AVA News

Service after Service: The National Veterans Employment Strategy – Servir après le service : La Stratégie nationale d’emploi pour les vétérans et les vétéranes

(le français suit) Dear Stakeholders, Today, I released Service after Service: The National Veterans Employment Strategy. The Government of Canada will work with partners across the government, for profit and not-for-profit organizations to improve Veteran employment opportunities across the country. We have already started working on initiatives related to our four strategic objectives: Improving services […]

Honourary Capt (N) Deb Eissan Investiture Ceremony

Honourary Capt (N) Deb Eissan Investiture Ceremony Written by LCol (Ret’d) Chantal Fraser On Monday June 21, 2021 I had the honour to be one of the AVA members to witness Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class (retired) Deborah Eisan being presented with her Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Honorary Captain (Navy) Scroll and Pins. Debbie is […]

Coding for Veterans

Korean War Veterans Association of Canada – Newletter

June 2021 Newsletter Final 3

Health Support Inquiry

From: Erin Anderson <erin@mesotheliomahope.com> Date: July 6, 2021 at 10:11:36 AM EDT To: Bob <thibeau.raf@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Health Support Inquiry Reply-To: Erin Anderson <erin@mesotheliomahope.com> Hi Bob, Thank you for getting back to me! I checked again and I still don’t see our link (https://www.mesotheliomahope.com/resources/support-groups/) on your page, I only see this resource (https://www.asbestos.com/veterans/). If your IT department can include our [&hellip;]

VAC membership – Minister’s Advisory Group

Veterans with PTSD should have MedicAlert IDs, says Afghanistan vet

War veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should have validated MedicAlert bracelets stating that they have a combat-related illness, said the decorated survivor of an RPG attack and subsequent firefight. Sean Teal, a wounded veteran who served four eventful tours in Afghanistan and earned the military’s second-highest award for valour, struggled with physical pain and [&hellip;]

Mesothelioma Veterans Centre

From: Aidan May <aidan@mesotheliomaveterans.org> Date: May 4, 2021 at 8:34:58 AM EDT To: Bob <thibeau.raf@hotmail.com> Subject: Health Support Inquiry Reply-To: Aidan May <aidan@mesotheliomaveterans.org> Hello Bob, I tried contacting you a couple of times about including us as a resource on your website and never heard back. I just wanted to make sure I reached the right person. If you aren’t [&hellip;]

Petition to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change

The Never Forgotten National Memorial ( NFNM ), was to be proudly built at Green Cove, in the Cape Breton National Park, to honour the more than 114,000 Canadians who have fallen in the service of Canada and who are buried overseas, or have no known grave.  It hit a political roadblock in the immediate months following the 2015 election with Parks Canada’s subsequent withdrawal from its MOU with the NFNM [&hellip;]

LEVONS-NOUS CONTRE LE RACISME

Vétérans Canadien LEVONS-NOUS CONTRE LE RACISME Cher(es) Vétérans, les conséquences du racisme dans nos forces armées et à travers le Canada sont très dérangeantes. Comme Vétérans et membres actuels des FAC, nous avons fait serment d’allégeance au Canada et nous avons tous pris la décision de défendre nos frontières et de protéger nos camarades [&hellip;]

LEVONS-NOUS CONTRE LE RACISME

From: Denis Gravel <denisgravel85@gmail.com> Date: March 8, 2021 at 8:45:29 PM EST To: Francine Beaudry <Loup.7@hotmail.com>, Sylvain Arbour <Botangocharlie@hotmail.com>, André Georges Toupin <antane@sympatico.ca>, “AG Toupin, trésorier” <avaq.qc.ca@gmail.com>, Robert Thibeau <thibeau.raf@hotmail.com>, Jordan.Acco@forces.gc.ca, Zachariah.whiteelk@forces.gc.ca, Jennifer Obomsawin <jennifer.obomsawin@wendake.ca> Subject: LEVONS-NOUS CONTRE LE RACISME Mes chers amis, serait-ce possible de transférer à toute hiérarchies possible (municipale, Provinciale, Nationale) que vous connaissez ainsi que toutes autres [&hellip;]

Coding for Veterans

Attention: Over 60% of the spots for the May 2021 cohort are already filled! If you are considering applying to the Coding for Veterans Software Development or Cyber Security program for May 2021, you may want to consider going through the enrollment process soon. All Coding for Veterans courses are delivered 100% online with professors.  In addition to graduating from the University [&hellip;]