Member of the Conference of Defence Associations
The CDA is the oldest and most influential advocacy group in Canada’s defence community, consisting of associations from all parts of the country. The CDA expresses its ideas and opinions with a view to influencing government security and defence policy. It is a non-partisan, independent, and non-profit organization.
Category Archives: PPT Presentations
The Corps of Commissionaires
The Commissionaires are Canada’s largest private sector employer of veterans with 22,000 men and women who serve in 1,200 communities across Canada. Veterans of the CAF and RCMP account for 4,500 of their employees, and serve at all levels from … Continue reading
Posted in PPT Presentations
Comments Off on The Corps of Commissionaires
Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty
“… Churchill and Fisher turns out to be above all a seething record of human passions and frailties – rivalries, resentments, regrets and reconciliations, all exemplified by the relationship between two towering champions of the human condition. Barry Gough has … Continue reading
Posted in PPT Presentations
Comments Off on Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty
The Red River Expedition 1870
Paul McNicholls For members’ reading library: Journey Through the Wilderness: The Red River Expedition, 1870 by Paul McNicholls To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excelence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting … Continue reading
Posted in Members Reading Library, PPT Presentations
Comments Off on The Red River Expedition 1870
Strategia: A Primer on Theory and Strategy for Students of War
Colonel (Retired) Chuck Oliviero War fascinates us, but what do we really know about its nature? Strategia is the product of Colonel Oliviero’s decades-long intellectual quest to address this fundamental query. His work offers both the serious student and the … Continue reading
Posted in PPT Presentations, Recorded Zoom Webinars
Comments Off on Strategia: A Primer on Theory and Strategy for Students of War
The Hardest Battle: The Canadian Corps and the Arras Campaign 1918 – Dr. Bill Stewart
The Canadian Corps’ Second Arras campaign in 1918 was its most significant operational assignment of the war. More pivotal than Vimy, Passchendaele, or Amiens, its task was to smash through a 15-kilometre fortified zone including the formidable DQ Line and … Continue reading
Posted in PPT Presentations, Recorded Zoom Webinars
Comments Off on The Hardest Battle: The Canadian Corps and the Arras Campaign 1918 – Dr. Bill Stewart
Presentation: Afghanistan 20 Years On – Jamie Hammond – 14 SEP 22
Col (Ret’d) Jamie Hammond is currently an Associate Faculty member at Royal Roads University and was a candidate in the 2019 federal election for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke. Previously he was Assistant Deputy Minister International Competitiveness and Strategy in the BC Public Service … Continue reading
Posted in PPT Presentations
Comments Off on Presentation: Afghanistan 20 Years On – Jamie Hammond – 14 SEP 22