乐鱼 体育, 2005)
- Canada and the United States: Differences That Count (fourth edition), edited by David M. Thomas and David N. Biette. University of Toronto Press, 2014.
鈥淚ntroduction: Plus 莽a change?鈥 David M. Thomas (with David N. Biette)
鈥淩eflections on Foreign Policies, Defence Budgets, Borders, and the Current State of the Partnership,鈥 David N. Biette and Alexandra Kuschner
鈥淐onclusion: Plus c'est la m锚me chose? David N. Biette (with David M. Thomas)
Previous Terms
Former Director, Polar Initiative & Senior Advisor, Canada Institute