Royal Canadian Navy in conjunction with the Canadian Nautical Research Society Present:
Sea Power on the Pacific Rim: History, Heritage, and the Canadian Experience
CFB Esquimalt, Britsh Columbia
Proposed Two-Day Program Schedule
DAY ONE Thursday, 25 June 2026
0800–0900 Registration and Coffee
0900–0915 Welcome Remarks
Conference Chair / Royal Canadian Navy / Canadian Nautical Research Society
0915–1015 Opening Address
Dr. Duncan Redford The centrality of the NW Pacific region to deterring and defeating Russia – a historical perspective.
1015–1030 Coffee Break
1030–1200 Panel 1: Foundations of Canadian Pacific Sea Power
• Ambjörn L. Adomeit
On Behalf of the Canadian Nation: Premier Sir Richard McBride’s Submarine Purchase on the Dawn of War, 4 August 1914
• Frank W. Millerd
An Oversight in the BNA Act
• Thomas Malcomson
The Maritime Career of Captain Edwin Dunn
1200–1315 Lunch
1315–1445 Panel 2: Canada, Empire, and the Pacific in War
• Noah James
The Advance to the West Coast: Naval Planning and Weltpolitik under Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Sabrina Schettino
Victoria Pelagic Sealing Fleet in the North Pacific (1887–1899)
• William Glover
Joseph Chamberlain’s Fiasco: Merchant Shipping Legislation of 1884
1445–1500 Coffee Break
1500–1630 Panel 3: HMCS Uganda and Canadian Naval Autonomy
• NCdt Shelby Andrews
Our Lady of Steel: HMCS Uganda and Canadian Naval Autonomy in the Pacific War
• Malcolm A.P. Butler
His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Uganda and the Pacific Volunteer Policy
Discussion chaired by senior naval historian ()
1700–1900 Receptioon / Networking Event at Wardroom Bar featuring the Naden Band Jazz Ensemble
DAY TWO Friday, 26 June 2026
0830–0930 Morning Address
Dr. David Kohnen
The Atlantic Convoy Conference of 1943 with a specific emphasis on the “special intelligence” rela5onships which truly bound our navies together since the Second World War and up to the present day
0945–1115 Panel 4: Intelligence, Cold War, and Security on the Pacific Coast
• Adam Coombs
Fishing Expeditions: Canada’s Response to Soviet Fishing Vessels in Canadian Waters during the Early Cold War
• Rebecca Meunier
Declassification: Role and Importance in Historical Research
• Isabel Campbell
Making a Difference in Pacific and Arctic Naval Research, 1948–1956
1115–1130 Coffee Break
1130–1300 Panel 5: Indigenous Waters, Mapping, and Encounter
• Jesse Robertson
Exchanging Gifts and Hosting Dances: Indigenous Protocols on Her Majesty’s Ships, 1839–1862
• John Lutz
Out of the Fog: Finding the Gulf Islands 1300–1415
1300 – 1415 LUNCH
1415–1545 Panel 6: Recovering Hidden Histories
• Rebecca Murray
Snapshots of Her Service: Photographs of Servicewomen in the Pacific during the Second World War
• Akuyea Karen Vargas & Taylor Tate
For the Record, We Been Here: Archival Traces of Human Footprints
• Paul Seguna
The Important Role of Our Naval Museum in the Preservation of Our Naval Heritage and History
1545–1600 Coffee Break
1600 – 1640 Panel 7: The Evolution of Strategy
• Richard H. Gimblef
The Evolution of Canadian Naval Strategic Thinking
• A/SLt Ram Kumar Venkatachalam
The Evolutioon of Strategic Denial: Financial Attrition and the Metamorphosis of Modern Warfare
1640–1740 Keynote Address
Dr. David Zimmerman
The RCN’s Unknown Ocean: The Pacific in Canadian Naval History
1740–1800 Closing Remarks
