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Features

• An open letter to the youth of the Defence Team: Black History Month
• Bell Let’s Talk Day:  A message from your Defence Team Mental Health co-Champions
• January 29: Twitter Update from the Deputy Minister Jody Thomas

Security Awareness Week

• Security Never Takes a Break – Vigilance!
• Defence 365 infographic 
• Tips for Defence Team members to stay vigilant while working remotely (video)

Videos

Messages for the Defence Team

• Officials from DND/CAF will be invited to complete an anonymous MINDS program evaluation survey, available here, in English and French. The survey should only take 5 minutes to complete and will serve to inform the MINDS program’s future outreach strategy and programming
• Nominate a Defence Team colleague for the Diversity and Inclusion Award
• 2021 Celebrating Excellence Awards
• Defence Team: Delays with employee pay stubs and paper pay cheques for February 3, 202 , pay
• Information for the Defence Team about claiming remote work expenses at tax time
• Shape Your Learning - Complete the online questionnaire today!
• Accessibility Training for Defence O365 (Accessible only on the National Defence network)
• Managers: Information on Term, Casual, and Student Extensions/Non-Renewals
• Managers: Approving Leave for Casual Employees
• Managers’ Pay Responsibilities Calendar: Improving Pay Outcomes for Civilian Employees
• Leave with Income Averaging Deadlines for Summer Holidays
• Defence Team: Quebec taxable benefits: 2021 rates

COVID-19 Fall Posture

The Maple Leaf

• DND/CAF Participates in NATO Exercise Cyber Coalition
• Bravo Zulu DND for being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the NCR

News release

• Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, marks Black History Month 2021
• Ministers of National Defence and Veterans Affairs mark 11th annual Bell Let’s Talk Day
• Canada takes Command of Multinational Counter-Terrorism Naval Task Force

Digital Learning

• Regulatory Speaker Series: Florentin Blanc on International Regulatory Flexibilities During the Pandemic
  February 9, 2021 | Webcast
• Marquee Moments in Public Service History: The 2008 Financial Crisis (rebroadcast)
  February 12, 2021 | Webcast
• Data Conference 2021: An Integrated Data Community for Building Back Better
  February 18 and 19, 2021 | Webcast

For more learning opportunities, please visit Canada.ca/school.

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