• Joint CDS/DM update on Defence Team COVID-19 Fall Posture
• Champion Message: Latin American Heritage Month 2020
• October 9: Twitter Update from the Deputy Minister Jody Thomas
• Work begins on $131-million project to Provide New Regimental Headquarters for 4 Engineer Support Regiment

• Managing back to school 2020: An update for Defence Team parents
• Women’s History Month Armchair discussion- You’re Invited!
• Reminder: Mid-Year Review FY 2020-2021
• Deadline for Student / Casual / Term Extensions – 06 November 2020
• Do you tend to forget your password? Have no fear, Self-Service Password Reset is here!
• Fall Edition of the Defence Learning Catalogue Now Available!

• Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM)
• Cyber Security Awareness Month – Join the Cyber Security Awareness Team on MS Teams!
• Cyber Security Awareness Month - Morning Coffee with Director General Information Capabilities Force Development (DGICFD)
• ADM(IM) Intranet CSAM page (Accessible only on the National Defence network)
• CSAM Cyber Security Quiz (Accessible only on the National Defence network)

• Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month 2020 - A message from the Defence Team Mental Health Co-champions
• National Defence Presents the Virtual Health and Wellness Fair 2020 – October 1 to October 31, 2020
• Submit your nominations for the Canada's Healthy Workplace Month Shout-Out Bulletin Board!

• Events - National Defence Workplace Charitable Campaign 2020
• Colours of Charity Drive!
• 2020 GCWCC Walk, Run & Roll Event
• 6 weeks of Trivia fun!

News

• Government completes new vehicle maintenance facility at CFB Kingston
• Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence issue statement in response to Statistics Canada’s report on Canadian Military College students’ experiences of unwanted sexualized and discriminatory behaviours and sexual assault 2019
• The Canadian Armed Forces takes part in United Nations Security Council sanctions monitoring in the Asia-Pacific region

Reference materials:

• Recommended Public Health Measures and Personal Protective Equipment
• COVID Alert App – Do your part and download it today!

Web page resources:

• Ask anything inbox - your questions answered! 
  • Resuming work
  • Working remotely
    • Defence O365 – Onboarding for PC without a Smartphone
    • Defence O365 – Apple iOS Onboarding Guide
    • Defence O365 – Android Onboarding Guide
    • Virtual Interactions Etiquette
  • Supervisors' Communications Toolkit
• Return to the Workplace Orientation Template

Mandatory training for all personnel:

• The COVID-19 Awareness Course – available on the Defence Learning Network (DLN)
  • DWAN/DVPNI: http://dln-rad.mil.ca
  • Home Internet: https://dln-rad.forces.gc.ca/login   

    Once you have logged on, perform a ‘catalogue search’ for “COVID” and you will see the result “COVID-19 Awareness / Sensibilisation à COVID-19 MITE 122255”. Choose it and click register. The course should take between 60-90 minutes to complete.

Mental health and Wellness:

Defence Team members can access a variety of resources and information to help maintain and improve our mental health and overall personal well-being. 

Join the weekly DTMN Virtual Coffee Chats happening every Thursday from 1330hrs-1500hrs EST. To join our Network please send an email to the DTMN Generic Inbox to ensure you don’t miss out!

Our session this week will be on Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month!

Our experts will be:

• Vanessa Pok-Shin, Gestion de Santé globale
• Leith Fermin-Rix, Team Lead & Senior Advisor Mental Health and Well-Being, Total Health Management

• ‘The Torch’ *NEW*

‘The Torch’ is a Self-Development Learning Hub designed to reinforce continuous learning among CAF members.

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