National Defence committee  I'll share a few things from my side. I think having more flexibility in advertisement and attraction from a public communications perspective would be a great tool. Our social media presence is helping right now. We have more meaningfully adapted to modern technology and to wha

National Defence committee  If I may, as a member of one of the communities, I think we've made tremendous progress in this, which is measurable both on the aggressiveness with which policies were adapted and in the way we've been able to then evolve from what initially was being lesbian to the growing segm

National Defence committee  We have some courses across our professional development framework that introduce the concept of bias and bias awareness. We do 360° evaluations at certain levels in the leaders' progression. We also are directing a lot more curation of material through our self-development pilla

National Defence committee  What's important too is to follow through. It's great to have six to 6.6 hours of training, but then there's a reinforcement through career and through exemplary leadership, through leaders speaking openly about a situation that happened in the workplace where bad behaviour takes

National Defence committee  I want to add that it's also important to ensure that, as part of the review of our policies, we also consider Canadians who join us and whose first language isn't English or French. They face greater challenges, both in meeting the standards required for professional developmen

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Rear-Admiral Luc Cassivi, and I'm the commander of the Canadian Defence Academy. However, I'm here today in my capacity as the defence team champion for gender and diversity for operations. It's my pleasure to appear before