Defence Team News - April 8, 2026

Defence Team News - April 8, 2026
Now on the Maple Leaf

Artemis : Destination Moon
Messages for the Defence Team

- Defence Team members honoured with Chief Financial Officer Merit Awards
- Celebrating Excellence Awards: Submit a nomination today
- Inside the Quality Engineering Test Establishment (accessible only on the National Defence network): Seeing beyond the data in the Technical Imagery lab
- Ready to level up your career? Register now for the Women in STEM Mentoring Program (accessible only on the National Defence network)
- Belonging and accountability: Defence Team marks International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CAF Members
- The last steel plate cut for the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (accessible only on the National Defence network)
- Advancing capability at sea with the River-Class Destroyers: Unveiling new 3D renderings (accessible only on the National Defence network)
DND Employees
- Defence needs skilled trades talent (accessible only on the National Defence network)
- Get online second language evaluations (accessible only on the National Defence network) this spring
Leadership Corner
- Complete year-end assessments for public service employees by April 30
- Attend labour relations information sessions (accessible only on the National Defence network) for managers this spring
The Maple Leaf

- Fueling readiness: Nutrition’s role in performance and recovery
- Invisible shield: How CAFCYBERCOM protects the systems that protect Canada
- Ex MANTIS: 12 years of cooperation with the Malaysian Armed Forces
Canadian Military Journal

- Canadian Military Journal Fall Issue 26.1 is now live
Videos

- 60 Seconds with Cpl Kalyn Jacques, Avionics Systems Technician, on Op HORIZON

- Canadian Coast Guard – Cdr Webber on HMCS William Hall

- Canada and France train together in the cold
Events

- April 15: How do Defence innovators build a NATO winning AI solution: Join a live learning session to find out (accessible only on the National Defence network)
- Missed out on Army Ball tickets? More tickets have been released; secure yours today
Commemorations

- April 7: International Day of Reflection for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
- April 8: International Day of Pink
- April 9: Vimy Ridge Day
- April 13-14: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
- April 14, 1917: First World War: Newfoundland Regiment holds off the enemy at Monchy-le-Preux
For more information, please visit Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs Canada.
In case you missed it
- DT News on TML - April 1
- DT News on TML - March 24
- DT News on TML - March 17
- DT News on TML - March 11
- DT News on TML - March 3
- DT News on TML - February 24
- DT News on TML - February 18
- DT News on TML - February 10
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