Events

How Can Reservists Be Mobilized? The Chair’s Second Roundtable on the Reserve Force

On August 27, the Research Chair on Reserve Force at RMC Saint-Jean, inaugurated earlier this spring, hosted a roundtable entitled The Challenges of the Reserve Force in the Context of Mobilization. The event examined issues related to the broader transformation of Canada’s Reserve Force and the need for innovation in reservist recruitment, training, integration, and employment.

The discussion brought together Colonel Stéphane Briand, MSM, CD, Director of Integration and Modernization (Canadian Armed Forces Reserve Force); Lieutenant-Colonel David Hoang, Section Head, Assistant Deputy Minister (Operations), Director General Mobilization, Strategic Joint Staff; and Colonel Kevin MacLean, Director of Mobilization Integration (Canadian Armed Forces Reserve Force). Sébastien Campagna, an affiliated researcher with the Research Chair on Reserve Force, served as moderator.

Discussions explored the links between mobilization and innovation, with particular attention given to current challenges, emerging practices, and potential avenues for strengthening the Reserve Force’s capacity to meet Canada's defence needs.

Official Launch of the Research Chair on Reserve Force

RMC Saint-Jean is proud to announce the official launch of the Research Chair on Reserve Force. Jointly led by Professors Yann Breault and Ian Parenteau, the new Chair will implement a research program focused on the organizational and operational challenges of the Primary Reserve within the Canadian Armed Forces.

Established through a collaboration between the Director Reserve Force Knowledge Management and the Office of the Dean of Research at RMC Saint-Jean, the chair will combine RMC Saint-Jean’s research expertise with institutional data to foster greater understanding of the strategic role of the Reserve Force within the Canadian Armed Forces.

The official launch brought together key partners, including representatives from the Reserve Force Strategic Initiatives, researchers from RMC Saint-Jean, and members of the College’s leadership team. Together, they highlighted the importance of this new initiative in military studies for the future of security and defence research in Canada.

Participation in the Inter-American Defense Board Conference on Civil-Military Relations at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

On March 13, RMC Saint-Jean was proudly represented in Washington, D.C., at a seminar on civil-military relations organized by the Inter-American Defense College and hosted at the Embassy of Canada. Professor Yann Breault, accompanied by Frédérick Côté and Sebastien Hinse from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret) Rémi Landry, an affiliated researcher, participated as invited speakers.

As part of a panel on the Canadian approach, the delegation presented Canada's perspective on civil-military relations and highlighted the unique role of the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve in strengthening ties between the military and civil society. The audience included naval cadets and officer cadets from the 65^th class of the Inter-American Defense College, as well as military officers from across the Americas attending both in person and online.

On the margins of the seminar, members of the delegation also had the opportunity to meet Rear-Admiral Krisjan Monaghan, Canada's Defence Attaché to the United States and an alumnus of RMC Saint-Jean.