Preserving capacity, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, Keys to Canadian SAR
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40 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 www.vanguardcanada.com Mental HealtH On any given day, Canada is kept safe by over 60,000 brave men and women un- der the security and defence enforcement teams of the Canadian Armed Forces. Of this number, some are part of an active de- ployable force working overseas to protect Canada's interests beyond its borders. As it is, Canada is already a large territory to defend given its massive landmass and long borders. So, expanding overseas makes it doubly hard for the military to keep abreast with the latest information about Canada, their missions and the industry they serve. For more than 25 years, Vanguard has been the partner of Canada's security and defence community, providing sensitive news and information about trends, policy changes and impacts of new technologies in the military. The magazine has been sup- plying qualified subscribers in the Canadian Forces, Department of National Defence, RCMP, Foreign Affairs, Police Forces, Emergency Management, Public Works and many others with strategic perspectives on the latest government plans or policies affecting the military through in-depth interviews, analyses, and discussions with reliable industry players via its bi-monthly publication, online presence, and confer- ences. In addition to successfully widen- ing its platform as a knowledge base for Canada's defence and security personnel all over the world, Vanguard is also involved in serving the local community. Supporting Heroes A recent initiative that Vanguard began rolling out is a partnership with Wound- ed Warriors Canada (WWC) to assist in promoting awareness and help fund their mental health programs supporting ill and injured CAF members, Veterans, First Re- sponders, and their families. "We wanted to give something back to the industry and help those men and women who put their lives on the line to protect Canadians," said Terri Pavelic, Ed- itor-in-Chief of Vanguard. "By partnering with WWC, we can get behind a really great organization to support those who sacrifice so much for Canada." This new initiative, known as The Sup- porting Heroes Campaign, is a one-of-a- kind program where a defence media com- SuppoRtIng HeRoeS A partnership to help support ill and injured CAF members, Veterans, First Responders, and their families BY MaRCEllo SukhdEo and EMManuEl dE guzMan