Canada is calling on manufacturers and businesses to help combat COVID-19 with production of medical supplies
Canada is looking for manufacturers and businesses to assist with medical supplies to help combat COVID-19. If you are a manufacturer or business and can answer yes to the following, then the Government of Canada would like to hear from you. You manufacture in Canada and/or have ready access to necessary inputs through your supply chain.You have equipment or...
Situational Awareness and C4ISR Trends
Situational awareness is an integral part of C4ISR. It plays a huge part in operations for airborne, land-based, and maritime platforms. In this episode of Vanguard Radio, J. Richard Jones talks with Carl Daniels, Chief Operating Officer of CarteNav. Hear more about a software that enhances situational awareness by processing and managing imagery and data from a variety of...
COVID-19: The Pandemic, Grey Zones, and Security Vulnerability
COVID-19 is affecting all facets of society today and life as we know it. This pandemic is creating havoc around the world and is being used by threat actors to perpetrate grey zones actions and to infiltrate security vulnerabilities. In this episode of Vanguard Radio, J. Richard Jones talks with Valarie Findlay, American Society for Evidenced-Based Policing member and...
A program to help children affected by secondary impact trauma
There is an increased awareness of secondary impact trauma and its effects on children, especially those with a parent diagnosed with Operational Stress Injuries (such as PTSD) from service-related experiences. While several treatment programs have been designed for caregivers, limited programs exist that support children/youth through the stressors connected to parental Operational Stress Injuries. In this episode of Vanguard...
Bookcase: The Sponsor Effect
In 2013, economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett published a pathfinding book telling us to Forget a Mentor, Get a Sponsor. Until then, mentors were considered de rigeur for advancing careers. And despite the title, she still found value in them. But mentors counsel you because they like you or you remind them of themselves, or perhaps they are paying back...
COVID-19 impacts CAF operations worldwide
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is disrupting life across the globe. This disruption also affects the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). With over 2000 CAF personnel deployed on about 20 different operations, the CAF is putting measures in place “to protect the health and well-being of our members, prevent the spread of this disease, and preserve our ability to conduct mission-essential military...
