Andrea Charron

Andrea Charron is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS) at the University of Manitoba. She is a member of the Department of National Defence’s Advisory Board and is asked regularly to provide guest lectures at Canadian Forces College and to provide testimony to Senate and House of Commons’ committees. Dr. Charron worked for various federal departments including the Privy Council Office in the Security and Intelligence Secretariat.  Her research projects focus extensively on the Arctic, NORAD, Canadian Defence Policy and the Security Council. She has published in academic journals such as International Journal, International Affairs, and Policy Options.

Expertise

• Arctic
• Sanctions, UNSC
• Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy, NORAD

Selected Publications

• Morrison, Chris, Andrea Charron and James Fergusson (20 March 2026). “Action-Reaction: The North American Threat Environment, NORAD and Canada’s Continental Defence Response”, CDAI. https://cdainstitute.ca/action-reaction-the-north-american-threat-environmentnorad-and-canadas-continental-defence-response/
• Charron, Andrea.  2025. “USNORTHCOM Shifts Eastward”, Canadian Global Affairs Institute (October). Ottawa https://www.cgai.ca/pp_usnorthcom_shifts_eastward
• Charron, Andrea. 2025. “Golden Dome and Canada: The New Age of Integrated Air and Missile Defence”, Conference of Defence Associations Institute (August). https://cdainstitute.ca/golden-dome-and-canada-the-new-age-of-integrated-air-and-missile-defence/
• Charron, Andrea and James Fergusson. 2024. “The RCAF: Challenges of Today and Tomorrow”, Canadian Military Journal, Vol 24 (3) (Winter).
• Charron, Andrea and Jim Fergusson. 2021a. “NORAD’s Maritime Warning Role: Origins and Future”, Canadian Naval Review. Vol 17 (2): 10-14. https://navalreview.ca/wp-content/uploads/public/vol17num2/cnr_vol17_2_Charron_and_Fergusson.pdf