End of Year Graduation and Convocation at the Canadian Forces College

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June 25, 2015

TORONTO, ON - Today the Canadian Forces College (CFC) held the Joint Command and Staff Programme (JCSP) and the National Security Programme (NSP) graduation alongside a Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) Convocation ceremony. The year-long courses prepare selected senior officers for command and staff appointments, and for strategic responsibilities. While completing the courses, students have the opportunity to complete a Masters in Defence studies or Masters in Administration offered by the RMCC.

Quick Facts

General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, was the guest of honour and presided over today’s Convocation ceremony, which was very well attended by students, family members and CFC personnel.
The aim of the Joint Command and Staff Programme (JCSP) is to prepare selected senior officers for command and staff appointments in the contemporary operating environment across the continuum of operations in national and international settings.
The National Security Programme (NSP) is designed to prepare selected military, public service, international and private sector leaders for future strategic responsibilities within a complex and ambiguous global security environment.
A total of 209 JCSP graduates, 29 NSP graduates, 102 Master in Defence Studies, and 3 Masters in Public Administration were presented today.
Both JCSP and NSP courses have a significant foreign military student component, comprising 33 foreign students this year.
The Canadian Forces College is Canada’s centre of excellence for joint operational and national strategic levels of professional military education for selected senior leaders of the CAF, the Department of National Defence and the Government of Canada.
The Canadian Forces College is part of the Canadian Defence Academy, the education group composed of Canadian Forces College, the Royal Military College of Canada and the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, whose core raison d’être continues to be the stewardship of professional military education.

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“I congratulate today’s Canadian Forces College’s graduates on the completion of their respective, challenging programmes. This end of year event demonstrates that this institution is indeed the centre of excellence for joint operational and national strategic levels of professional military education. Once more it has provided selected senior leaders of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Department of National Defence and the Government of Canada with the academic knowledge and the leadership that will serve them well for years to come.”
General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff

“The Canadian Forces College is one of three Colleges within our personnel generation system that upholds distinction in the Profession of Arms. These colleges generate the leaders of today and tomorrow who are prepared to deliver both institutional and operational excellence. Today’s ceremony highlights the fact that the Canadian Forces College staff has accomplished this year’s mission to prepare its students for joint command and staff appointments or future strategic responsibilities within our complex global security environment.”
Major-General Éric Tremblay, Commander of Military Personnel Generation

“The Canadian Forces College provides students with an outstanding curriculum. This Convocation highlights the students’ achievements in professional military education and the academic field. The ceremony underscores their success. I am very proud of our students, our curriculum and our dedicated personnel who make it all happen.”
Brigadier-Général Richard Giguère, Commandant of the Canadian Forces College

Associated Links

Canadian Forces College

http://www.cfc.forces.gc.ca/221-eng.html

Military Personnel Generation

http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/training-prof-dev/military-personnel-generation.page

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General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, was the guest of honour and presided over today’s Convocation ceremony, which was very well attended by students, family members and Canadian Forces College personnel. Photo: Sgt Dan Pop

Contacts

Major Catherine Haylock
Public Affairs Officer
Canadian Forces College
Phone: (416) 482-6800, extension 6543
Email: haylock@cfc.dnd.ca

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