Distinguished Speaker 3 March 2020
Colonel RT (Tod) Strickland, Commandant – Canadian Army Command and Staff College (CACSC), will speak to RUSI(NS) and guests. His
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Canadian Armed Forces
Recruiting and Retention in the Canadian Armed Forces
Introduction One of the latest defence policy initiatives states that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) recruiting process will be reformed
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Defence Project ‘Quad Charts’
Quad charts are summaries of major defence projects, each usually one page and linked from the internet site providing more
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Canadian Armed Forces Domestic Operations
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is not a first responder in an emergency. Responsibility for a response to an emergency
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Distinguished Speaker May 2019
Brigadier-General Jay Janzen, Director General Military Strategic Communications, will speak talk about Canadian Armed Forces public affairs.
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Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting
The Security Affairs Committee (SAC) of the Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia is monitoring progress of initiatives listed
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“Growing Together” – The Cultural Contribution of Indigenous People in the Canadian Military Since the First World War
Slides to accompany this text are available here. Image 1 – title 1 One hundred years ago, when the Canadian
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Halifax and Region Military Family Resource Centre
Shelley Hopkins, Executive Director of the Halifax and Region Military Family Resource Centre, spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests 10 October
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The changing nature of public affairs in the CAF
(Editor’s note: Senior Public Affairs Officers [PAO] Major James Simiana, National Defence Public Affairs Officer Atlantic; Lieutenant-Commander Jordan Holder, PAO
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Simulated Diplomacy: Mock Afghan Village Demonstration at Canada’s Embassy in Washington, DC
The Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. launched a two-day conference about Canada’s operations in Afghanistan to inform U.S. legislators, U.S.,
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A Conversation with the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance
The Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia is honoured to host General Jonathan Vance, Chief of the Defence Staff.
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