• Help shape the future: Join the Women in STEM talk on innovation, resilience, and leadership

Messages for the Defence Team

• Ombudsman message: International Ombuds Day
• Launch of the Workplace Charitable Campaign
• Phasing out USB storage use: Strengthening cybersecurity resilience
• Cyber month week 3 spotlight: The Digital Transformation podcast
• Building a healthier workplace: International Conflict Resolution Day
• Can you solve this week’s Defence Team Word Puzzle?

CAF Employees

• Claims period now open for the CAF Systemic Racism Class Action
• Supporting CAF spouses through SISIP life insurance
• We want to hear from you: Designing Restorative Engagement on Systemic Racism
• iCare for CAF: A call to action for a connected, supported, and ready force

DND Employees

• Reminder and updates regarding hybrid agreements

Canadian Coast Guard

• Canadian Coast Guard officially welcomed to the Defence Team
• Transition of the Canadian Coast Guard: New and updated questions available

Leadership Corner

• Complete mid-year performance assessments

The Maple Leaf

• Canadian Army launches bold modernization and restructuring initiative
• RCAF statement: Canada, Australia, and United Kingdom trilat meeting
• Front line moral support: Captain David Castonguay, 2 Wing Chaplain, at the heart of COBRA WARRIOR 25-2
• Meet the team that helps to identify the CAF’s fallen members
• 19 Wing welcomes Dr. Jenni Gibbons, Canadian Space Agency astronaut
• Port inspection divers gain experience in summer On-the-Job Experience program
• The power of belonging: Caring for yourself and others

Upcoming Events

• October-December: Connect over coffee with peers affected by sexual misconduct and military sexual trauma
• October 22-23: Test your cyber skills: Join CAFCYBERCOM’s Capture the Flag challenge
• October 28-29: Women, Peace, and Security Conference 2025 to mark 25 years of progress
• November 6: Remembrance Day event for people affected by sexual misconduct

Digital Learning

• Defence Team: Complete your Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention training
• October 23: Webinar: Building resilience 
• November 12-13: Space-based capabilities are critical to CAF operations and day-to-day business. Isn’t it time you learned more?
• The Torch – The CAF Self-Development Learning Hub: What's new this week?

Events and Commemorations

• October 21, 1910: Niobe Day – Anniversary of the arrival of Canada’s first warship 

For more information, please visit Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs Canada.

In case you missed it

• DT News on TML - October 7
• DT News on TML - October 1
• DT News on TML - September 23
• DT News on TML - September 16
• DT News on TML - September 9
• DT News on TML - September 3
• DT News on TML - August 26
• DT News on TML - August 19

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