CMVF3C Launch
CMVF3C Launch
February 21st, 2023
February 21st, 2023
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Come Join the Conversation!
Come Join the Conversation!
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The CMVF3C is an ever-expanding network of partners:
Postsecondary Institutions (PSIs; (Colleges, Polytechnics, Cégeps, Universities, Private Career Colleges, Trades, Registrars), the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)/Department of National Defence (DND), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Military Family Services (MFS)/Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs), and military and veteran connected and supporting organizations.
Goals of the Conversation:
Grow the network of consortial partners
Facilitate collaboration and co-design and develop the initiative
Provide a coordinated Canadian voice to engage with national and international partners (i.e., across the 5 Eyes countries).
Leveraging post-secondary education
Leveraging post-secondary education
Fosters a coordinated approach to post-secondary education and supports for military members, Veterans, and their families.
Enhancing academic success
Enhancing academic success
Well-positions military members, Veterans, and their families to maximize well-being and reach their potential and academic goals while in and following service.
Advancing the public good
Advancing the public good
Leverages leadership, expertise and professionalism of military members, Veterans and their families, for the greater good of Canadian and global society.
Facilitating collaboration
Facilitating collaboration
Create partnerships between Postsecondary Institutions (PSIs), the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)/Department of National Defence (DND), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Military Family Services (MFS)/Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs), and military and veteran connected and supporting organizations.
Creating pathways for success & well-being
Creating pathways for success & well-being
Clarify education, career and service pathways
Align and reduce duplication of effort, simplify processes
Sharing best practices, resources & knowledge
Sharing best practices, resources & knowledge
Shine a light on, co-design and share best practices, processes and resources among postsecondary institutions, the Canadian Armed Forces, Veterans Affairs Canada , Military Family Services, and military and veteran connected and supporting organizations.
Vision:
The CMVF3C brings post-secondary institutions (PSIs), the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)/Department of National Defence (DND), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), industry partners and service organizations together with military recruits, members and Veterans pursuing post-secondary education (PSE) and their families to:
Identify ways in which PSIs can support recruitment, retention, regeneration, academic success, and transition; CAF/DND operational priorities, and well-being;
Facilitate collaboration and communication among partners to unify efforts, leverage expertise, align processes and practices, and enhance equity;
Co-design a national MVFC toolkit of best practices and resources;
Accumulate a Canadian-specific evidence-based body of knowledge through an intersectional lens;
Translate knowledge through on-going dialogue with and presentations for CAF/DND/VAC, stakeholders and the public, and a knowledge translation (KT) hub/web-portal; and
Promote culture and policy change enacted through CAF/DND/VAC and PSIs in support of MMVs and their families.
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