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The Legion Dispatch – September 2021

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An update from Dominion Command to its branches (note that items only relevant to branch executive or for Canadian branches have been removed).

Updates from National Headquarters 

Legion Dispatch. Visit branch services.
September 2021
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In this edition – September 2021
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Royal Canadian Legion releases “It’s our Duty” position paper
Last month, the Legion released its 2021 “It’s Our Duty” position paper to all Canadian Members of Parliament. The paper outlines the organization’s current advocacy agenda, which includes tackling the backlog of disability applications and widespread improvements to the long-term care system.
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Our statement on the Afghanistan crisis
Legion Dominion President Bruce Julian issued the following statement regarding the current crisis in Afghanistan:
The Royal Canadian Legion stands ready to support our Veterans impacted by the ongoing tragic events unfolding in Afghanistan. We know there is great distress right now and we are here to help. Please reach out to our Branch or Command Service Officers if you need assistance. Our thoughts and prayers remain with you, your families, comrades, and Afghan friends.
Support is available for Veterans in need of assistance.
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Add your local Legion Remembrance Day Ceremony to Legion.ca
People visiting the Legion’s website will soon be able to search for the location of their local Remembrance Day Ceremony here.
We encourage all Branches hosting a Remembrance Day Ceremony to add your event to the site. This tool, which will be widely promoted during the Remembrance period, will allow Legion Branches to share when and where they are holding Remembrance Day ceremonies. Branches can submit their ceremony details through the online form.
Add your Ceremony  ‣
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Convention presentations, reports and questions
Presentations, reports and answers to questions asked during the 2021 Dominion Convention will be available soon. Stay tuned.
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Share our Poppy 100 anniversary graphics
To help branches promote the 100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada, the commemorative Poppy pin, and membership, you can now easily access the promotional images for social media and your website here.
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CDA Institute still looking for volunteers to help resettle Afghan refugees
Over 3,000 Canadians have offered to volunteer for the CDA Institute Afghan Refugee Initiative so far! But that need continues to grow. Please help CDA reach its target of 5,000 volunteers by signing up and sharing the call with your family and friends.
Volunteer today  ‣
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PR Tip of the Month
It’s the Poppy’s 100th
Take every opportunity you can to engage media and your community about the Poppy’s 100th anniversary in 2021 – it’s also a chance to share more about the Legion’s work. Tell people to watch for the special Canada Post stamp and Royal Canadian Mint coin being released this fall.
Have questions or need advice? Contact your Command Public Relations Officer or Nujma Bond, Dominion Command Communications at nbond@legion.ca
Your Legion calendar: 2021
Promote important dates and organize activities at your Branch with this list of upcoming days that raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate an important topic.
DOWNLOAD THE CALENDAR  ‣
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MemberPerks®: Exclusive offers and preferred pricing through Venngo
MemberPerks® is more than a member benefit package. It’s also a tool Branches can use to promote membership. Plus, you can partner with local businesses in your community to offer exclusive discounts for your members.
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Canadian Legion Post No. 57 Receives Its charter

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One of our members, Comrade Charlie Martin, was going through some more old pictures and came upon this picture.

His wife, Holly, found the article on who Mr. Lew Woods was to go along.

A little bit of Royal Canadian Legion in California history for today.

First fall event tomorrow! How the pandemic is shaping elections in the US & Canada

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A reminder of this item from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area that is happening tomorrow.
Canadian Studies Announcements
In this issue:
  • Tomorrow: The Politics of Coronavirus in Canada and the United States
  • Upcoming book talk: Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism
  • External event: “Inuit: The Arctic We Want”
  • External exhibit: Collective Memories: Stonecuts from Cape Dorset
TOMORROW
Elections Matter: The Politics of Coronavirus in Canada and the United States
September 14 | 12:30 pm | Online | RSVP here
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have wide-ranging consequences on North American politics. The effect of the pandemicon Joe Biden’s 2020 win remains debated; meanwhile, Justin Trudeau hopes to use the belated success of his vaccine procurement strategy to win his party a parliamentary majority in the September 20 federal elections. How has COVID-19 shaped electoral politics in Canada and the United States as it relates to crucial recent and ongoing policy choices? Political scientist Daniel Béland will address this question while discussing the potential political and policy consequences of the upcoming Canadian elections.
Daniel Béland is James McGill Professor of Political Science at McGill University and director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. His research focuses on public policy, political sociology, and federalism and territorial politics.
UPCOMING EVENT
Book Talk: Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism: Immigration Bureaucrats and Policymaking in Postwar Canada
October 12 | 12:30 pm | Online | RSVP here
In the 1950s and 1960s, immigration bureaucrats played an important yet unacknowledged role in transforming Canada’s immigration policy. Their perceptions and judgements about the admissibility of individuals influenced the creation of formal admissions criteria for skilled workers and family immigrants that continue to shape immigration to Canada. Bureaucrats emphasized not just economic utility, but also middle-class traits and values such as wealth accumulation, educational attainment, entrepreneurial spirit, resourcefulness and a strong work ethic. By making “middle-class multiculturalism” a basis of nation-building in Canada, they created a much-admired approach to managing racial diversity that has nevertheless generated significant social inequalities. Migration expert Jennifer Elrick will discuss insights from her forthcoming book examining the topic.
Jennifer Elrick is an assistant professor of sociology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Her research interests lie in the area of state classifications (in censuses and immigration policy) and their relationship to social stratification along the lines of race, gender, and social class. Her work is multi-national in scope, focusing on Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Inuit: The Arctic We Want
September 14 | 1 pm ET (11 am PT) | RSVP here
On July 16-19, 2018, delegates from Alaska, Greenland, Canada and Chukotka (Russia) came together for the 13th General Assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). Under the theme “Inuit – The Arctic We Want,” delegates discussed policies and developed strategies for the 2018-2022 Alaskan Chairmanship of ICC. The event culminated in the adoption of the Utqiagvik Declaration, which serves as a guide for the ICC’s work over the 2018-2022 term and as a reflection of Inuit priorities across Alaska, Greenland, Canada and the Russian Federation. Please join the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute as we welcome ICC leaders to share their perspectives on the Utqiagvik Declaration’s priorities, reflections on their implementation since 2018, and goals for the final year of the Alaskan Chairmanship.
Exhibit: Collective Memories: Stonecuts from Cape Dorset
September 15 – December 12
St Mary’s College Museum of Art | Learn more
In the 1960s, graphic arts flourished in the newly formed Cape Dorset (Kinngnait) arts co-operative on Baffin Island in Nunavut. The co-operative sought to encourage art making and craft as an income source for local Inuit residents transitioning from seminomadic camps to permanent settlements. The residents experimented with materials and techniques at the co-operative, inventing their own adaptation of woodcut printmaking through direct stencil and relief carving on stone.
The selected works in Collective Memories speak to the collaborative nature, both in technique and meaning, of cultural practices at the co-operative. They reflect the traditional migratory lifestyle, a way of life undergoing rapid change as outside cultural influences impacted day-to-day lives. Depictions of mammals, birds, and marine life bring forth legends, shamanistic practices, and mythologies that had been memorized and told from one generation to the next.
An exhibit opening celebration will be held on September 16 from 4-8 p.m.
Canadian Studies Program
213 Moses Hall #2308
Canadian Studies Program | Univ. of California, Berkeley, 213 Moses Hall #2308, Berkeley, CA 94720

[REMINDER] Request for Participation – “I Joined” Membership Campaign

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In 2020, as a way to get membership engaged all across the country, Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion engaged in an “I Joined” campaign.  In preparation for a membership drive that we are going to undertake in the Fall, US Branch 25 – representing the San Francisco Bay Area – is replicating this campaign.

Our members are the lifeblood of the Royal Canadian Legion.  Without your support, we could not do all we do to honour, support, and remember Canada’s veteran and their families.  We invite you to share why you joined the Legion.  For some it may be to give back to those who served, to honour family members, or to support our branch and communities.  So tell us your Legion story!  Why did you join the Legion?  What do you like about being a member?  What is your favourite Legion memory?  Please visit https://tinyurl.com/branch25-ijoined/ to contribute your own story, and be sure to upload a photo of yourself or our branch to accompany your story – or even a video.

If you visit https://www.legion.ca/news/articles/2019/11/28/in-their-own-words-why-our-members-joined-the-royal-canadian-legion you can see the stories of nine of our comrades from the Dominion Command campaign.  Some of the videos that were produced included:

Here are some examples that have already been submitted from our own Branch:

If you have any questions, please let us know.