Brigadier-General George Bell Medal Nominees

Every year, the Canadian Forces College awards the Brigadier-General George Bell Medal in recognition of commitment and excellence in military writing as displayed by a student on the Joint Command and Staff Programme.

Each MDS advisor is entitled, should they wish, to nominate one student paper for the committee's consideration.

The Brigadier-General George Bell Medal Selection Committee is pleased to announce the official nominees for this year’s medal:

• LCol Desmond Brophy, "Iranian Nuclear Weapons and the Instability-Stability-Instability Paradox: A (Prospective) Case Study of the Iran-Israel Dyad"
• LCol Brian Frei, "Police Reform in Fragile States: A Transitional Role for Canadian Military Police"
• LCol Scott McKenzie, "Struggling with Outdated Rules: International Humanitarian Law and Its Impact on Canadian Detainee Policy"
• Maj Wayne Niven, "Moving Beyond Ad Hoc: Government of Canada Deployment Capability Generation for Complex Operations"
• LCdr Jacques Olivier, "Strategic Planning and Prioritization Methodology for Major Naval Science Combatants Conceptual Design"
• Maj Mark Popov, "A Thousand Paper Cuts: Canadian Forces Attrition, Retention, and the Confluence of Factors that Influence our People"
• LCol Jamie Speiser-Blanchet, "NATO's New Strategic Concept and Canada: Maintaining the Status Quo"

Lists of previous years' award nominees are available at the following links:

• 2010 Nominees
• 2009 Nominees
• 2008 Nominees
• 2007 Nominees
• 2006 Nominees
• 2005 Nominees

For JCSP 37, the Brigadier-General George Bell Medal Selection Committee consists of Cdr Réjean Chénier, Mr. Jeff Creighton, and Dr. Adam Chapnick. The Brigadier-General George Bell Medal was presented to the winner of the award, LCol Scott MacKenzie, by Mrs Jean Bell during the CFC Graduation Ceremony on 24 June 2011.

The late Brigadier-General George Gray Bell, OC, MBE, CD, a distinguished soldier and highly-regarded scholar, graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada and from the RCAF Staff College in 1947. He held BA and MA degrees from the University of Maryland and a PhD in International Relations from McGill University. During World War II, he served in the Netherlands and in Germany. Brigadier-General Bell retired from the Canadian Forces in 1973, after 33 years of service. He died at age 80 on 15 October 2000.

OPI: Dr Chapnick

Date modified:

2019-03-12