J.M. Treddenick, CD, rmc, nadc, BA (RMC), PhD.Professor

War Studies Post Graduate Degree Programme

John (Jack) Treddenick is an economist with interests in quantitative economic analysis and the economics of defence. He was born in Winnipeg and received his undergraduate education at the Royal Military College and his graduate education at Queen's University, Kingston. After service in the Canadian Navy, he joined the Department of Politics and Economics at RMC. He later spent a year as Chief, Econometric Analysis at the National Energy Board of Canada. He returned to RMC and was subsequently appointed Chairman of the Department of Politics and Economic and Director, Centre for Studies in Defence Resources Management. His current research interests are in the area of the economics of defence in general and in the economics of defence budgeting in particular. Dr. Treddenick is an Honourary Visiting Fellow in Defence Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is a graduate of the NATO Defense College, Rome and served as a Faculty Adviser at that institution from 1988 to 1991. He is currently at the Royal Military College as Professor of Economics.

Publications

J.M. Treddenick. Chapter: Distributing the Defence Budget: Choosing Between Capital and Manpower. D.L. Bland ed., Issues in Defence Management, Kingston: Queen's University, School of Policy Studies, (1998).

J.M. Treddenick. Budgetary Prospects and Possibilities. Canadian Army Future Forces Symposium In the Arena: the Army and the Future Strategic Environment. Kingston, ON, Oct 1998.