Yearly Archives: 2022

Veterans Awareness and Media Consumption Survey

This item from the RCAF Association may be of interest to many of our members.


Given your possible status as a veteran, or given your possible status as a non-veteran member of the RCAF Association and/or a stakeholder to our organization, we convey the following communiqué to you, from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, either for your information or for sharing with someone who may benefit from the information:

(Le français suit l’anglais)

Dear Stakeholders,

We need your help reaching Veterans who do not receive VAC benefits and services. We are surveying Veterans, CAF members, former RCMP members, family members and caregivers on how they learn about and access our programs and services. Their feedback will help us better serve the Veteran community and reach more Veterans.

We kindly ask that you share the below message with your network:

VAC wants your opinion!

Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is surveying the Veteran community to find out how you learn about and access VAC programs and services. They’re looking for Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, former RCMP members, family members and caregivers. Even if you have never contacted VAC or do not currently receive VAC benefits and services, they want to hear from you.

The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete. It is being conducted on behalf of VAC by the independent Canadian research firm, EKOS Research Associates Inc.

Please visit the EKOS Research website for more information and to participate.

Participation is voluntary and your responses and personal information are confidential in accordance with the Privacy Act. Your responses, whether by phone or online, are anonymous; they are not kept or shared with VAC, and will not have any impact on the benefits or services you receive or may receive in the future.

If you would like to share this survey with your followers on social media, feel free to use the following message:

Veterans Affairs Canada wants to know how it can better communicate with the Veteran community. Tell them how you like to receive information and what you know about their services, by taking part in the survey below.

If someone you know served in the Canadian Armed Forces or RCMP, Veterans Affairs Canada want to hear from them. www.ekos.com/veteransurvey

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach Team
Veterans Affairs Canada
vac.engagement.acc@veterans.gc.ca

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À tous les intervenants,

Nous avons besoin de votre aide pour communiquer avec les vétérans qui ne bénéficient pas des avantages et des services d’ACC. Nous voulons savoir comment les vétérans, les membres des FAC, les anciens membres de la GRC, les membres de leur famille et les aidants naturels ont appris l’existence de nos programmes et de nos services et comment ils y ont eu accès. Leurs commentaires nous aideront à rejoindre et à servir plus de vétérans.

Nous vous prions de bien vouloir partager le message ci-dessous avec votre réseau :

ACC veut connaître votre opinion!

Anciens Combattants Canada (ACC) sonde la communauté des vétérans pour savoir comment ils sont renseignés sur les programmes et les services d’ACC et comment ils y ont accès. La participation des vétérans, des membres des Force armées canadiennes (FAC), des anciens membres de la GRC, des membres de leur famille et de leurs aidants naturels est sollicitée. Même si vous n’avez jamais communiqué avec ACC ou que vous ne recevez pas d’avantages ou de services d’ACC, vous pouvez participer au sondage.

Il vous faudra environ 15 minutes pour y répondre. Il est mené au nom d’ACC par une firme de recherche canadienne indépendante, EKOS Research Associates Inc.

Vous pouvez visiter le site Web d’EKOS Research pour obtenir de plus amples informations et pour participer.

La participation est volontaire et vos réponses et informations personnelles sont confidentielles conformément à la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels. Vos réponses, qu’elles soient données par téléphone ou en ligne, sont anonymes; elles ne sont ni conservées ni partagées avec ACC et n’auront aucune incidence sur les avantages ou les services que vous recevez ou pourriez recevoir à l’avenir.

Si vous souhaitez partager ce sondage avec vos abonnés sur les réseaux sociaux, n’hésitez pas à utiliser le message suivant :

Anciens Combattants Canada veut savoir comment il peut mieux communiquer avec la communauté des vétérans. En répondant au sondage ci-dessous, expliquez la façon dont vous aimez être informé et ce que vous savez des services offerts par le Ministère.

Si quelqu’un que vous connaissez a servi dans les Forces armées canadiennes ou la GRC, Anciens Combattants Canada veut connaître son opinion. www.ekos.com/sondageveterans

Votre aide est grandement appréciée.

Merci.

L’équipe de la mobilisation et de la sensibilisation des intervenants
Anciens Combattants Canada
vac.engagement.acc@veterans.gc.ca

This e-mail was sent from Royal Canadian Air Force Association (rcaf_list@airforce.ca)

Royal Canadian Air Force Association,405-222 Somerset St. West Ottawa ON K2P 2G3 CANADA, Phone Number:(613) 232-4281, Fax Number: (613) 232-2156, Email Address: director@airforce.ca, Website : http://rcafassociation.ca

Webinar: Maya Goldenberg on Vaccine Hesitancy

These webinars, which are offered in partnership with Dominion Command, may be of interest to some members.


Is There a War on Science?
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MAYA GOLDENBERG

Is There a War on Science?

February 16th, 7:00 PM ET

The webinar is FREE on Zoom.

Registration is required. Click HERE.

Using vaccine hesitancy as a case study, Maya Goldenberg argues against the common view that public controversy over scientific claims is part of a culture war on science. These controversies instead highlight a social fracturing that divides scientific institutions from the public. Goldenberg presents the alternative view that vaccine hesitancy signals a crisis of trust that invites different thinking about the nature of science, its relationships to the public, and what effective public health outreach should entail.
UPCOMING EVENTS

9 February | People Make History
Kate Armstrong
“Surviving the Ultimate Boys’ Club: Reflections from the Royal Military College’s First Female Cadet”
Register HERE

Presented by:
Click here to listen to the latest episode of On War & SocietyOh What A Visual War with Beatriz Pichel.

On War & Society features authors discussing their research, the challenges associated with doing history, and life ‘behind the book.’

Copyright © 2022 LCSC, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
LCSC
75 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada · 75 University Ave W · Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 · Canada

‘Cyber Partisans’ hack Russian military buildup in a resistance first

An item from the Legion Magazine.


Legion Magazine
Front Lines
 ‘Cyber Partisans’ hack Russian military buildup in a resistance first

 ‘Cyber Partisans’ hack Russian military buildup in a resistance first

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

In a 21st century twist on an old wartime theme, hacktivists in Belarus penetrated the state-run railway’s computer network and threatened to paralyze trains moving Russian troops and equipment bound for a potential invasion of Ukraine.

The group Belarusian Cyber Partisans said on Jan. 24 it had encrypted servers, databases and workstations, disrupting ticket sales and stalling freight trains. It destroyed some backup systems and encrypted others. It threatened further action if its demands were not met.

 

READ MORE

Knit Toque
Military Milestones
The New Brunswick bridge bombing

 The New Brunswick bridge bombing

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

“We are not quite the end of the earth, but it is visible occasionally,” says the website for Vanceboro, Me.

Its residents might have thought it was the end of the Earth when an explosion rocked the town in the middle of the night on Feb. 2, 1915.

Today Vanceboro is a small town on the St. Croix River, the border between Maine and New Brunswick. A century ago, it was bustling, on the main Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) link between Saint John, N.B., and Montreal.

 

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Your Marine Club News for February 2022

A newsletter from a fellow veterans organization in the Bay Area.


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FEBRUARY 2022: MEMORY

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of our 2022 Gold Star Parents Honor & Remembrance event, which had been scheduled for this month. Given the recent surge of COVID infections, we just could not ignore the risk of exposing so many to this relentless virus.

 

We have not given up on keeping alive the memories of our fallen heroes, though! In lieu of the annual Gold Star Parents memorial service that would have taken place on 25 February, the Marines’ Memorial will present a Memorial Video as a scheduled YouTube event. The Video, which has been funded by donor dollars, gives each of us an opportunity to support our Gold Star families…until we meet again.

 

Please watch your email for a link to the Memorial Video.

 

Also of note for February:

> MMA offices will be closed for Presidents’ Day, 21 February

> HAPPY 81st BIRTHDAY to the US Coast Guard Reserve!

> PLEASE BE PREPARED: The San Francisco Department of Public Health requires us to verify full vaccination status of all event attendees, as well as those wishing to use our Club’s bar, restaurant, and fitness center. We appreciate your understanding.

YOU’LL LOVE OUR VALENTINE’S WEEKEND PACKAGE!

Members, book this romantic stay and dine package for only $499! It includes:

> 2 nights in a Standard Room
(Suite Upgrade +$225)

> Welcome Wine & Treats in Room

> $50 Meal Credit at Chesty’s

> $50 Meal Credit at Cesario’s

> Daily Breakfast & Happy Hour

> Bottle of Champagne served
with Departure Breakfast

 

Payment is due when you reserve. Fully refundable through 13 February. Restaurant reservations are encouraged.

General David Petraeus, USA (Ret)

SAVE THE DATE! 23 MARCH

IN-PERSON SPEAKER EVENT!

Join us as we welcome General David Petraeus to the Marines’ Memorial Theatre. He will share the stage with journalist and MMA Board Member Mike Cerre, for a lively discussion of current issues.
$30 Members, $45 Non-Members

 

Watch your email for more information and registration details!

COME DINE WITH US AT CHESTY’S

Named in honor of Marine Corps legend “Chesty” Puller, this is your place for a tasty cocktail, a hearty meal, and gorgeous views of San Francisco! Dinner is served Tuesday-Saturday 5-8pm; Breakfast daily 7:30-9:30am; Bar Hours Tuesday-Saturday 4-9pm and Sunday/Monday 4-7pm; and Happy Hour at the bar for members and hotel guests daily 4-6pm.

 

DINNER reservations are REQUIRED.

Email us for Dinner Reservations

See Chesty’s Menus

GREAT EVENTS HAPPEN HERE

There is just ONE place you’ll find superb service paired with that timeless Marine Club ambience. And our Special Events team has the expertise to help you create an unforgettable San Francisco WEDDING, REUNION, or MEETING.

 

We’re ready when you are!

Let’s start planning your event!

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SAY I DO, CELEBRATE, AND LET US DO THE REST.

Weddings at Marines’ Memorial Club are pure magic. Why? Because we are passionate about helping you create a a one-of-a-kind celebration of love in a one-of-a-kind location!

 

Our event spaces and special packages accommodate wedding parties from 10 to 260 guests.

 

Email us. Let’s start planning!

HONORING THE LEGACY

WHO DO YOU KNOW?

Every US service member and veteran you know can benefit from membership in the Marines’ Memorial, and every membership supports our mission to Commemorate, Educate, and Serve.

 

Earning a free night’s stay at your Club when your referral nets a new veteran member…that makes it a WIN-WIN-WIN!

 

Invite a friend to join TODAY!

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS. RENEW OR UPGRADE NOW!

Did you know that Benefactor members enjoy these extra privileges? Lifetime Membership, a special Benefactor Holiday (2 nights plus $50 for dinner in our restaurant), Suite Upgrades at no charge (based on availability at check-in), your choice of 2 complimentary cocktails or 1 bottle of house wine each time you have dinner at Chesty’s, 15% at Marine Club Store, and Advance Reservations for select MMC events. Upgrade now!

 

UPGRADE to Benefactor Status

RENEW your membership

ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT MMA

Sign up for Amazon Smile, and Amazon will donate on your behalf with every purchase! Here’s how:

On your computer, go to Smile.Amazon.com and follow the instructions.

On your iPhone’s Amazon App, open the main menu, tap Settings, tap AmazonSmile, and follow activation instructions.

HELP YOUR FAVORITE VETERAN START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT!

Marines’ Memorial gift cards can be used for accommodations, meals and Marine Club Store items, and they never expire! So, anytime is a great time to give the gift of MMC. Purchase gift cards by calling us at (415) 673-6672.

YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME

A SPECIAL STAY-AND-DINE PACKAGE FOR MEMBERS

Members-only Package Includes:

5 NIGHTS in a Standard Room

$100 Credit for Chesty’s Bar & Grill

$50 Credit for Cesario’s Restaurant

2 Souvenir Chesty’s Coffee Mugs

Breakfast 7:30-9:30am Daily

Hosted Happy Hour 4-6pm Nightly

 

$439/person double occupancy

$799 single occupancy

Upgrades:

Deluxe Room / add $100

Suite / add $300

Tax & Parking not included

 

BOOK IT TODAY! 415-673-6672

PLANNING TO TRAVEL?

Book your next Reciprocal Club visit in TWO EASY STEPS!

 

1. Contact your destination club to confirm they can accommodate you on your desired dates.

 

2. Generate a Letter of Introduction. Log in to your MMA Member account. Then click on “Request Letter of Introduction,” enter a date, and submit. Your destination club will receive your letter automatically by email!

 

View our worldwide Reciprocal ClubsDownload a PDF of Club listings

Donate Join or Renew
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Marines’ Memorial Association & Foundation

609 Sutter St.

San Francisco, CA 94102

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Happy Year of the Tiger! 🐯 Protecting academic free speech; innovating Inuit throat singing

A newsletter from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.


Canadian Studies Announcements
In this issue:
  • Happy Year of the Tiger!
  • Next week: “Models for Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Property from First Nations, Canada”
  • Cosponsored event: “Legal and Constitutional Protections for Free Speech in Academia in the US, UK, and Canada”
  • The New Yorker reviews Tongues, the new album from Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq
  • Grant deadline tomorrow: British Library Visiting Fellowships
  • External event: “Boeing 737 MAX: Money, Machines, and Morals in Conflict”
  • External event: “Canadian Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal: Building A Strong, Sustainable North”
  • External event: Book talk on Bootlegged Aliens: Immigration Politics on America’s Northern Border
Happy Year of the Tiger!
Canadian Studies wishes a happy and prosperous Year of the Tiger to our friends around the world! While the Lunar New Year is often most associated with (and referred to as) the Chinese New Year, it is actually celebrated by a variety of East Asian cultures. While COVID is dampening celebrations for the third year in a row, the CBC checked in with several Ottawa families to see how they were continuing their cherished New Year traditions in spite of the pandemic. And in San Francisco, Chinatown business owners hope this New Year is the turning point for a better 2022.
Image: Chinese New Year vector created by Freepik – www.freepik.com.
NEXT WEEK
Panel Discussion: Models for Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Property from First Nations, Canada
Tuesday, February 8 | 12:30 pm PT | Online | RSVP here
How can repatriation be built from mutual respect, cooperation and trust? North American museums and institutions have historically engaged in the collection and categorization of Indigenous cultural property and knowledge without the consent or active involvement of Indigenous people. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was enacted in 1990 to return Native American “cultural items” to lineal descendants and culturally affiliated American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and Native Hawaiian organizations. Despite this and further state legislation, many institutions including the University of California, have obfuscated or denied repatriation claims. Across the border, the Canadian government does not currently have legislation addressing the repatriation of Indigenous Ancestors and cultural heritage, but is working to create national support for repatriation through legislation Bill C-391. Some Canadian provinces have passed repatriation acts or provincial museum polices that have facilitated the return of ancestors and belongings. This panel discussion seeks to learn from what is being done in Canada. What is the cultural and nuanced work that builds successful repatriations? How can repatriation and indigenizing the institution from within preserve and strengthen tribal cultural heritage?
Join Canadian Studies affiliate Sabrina Agarwal (Professor of anthropology and chair of the UC Berkeley NAGPRA Advisory Committee) in conversation with Dr. Louis Lesage (Director, Nionwentsïo Office, Huron-Wendat Nation), Lou-ann Neel (Curator and Acting Head of Indigenous Collections and Repatriation Department, Royal BC Museum), and Michelle Washington (Repatriation Specialist, Royal BC Museum) to explore these questions and hear about their experiences in repatriation.
Image: Kwakwaka’wakw house posts from British Columbia in the Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley.
COSPONSORED EVENT
Legal and Constitutional Protections for Free Speech in Academia in the US, UK, and Canada
Friday, February 11 | 10 am PT | Online | RSVP forthcoming
The Public Law and Policy Program and the Anglo-American Legal Studies Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law invite you to an expert discussion comparing traditions and laws around free speech in university settings in three common law jurisdictions: the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada.
Professor Eric Kaufmann of the University of London, who is Canadian, will be participating from London. He will discuss his research on freedom of speech in academia in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada as well as proposed legislation in the U.K. parliament to protect free speech in colleges and universities in the UK.
Professor Nadine Strossen of the New York School of Law and former head of the ACLU will join from New York. She will comment on Professor Kaufmann’s findings, her own work on this subject, and legal and policy implications of the proposed legislation.
Professor Keith Whittington of Princeton University and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the UC Berkeley School of Law will participate from Berkeley. They will also comment on Professor Kaufmann’s research and recommendations for legislation.
Steven Hayward of UC Berkeley will serve as moderator.
Please check the Public Law and Policy website above for forthcoming RSVP information.
The New Yorker Reviews Tongues, the New Album from Inuit Throat-Singer Tanya Tagaq
Canadian Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq has worked hard to bring the Inuit tradition of throat-singing to a wider audience. But her award-winning performances are anything but conventional, blending the ancient Inuit techniques with contemporary music production and spoken word poetry. Last week Sheldon Piece, music writer and editor for The New Yorker, gave a glowing review to Tagaq’s latest album, Tongues, which he calls her boldest and most experimental yet:
“The Canadian Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq makes music that seems to cleanse the body. The form that she practices uses guttural sounds and breaths to produce a physical performance of groans, gasps, and sighs, conjuring a sonic landscape which is by turns rhythmic and melodic. Her performing, at once animalistic and operatic, brings a spirit of experimentation to an old tradition… It is her technique and vision that have made her one of the most celebrated and innovative practitioners of her culture’s visceral style.”
Read the full piece online via The New Yorker.
Grant Deadline Tomorrow: British Library Visiting Fellowships
Application deadline: February 1, 2022, 9:00 am PT
Applications are due tomorrow for the 2022 Visiting Fellowships at Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library in London. These fellowships are open to academics, postgraduate students, creatives and independent scholars and cover all regions of the Americas, including Canada. For more information about the fellowship programme, please look here. The deadline for applications is 5pm GMT (9:00 pm PT) on Tuesday, 1 February 2022 and the Fellowship needs to be taken by 30 April 2024. For more information about the four themes, please look here.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Boeing 737 MAX: Money, Machines, and Morals in Conflict
Tuesday, February 1 | 2 pm PT | Online | RSVP here
Canadian Studies faculty affiliate Brian Barsky addresses the troubled development of the Boeing 737 MAX, which crashed twice within its first two years of commercial flight, leaving no survivors. Professor Barsky has been personally involved in the investigation of this disaster. He was featured prominently in a recent Smithsonian documentary, and his full-page op-ed in The Globe and Mail was debated in the Parliament of Canada. Professor Barsky will elucidate how these tragedies were the consequence of a corporation prioritizing profits over safety as well as of regulatory capture of the government agency which was derelict in its duty to protect the public. This event is sponsored by the Berkeley Retirement Center.
Canadian Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal: Building a Strong, Sustainable North
Friday, February 4 | 10 am PT | Online | RSVP here
The Government of Canada, Indigenous peoples, and 6 territorial and provincial governments came together to develop Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy Framework, a transformative vision of the future where northern and Arctic people are thriving, strong and safe. The Framework includes goals relating to eight overarching themes—people and communities, strong economies, comprehensive infrastructure, environment and biodiversity, science and Indigenous knowledge, global leadership, safety, security and defence, and reconciliation. It incorporates regional and distinctions-based lenses while integrating domestic and international dimensions. Canada’s Minister of Northern Affairs, Daniel Vandal, will discuss federal, Indigenous, and community-driven partnerships and programs to address short-term and long-term climate change adaptation and mitigation, supporting healthy ecosystems in the Arctic and North in a conversation by moderated by Jothsna Harris.
Book Talk: Bootlegged Aliens: Immigration Politics on America’s Northern Border
Friday, February 18 | 12 pm PT | Online | RSVP here
Join Professor Ashley Johnson Bavery for a discussion of her new book, Bootlegged Aliens. The book explores immigration on America’s northern border before World War II, situating Detroit, Michigan as America’s epicenter for unauthorized immigration. In this industrial center, thousands of Europeans crossed the border from Canada each year, prompting nativist backlash and complicating the labor politics of the automobile industry. This event is jointly hosted by the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San Diego and UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration. UCLA professor Tobias Higbie will join as a discussant.
Ashley Johnson Bavery is assistant professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Urban History and the Journal of American History and her book, Bootlegged Aliens: Immigration Politics on America’s Northern Border (2020) won the First Book Award from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society.
Tobias Higbie is a professor of history and labor studies at UCLA, the chair of the Labor Studies and the associate director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. His research explores social movements, migration, and the politics of community in the United States. Higbie’s most recent book, Labor’s Mind: A History of Working Class Intellectual Life (2019), recovers the social world of self-educated working people and the politics of working-class identity during the early 20th century.
Canadian Studies Program
213 Moses Hall #2308
Canadian Studies Program | Univ. of California, Berkeley, 213 Moses Hall #2308, Berkeley, CA 94720