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Colonel Kris Purdy enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 2000, serving as a Military Police Officer before transferring to the Intelligence Branch in 2004.

He has held various staff and command positions at all levels with the majority of his service spent within the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, Canadian Forces Intelligence Group, and Canadian Joint Operations Command.

Col Purdy has served internationally in Afghanistan, Jordan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Most recently, he deployed on Operation CROCODILE as the Canadian Task Force Commander and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Mary’s University, a Master of Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada and is a graduate of the Canadian Forces College Joint Command and Staff Program. He was named to the Order of Military Merit in 2018 and has been awarded Chief of Defence Staff and Vice Chief of Defence Staff Commendations.

Colonel Purdy is currently a Visiting Defence Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen’s University, where he is conducting research on Canada’s strategic culture and professional development of national security executives.

Current Interests/Research:

• Leadership and organizational culture