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VANGUARD HAS UNDERGONE A LOT OF CHANGES over the past few months,
and I am pleased to join the masthead as the magazine's Editor-in-Chief. We've
been working hard on expanding our traditional format, taking slow but deliber-
ate steps into the digital sphere, relaunching our website, shooting video, and
boosting our presence on social media.
We're also moving our content closer to industry. You'll notice small changes to
this issue that are representative of that shift, but the process is far from complete.
How we evolve, from an editorial standpoint, will hinge upon the feedback we
get when consulting with professionals across the defence and security sector…
and that's ongoing.
On the frontline of change for Vanguard is our new editor, Jason McNaught.
He's already been busy reaching out to the defence and security community,
and is driving our expansion into the digital sphere. Jason is interested in push-
ing Vanguard towards a series of firsts for defence industry trade magazines via
content delivery. But this isn't blind innovation; the defence community commu-
nicates across different media, and our relevance depends on starting and contrib-
uting to those conversations wherever they are taking place. Today, jumping into
the narrative with a print magazine every two months just isn't enough.
With the launch of the website, VanguardCanada.com, and the beginning of
our video interviews — the first with Boeing's Jim Barnes and then OMX's Ni-
cole Verkindt — the Vanguard team is now putting together the framework for a
Canadian defence industry podcast, or "Radio Show." Just like our print and digi-
tal content, each show will be created with input from industry, and will feature
the people, technology, and companies that are moving the community forward.
If you have a concept, idea, or would like us to interview someone on the show,
please email jasonm@netgov.ca.
Vanguard is defined as "a group of people leading the way in new develop-
ments or ideas." That's exactly what we intend to do for Canadian defence and
security sectors.
Terri Pavelic, Editor-in-Chief
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