Curriculum Vitae: Bradley Todd Shoebottom Bradley Todd Shoebottom Email: bradley.shoebottom@innovatia.net bshubotm@nbnet.nb.ca 330 Wetmore Road Fredericton, NB E3B 5L5 Tel: 506 455 9023 Academic/Professional Qualifications (oldest to newest) • B.A. with Honours in International Relations, University of Windsor, 1992 Eastern Europe focus • Research Assistant, Canadian Contingent, United Nations Peacekeeping Force, Cyprus, December 1992 • Captain, (Primary Reserves) The Windsor Regiment (RCAC), Windsor, Ontario, 1994 • Second Lieutenant, (Regular Force) Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, CFB Gagetown, NB, 1996 • Research Assistant, The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps/Mr. John Martienson, CFB Gagetown, NB, Fall 1996 • Library Assistant, Microforms, University of New Brunswick, 1997-99 • Historical Interpreter, Kings Landing Historical Site, Prince William, NB, 1998-9. • M.A., War Studies, The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, 1997. Courses in: The Strategy of Warfare Advanced Themes in Warfare: Peacekeeping American Foreign Policy Canadian Defence Economics Canadian Military History Canadian Defence Studies • M.A., Canadian History, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, April 1999. Courses in: The History of Naval Strategy Themes in Warfare from 1945 to the Present Themes in Atlantic Canadian History Critical Conflict Studies The History of European International Relations, 1920-1950 Writing History Military Historiography Thesis: “Gaius Samuel Turner of Harvey Bank, Albert County: A New Brunswick Shipbuilder and Entrepreneur, 1874-1892” • M.A., Education, (in progress) University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB. Courses in: Adult Learning Theory Research Methods • Lecturer in Political Science and History, The Royal Military College Continuing Education Program, CFB Gagetown, NB, Winter 1998 to present. Courses taught: DCE001 Defence Management (taught 4 times) POE 201 Introduction to Politics and Government (taught once) POE 205 Canadian Civics and Society (taught once) POE 206 The Canadian Forces and Modern Society: Civics, Politics, and International Relations (taught eleven times) HIE 204 Canadian Military History Since the Boer War (taught twice) HIE 208 Canadian Military History from 1867 to the Present (taught 13 times) HIE 382 An Introduction to Issues in Peacekeeping and Peacemaking (taught twice) HIE 274 Introduction to Modern Military History (taught once) HIE 475 Technology and Warfare (taught 5 times) • • • • President of the New Brunswick Archaeology Society, 2000-2002 • Member for the committee searching for Fort Jemseg (2 years) • Helped organize and participated in the digs for Fort Jemseg 2000 and 2001 Computer based training Instructional Designer for LearnStream, Fredericton, NB, with 20 completed courses in project management, listening skills, performance evaluation, sales force training, corporate policies, and communications technology Assistant Manager of Transportation with School District 18 in Fredericton, NB responsible for training, administration, and operations of a 125 route system and 150 personnel. Intermediate Information Developer for Innovatia, Saint John, NB. I research and develop user documentation for the telecommunications industry. I wrote specific user manuals to support the Enterprise grade equipment, Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, Ethernet Service Unit 1800 and Ethernet Service Unit 1850. I was a trial project to single source content for the ESU 1800 and 1850. I was creating approximately 500 pages of new content and revising another 1,500 pages a year. Information Architect for Innovatia, Saint John NB. I conduct usability studies of computer interfaces, websites and intranets and make recommendations on information management, writing styles, software tools to improve productivity (content management systems) and centralized control of writing. Peer reviewer: Journal of Online Training (October 2008) • • Publications: “The 56th Recce Squadron in the Sinai,” Armour Bulletin, XXVIII, 1, (1995), pp. 28-35. “The Shipbuilding Career of Gaius S. Turner of Harvey Bank, NB, 1874-1892,” The Northern Mariner, X, 3, (July 2000), pp. 15-48. Book review of “The Age of Sail: Master Shipbuilders of the Maritimes” by Stanley T. Spicer, The Northern Mariner, XII, 3, (July 2002) pp. 52-53. Book review of “The Straun: From Saint John to Sandlake” by Whitcomb Crichton, The The Northern Mariner, X, 2, (April 2000), pp. 98-99. Book review of “Fighting at Restigouche: The Men and Vessels of 1760 in Chaleur Bay,” by Gilles Proulx, The Northern Mariner, XI, 1 (January 2001). Book Review of Shipwreck Treasures: Disaster and Discovery on Canada's East Coast by Marsters, Roger, Bradley T. Shoebottom, The Northern Mariner, XIII, 1 (January 2003), p 76 Book review of “The Egeria,” by Eric Lawson, The Northern Mariner, The Northern Mariner, XVII, 2 (April 2007), p 84. Book Review of “The Lost Canoe: A Labrador Adventure” by Lawrence Coady, forthcoming 2008 Conference Papers: “The Wanderers: The Early Settlement of Hopewell Township, Albert County, NB, 1765-1786” at the Biannual Conference of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Atlantic Baptist University, Moncton, NB, 4-6 August 2001. “The Shipbuilding Career of Gaius S. Turner of Harvey Bank, NB, 1874-1892, ” at the Canadian Nautical Research Society Conference, Sir Wilfred Grenville College, Corner Brook, NF, August 3-9, 1999. “Public Spending and Albert County, NB, Railway Subsidies, 1864-1900” to the University of New Brunswick History Graduate Conference, Fredericton, NB, October 4th, 1999. Public Speaking: Cruise Historian for Clipper Cruise Lines Great Lakes excursion 2000 ands 2001. Subjects covered included: New France, The Loyalists, The War of 1812, The Battle of Lake Erie, The Fur Traders, and War on the Detroit Frontier. “Wooden Shipbuilding in Albert County” to the Albert County Historical Society, Hopewell Cape, Albert County, NB, October 9th 2001. “The Battle of the Petitcodiac, September 4th, 1755” for the UNB Military and Strategic Studies Program’s NB Battlefield Tours, Dr. Marc Milner, coordinator, September 2001. “Shipbuilding on the Shepody River, 1700-1921,” to the 100th Anniversary of Riverside-Albert Consolidated School, June 23rd, 2005. “Shipbuilding at Hopewell, NB, 1700-1921,” to the McRae Family Reunion, Fatima Church, Riverview, NB, July 27, 2005. “The Shipbuilding Career of Gaius Samuel Turner of Harvey Bank,” for the commemoration activities of the Harvey Bank Shipbuilding Park, Mary Majka and David Christie organizers, August 12, 2005. ”Shipbuilding in Albert County in the 19th Century” for the South Eastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, March 5, 2008, Moncton NB. Research for hire: Researched land titles, Crown surveys, Land Grants, and other historical documents for the period 1600 to 1900 for a river basin near Cape Enrage, NB for the purposes of determining the location of a 1840s era sawmill and the size of the head pond. Conducted several site visits and positively identified the site and likely mean surface height above sea level. This information was then used the help clarify property lines for Michael O’Conner of Massachusetts. Research took place from 1998 to 2001. Unpublished works: Transcription of Acadian Census 1600-1756. On file with The Archives of the Province of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, 2002. Transcription of early census of Westmoreland County, 1766-1820. On file with the Archives of the Province of New Brunswick, 2002. Work in Progress: “The Battle of the Petitcodiac, Sept 4th, 1755.” An account of a battle between the British forces during an Acadian expulsion mission and the remaining French forces left in New Brunswick. I plan submitting this paper to the Journal of Canadian Military History this fall. “As for machine guns, there are none: What ever happened to the World War 1 Canadian Corps Equipment?” Original research on what happened to the Canadian Corps, Canadian Air Forces, and Royal Canadian Navy major equipment and munitions upon demobilization in 1918-20. I plan submitting this paper to the Journal of Canadian Military History this winter. “The Wanderers: The Early Settlement of Hopewell Township, Albert County, NB, 1765-1786”. I am currently waiting for approximately a dozen additional documents from the Bank of New York Archives that describes who settled there, their attestation papers, and additional correspondence. These documents have never been used in any publication. Conversion of UNB MA Thesis into a book format. Other Skills: Languages: • Functional Bilingual in French (one year immersion course in Quebec, 1994-5) • Basic abilities in Dutch and Russian Computer Literacy: • Microsoft: Internet Explorer, XP, Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Virtual Office, MS Project, • Adobe: Acrobat, Distiller, Photoshop, Illustrator • Epic Editor, Director, FrameMaker, proprietal computer based training development software, WordPerfect, Netscape, SPSS, Corel Draw 12, various content management systems and learning management systems • Fortran, Cobol, Basic, Nortel Command Line Interface, Nortel Java Device Manager Other Professional Development: CDAL 1040 Effective Writing, University of New Brunswick 2001-2. Effective Writing for Business, LearnStream, 2 day workshop, 2001. Effective Writing and Editing 2 day workshop, Innovatia, Saint John, 2004, 2005, 2006. Information Architecture Internship Course (320 hour course), Innovatia, Saint John, NB, 20067. DITA XML 2 day workshop given by JoAnn Hackos, Saint John, NB, May 2007. Information Architecture Conference, University of New Brunswick, May 2007 Mobile Learning Conference, University of New Brunswick, Oct 2007 DNDLearn Workshop, Cornwall Ontario, January 29-30, 2008. Project Management Certification, Project Management Institute – New Brunswick, January – April 2008. Current Memberships: Society for Technical Communication Canadian Nautical Research Society E-Learning Guild Project Management Institute