Engaged in the World: A systemic investigation into the administration of postings, assignments and employments of Defence Team personnel outside of Canada

December 2020

As of June 2020, there were over 4,000 Canadian Armed Forces members, Department of National Defence employees, Staff of the Non-Public Funds and their families posted to 70 countries OUTCAN.

While there is a perception that an OUTCAN posting is highly desirable, there are stressors and challenges unique to this experience.