Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Release Elsie Initiative Barrier Assessment Identifying Barriers for Women in UN Peace Operations
August 31, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of National Defence Today, the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) released the Elsie Initiative Barrier Assessment report identifying barriers and opportunities for improving women’s participation in United Nations (UN) peace operations. The Government of Canada launched the Elsie Initiative –...
Trudeau and NATO Secretary General visit 4 Wing
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with a CAF member at 4 Wing inside CFB Cold Lake on August 26th – Photo by Mike Marshall – The Courier News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and other dignitaries stopped in at 4 Wing on Friday, where the two leaders discussed shared priorities and threats to...
Defence Minister Anita Anand visits 5 Wing Goose Bay and highlights NORAD modernization
August 24, 2022 – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand and General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), visited 5 Wing Goose Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, where they met with members of the Canadian Armed Forces stationed at the base, and thanked them for their important work and dedication...
Royal Canadian Air Force welcomes new Commander
(Front Row, from left) Lieutenant-General Eric Kenny, the new Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defence Staff, and outgoing Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger pose at the Change of Command ceremony held on August 12th, 2022 – Screenshot from the Royal Canadian Air Force / Facebook On August 12th,...
Operational pause ordered on Royal Canadian Air Force CT-114 fleet
The CT-114 Tutor is used by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team – Photo from the Royal Canadian Air Force / Facebook As a result of the accident involving a 431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron CT-114 Tutor aircraft on August 2, 2022, in Fort St. John, B.C. the Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division has ordered an operational pause on the CT-114 fleet. As the Operational Airworthiness Authority...
Statement marking National Peacekeepers’ Day
August 9, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, and Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino issued the following statement today to recognize National Peacekeepers’ Day: “Today, we are proud to honour...
Canadian soldier of the First World War identified
July 28, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have confirmed the identity of a previously unknown soldier as Company Sergeant-Major David George Parfitt, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. His headstone, in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France, identified him only as an unknown sergeant-major...
Establishment of 3 Canadian Space Division
Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger (sitting left) at the establishment of 3 Canadian Space Division – Photo from the RCAF/ Facebook On July 22nd, Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and Brigadier-General Mike Adamson, Commander of 3 Canadian Space Division, participated in a ceremony that marked the...
A Barrier-Free DND is the Goal, your input is the ask
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA) came into effect on July 11, 2019. This legislation provides a great footprint for Government of Canada departments to create a barrier-free Canada. By preparing an Accessibility Plan, actions will be taken to remove barriers for the Defence Team to improve accessibility for everyone in the department. In alignment with and in the spirit of this legislation, the...
A life grounded in the RCAF
1st Lt Robert Heckadon in the cockpit of the first plane he learned to fly, the Harvard Basic Trainer. | Le capitaine d’aviation Robert Heckadon dans le poste de pilotage du premier avion qu’il a appris à piloter, l’avion-école Harvard. In the early 1950s, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan helped to establish a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot training program to meet the...