Kate E. Todd is a federal public servant and Naval Warfare Officer in the Royal Canadian Naval reserves. She is also a fellow with Arctic360 and the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and is on the Editorial Board of the Canadian Naval Review.

Kate received her Master of Public Policy from the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in 2024 and Bachelor of Arts with Honours specializing in political science and minoring in public law from the University of Toronto in 2022.

Over the course of her studies, Kate’s work has been published over 30 times and she has earned 20 scholarships and awards, including a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada scholarship, Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security scholarship, and was recognized by The Peak as one of Canada’s Top 35 Under 40 Emerging Leaders in Politics and Government in 2024.

Kate’s research and publications focus on maritime, Arctic, economic and national defence and security as well as economic, infrastructure, and natural resource development.

• The Royal Canadian Navy’s Past, Present, and Future in the Arctic, December 2023