Please join us via Zoom on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. PDT to welcome our distinguished guest speaker, a
36 year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, LGen (retired) Stuart Beare, Commander of the Order of Military
Merit, Meritorious Service Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, and Canada Forces Medal. He will address the Society
on “Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy – balancing supply chains”.
LGen Beare has seen command at every level, including leading the Canadian Force’s efforts in land warfare and training during their combat operations in Afghanistan. LGen Beare led Canadian, multi-national and multi-agency troops and forces in major domestic operations. His last command was Canadian Joint Operations Command – commanding Canadian Armed Forces operations at home and abroad.
LGen Beare earned a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from CMR and the Royal Military College in 1983. He is a graduate of multiple Command and Staff programs, including the Technical Staff Course run by the UK’s Royal Military
College of Science and Cranfield University; Canada’s Joint Command and Staff Program; and attended the U.S. Joint Command’s Capstone and Pinnacle programs.
Since retiring, LGen Beare has been a member of the Canadian Red Cross Government Relations Advisory Committee,
a Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and is currently Colonel Commandant of the Intelligence Branch
and the Canadian Intelligence Corps. He is chair of the Board for Soldiers Helping Soldiers and Patron for the Roman
Catholic Military Ordinariate in Canada. He remains – since 2016 – a Strategic Advisor for Defence and Public Safety
for Accenture, here in Canada and as part of Accenture’s Global Defence Practice and Defence Council. After 20
moves as a son of a soldier and as a soldier himself, LGen Beare and his wife France now call Ottawa home. They are
blessed with 3 children and 8 grandchildren.
Date and Location: Tuesday, March 31 at 5:30 pm online via Zoom
Cost: Free for Members and First Time Guests – $25 for returning Guests
Please note the sign in instructions for this Zoom presentation will be sent to all Churchill members and registered
guests two days prior to the date of the event.