Defence Team News - May 26 2026
Defence Team News - May 26, 2026
Now on the Maple Leaf
Messages for the Defence Team
- DM Message: Update on increased on-site presence
- Update to DAOD 5019-1: Clarifying definitions and disclosure requirements for personal relationships
CAF Employees
- 2025 Report on Suicide Mortality in the Canadian Armed Forces (1995 to 2024)
DND Employees
- Submit your disability management requests online
- June is a three-paycheque month
Leadership Corner
- Support for hard-to-staff public service roles
The Maple Leaf
- Defence representatives participate at Space Symposium and Combined Space Operations Initiative Principals' Board
- Canadian Army launches MINERVA'S first innovation challenge at 4 Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa
- CAFCYBERCOM on the cyber front lines at Exercise BALIKATAN 41-26
- There's still time to complete the 2026 Census
- High-stakes scenario, wide-scale cooperation: VITAL ARCHER 2026
- Canadian Coast Guard observes National Day of Mourning
D365 Highlights
- New training sessions added for Defence 365 (including summer dates)
- Save a Teams meeting as a draft
- Have you heard of the Defence 365 Power User community?
Canadian Army Podcast
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operator: An inside look at a career spent defusing danger with no room for error
Videos
- Warriors of Tomorrow: Indigenous youth face physical challenges, military discipline, and cultural tests at Camp Caracajou, building self-confidence, self-discipline, and life-changing leadership skills (You are now leaving the Government of Canada website)
Digital Learning
- June 1: Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) Expert Briefing Series – China's Arctic strategy
Events and Commemorations
- May 31 – June 6: National AccessAbility Week
Month of June:
- National Indigenous History Month
- Italian Heritage Month
- Filipino Heritage Month
- Portuguese Heritage Month
- Launch of Pride Season
For more information, please visit Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs Canada.
In case you missed it
- DT News on TML - May 21
- DT News on TML - May 13
- DT News on TML - May 5
- DT News on TML - April 28
- DT News on TML - April 21
- DT News on TML - April 14
- DT News on TML - April 8
- DT News on TML - April 1
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