Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Captain Steven Dieter CD MA FRHistS FRGS was a Public Affairs Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. He served in the Cadet Instructor Cadre as an Air Force Officer, and as Adjutant of the Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment. He worked at Strategic Joint Staff, Staff Officer to the Director of Public Affairs Operations at Assistant Deputy Minister (PA), Canadian Joint Operations Command, and Canadian Forces Health Services Group in Ottawa, as well as Senior PAO at 8 Wing Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario. He served as the Canadian Armed Forces’ communications lead for the Royal Tours of the Prince of Wales in 2009, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2010. He has deployed domestically on Operation NANOOK (2008) and Operation FORGE (2011); and deployed to Jamaica on Operation JAGUAR (2011); and served on ceremonial taskings to France and Belgium in 2007 with the PWOR, the Netherlands in 2010 (in support of Veterans Affairs Canada), and Germany in 2014 (to support the interment of remains identified by Casualty Identification). In 2002 he was recognized as an Associate Air Force Historian by the Canadian Air Force Office of Air Force Heritage and History for his contributions to Canadian military aviation history. Between 1990 and 1994 he was a former volunteer, Director and Secretary of the Billy Bishop Heritage in Owen Sound, Ontario; in 1993 and 1994 he also served as Chair of the Billy Bishop Centennial Committee, and as Museum Historian. He also aided the City of Waterloo, Ontario with its “Sons of Waterloo” memorial campaign, producing the information booklet for the 1995 memorial re-dedication and a pamphlet for the 1997 unveiling of the “Sons of Waterloo” photo exhibit at Waterloo City Centre.
Designation granted based on previous work in military and aviation history, reflecting my previous time and experience with the Billy Bishop Heritage and Museum.
May 2019-January 2021- Historian, Directorate of History and Heritage August 2018-May 2019 - Royal Canadian Air Force Public Affairs, NDHQ April 2016-August 2018 - Strategic Joint Staff-Command Liaison Public Affairs, ADM(PA), NDHQ July 2015-April 2016 - Public Affairs, Canadian Forces Health Services Group May 2015-July 2015 - Planning Public Affairs, Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC) February 2015-May 2015 - Expeditionary Operations Public Affairs, CJOC September 2014-February 2015 - Planning Public Affairs, CJOC July 2013-September 2014 - Expeditionary Operations Public Affairs, CJOC July 2011-July 2013 - Wing Public Affairs Officer, 8 Wing CFB Trenton September 2010-July 2011 - Staff Officer to Director Public Affairs Operations, ADM(PA), NDHQ July 2009-September 2010 - Command Liaison Public Affairs, ADM(PA), NDHQ January-July 2009 - Basic Public Affairs Officers Course, DPALC, Gatineau May 2008-January 2009 - On the Job Training, Directorate of Air Force Public Affairs, NDHQ August 2007-May 2008 - Second Language Training