Jackson Walling

Jackson graduated from Laurentian University in 2020, where he was awarded the Gord Dickie Political Science award, earning his Honors Bachelor of Arts specializing in Political Science. In 2023, he completed his Masters of Social Science in International Relations at the University of Glasgow. His master's dissertation focused on the public opinion surrounding Canadian Arctic security, and the foreign policy orientations Canadian’s emulated when it pertains to Canadian Arctic Security. In addition to how people shape their foreign policy beliefs all together. Currently, Jackson is pursuing his PhD in Canadian Studies researching Canadian Arctic security and how infrastructure within the Canadian Arctic can be multi-purpose as well as dual purpose, with the specific notion of conjoining traditional national security and sovereignty concerns with human security perspectives and outlooks. Jackson’s other research interests include, Canadian foreign policy and defense, public opinion and survey research, international relations theory and Great Power competition within the Circumpolar north, and defense spending