JAG Strategic Guidance

Vision

We are a networked team of professionals who promote justice, the rule of law, and the lawful accomplishment of CAF missions and Defence activities while caring for each other, transforming our organizational culture, and building strong leaders.

Mission

Deliver timely, client-focused, options-oriented, and operationally-driven military legal services in support of the GC and DND/CAF priorities and objectives.

Superintend the administration of military justice, and promote the maintenance of discipline, efficiency and morale in the CAF by enabling the proper operation of the military justice system.

Lead by example, inspire excellence, and empower team members to reach their full potential.

Values

Who we are, what we stand for, how we conduct ourselves

• Respect
  • Respect for the dignity, skills, knowledge and experience of all
  • Value, hear, and treat others fairly and with compassion
  • Stronger by means of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
     
• Courage
  • Fearless, honest and candid advice and advocacy
  • Honour and integrity in all that we do
  • Acting with and respecting professional independence
     
• Creativity
  • Constant innovation and improvement as leaders and legal service providers
  • Curiosity, imagination, and critical thinking in seeking excellence
  • Knowledge management to share expertise and experience
     
• Accountability
  • Confidently humble, transparent, and accountable 
  • Relentless commitment to learning and growing from experience 
  • Clear, open, respectful, and timely communication

Focus areas

Achieving our mission while calibrating our efforts in a sustainable, relevant and agile manner

• People
  • Individual and family well-being and resilience
  • Readiness and professional development
  • Efficient, effective employment of skills, knowledge and experience
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• Transformation
  • Continual  evolution of organizational culture
  • Constant improvement based on a learning mindset
  • Committed to digital transformation
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• Leadership
  • Inspiring, transformative, developmental and empowering
  • Deliberate, responsible, and sustainable execution of tasks at the lowest level possible
  • Team-focused — we are better together

Leadership, Learning, Legal Excellence