That is a great question. That's something my colleague Professor Lackenbauer has written a lot about.
From a training perspective, acknowledging the skill set that the rangers bring to the table, as they train southern-based military units on how to move and function in northern terrain, a role they've been playing for decades, and a critical one.... When the military is on exercises, when they're doing their training in Resolute or wherever it's going to be, often rangers are teaching them how to move and how to not just survive but thrive on the land. That training is ongoing.
From a bidirectional perspective, what the CAF can do to facilitate training opportunities for the rangers is highlight some of their specific skill sets—things like how to most effectively evacuate a community and how to participate in wellness checks. In particular, things like wilderness first aid and advanced first aid are very difficult skills for a lot of northerners to get trained on. The opportunities are few and far between. Very few organizations are bringing consistent training and these kinds of higher-level emergency response skills. That may not always be done through the CAF, but the CAF could certainly facilitate more of that kind of training, which will directly benefit the rangers and also their broader communities.
