Richard Walker

Senior Culture Strategist/Ethics and Compliance Officer. Certified Public and Operational Ethicist, corporate trainer, and executive facilitator consultant in Government of Canada (GC) ethics training and ethics training course design. Leading innovator in the strategic design architecture, operationalization (training needs and SWOT analysis), and training delivery of world-class corporate and public sector applied ethics and compliance programs, and ethical culture-change management: for example: TheTrilliumWay  (Tw) Code of Ethics for Long Term Care (LTC)- Similarly, I have expertise in the relationship between organizational culture and the political application of: GBA+, Critical Race Theory (CRT), Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity (DEI), Social Justice, non-binary/gender fluidity, and 2SLGBTQ+ challenges. 

Ph.D. and subject matter expert in 20th century political/military history. Retired senior Canadian Army officer, with three-year resident appointments in Germany and the UK. Master of Arts (MA)- War Studies, and graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College. Licensed adult educator (CA/UK), published academic, Assistant Professor History and Politics, and recently contracted as the External Advisor, National Advisory Committee on Ethics (NACE) Correctional Services-Canada, Senior Strategist to the CAF Chief of Professional Conduct and Culture (CPCC), Special Ethics Adviser to ADM (RS) and Chief instructor for the DND Defence Ethics Program (DEP). Additional DND/CAF teaching and curriculum design contracts include Senior Directing Staff, Canadian Forces College (CFC) Toronto, and Assistant Professor - Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) Professional Military Leadership and Ethics (PSE-402). I hold a Level II: Secret Security Classification (CISD).

Contracted over a 10-year period as the Army Ethics Officer: Army Ethics Programme (AEP) designer and Chief Instructor in concert with being the executive ethics advisor to five (L1/EX-5) Commanders of the Canadian Army. Doctoral level researcher, strategic analyst, and Ethics Compliance Officers Association (ECOA) competencies in corporate governance, whistleblowing programs, and anti-corruption initiatives; specifically: Section 406 Sarbanes-Oxley, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Section 922 Dodd-Frank/SEC Whistleblower Program, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the UK Bribery Act, and the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). Similarly, within the Treasury Board of Canada: Public Service Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) and the Federal Accountability Act. 

I am the author of the seminal work: Duty with Discernment: CCA Guidance on Ethics in Operations and I have also served as an international conference presenter, official spokesman for the Department of National Defence on the world stage, and as a keynote briefer resource to diverse executive target audiences. Consequently, as Mr. Greg Jarvis, Chief of Review Services, reflected on my corporate competencies: “Dr. Walker has made innumerable and important advances, to where the Army Model continues to be recognized as the preeminent "ethics flagship" in both the Department and Canadian Forces.” 

Specialist Certification and security classification:

• Certified as an International Protocol and Corporate Etiquette Consultant, The Protocol School of Washington (2012).
• Postgraduate Certificate in Public Ethics- St. Paul University, Ottawa (2010)
• Certificate in Organizational Values and Ethics- Centre of Values and Ethics, Carlton University, Ottawa (2006).
• Managing Ethics in Organizations (ECOA Certification), Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts USA (2005).
• Government of Canada Diversity Facilitator (DND) (1999)
• Canadian Forces Command and Staff College- Graduate (PSC) - (1992).
• Security Classification- Level II: Secret- Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD)- File Number: 95669243 Expiry Date: October 18, 2031

Education/ teaching certification

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – 20th Century Political History, University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario) 2003 - Walker, Richard J. “The political management of army leadership: the evolution of Canadian civil-army relations, 1898-1945”.
• Master of Arts (MA) -War Studies- The Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston, Ontario) 1991. 
• Bachelor of Physical Education (BPE), Bachelor of Arts (BA), The University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, New Brunswick) 
• New Brunswick Teachers License (#5009202) Certificate Level 4;
• New Brunswick Teachers License Certificate Level 5; 
• Postgraduate Diploma-Education- Guidance Counselling- Certificate Level 6; and
• UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) – NCTL- Registration Number- 1744088.