{"id":34313,"date":"2024-05-10T07:50:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rmcalumni.ca\/?p=34313"},"modified":"2024-05-10T07:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:50:29","slug":"responding-to-the-cmc-review-towards-renewal-what-we-heard-from-our-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rmcalumni.ca\/fr\/responding-to-the-cmc-review-towards-renewal-what-we-heard-from-our-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to the CMC Review: Towards Renewal &#8211; What we heard from our members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>R\u00e9ponse \u00e0 l\u2019examen des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada : la voie du renouvellement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong><u>What we heard from our members<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Alumni Survey on the Issues in the Arbour Report<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2023, the RMCAA surveyed alumni to find out what they thought about the issues in the Arbour Report. This survey was sent to almost 7,000 individual members of the RMCAA whose e-mail addresses are on file. Considering bounce-backs and spam filters, the 1,462 responses received from alumni represents an exemplary response rate and is an indication of the current level of alumni engagement. The highest engagement came from classes in the 1960\u2019s (193 respondents &#8211; 13% of total respondents), 1970\u2019s (352 responses- 24%) and 1980\u2019s (290 responses &#8211; 20%).<\/p>\n<p>Significant majorities of respondents in all cohorts felt that \u201c the CMCs prepared me to face and overcome challenges,\u201d and that \u201c the CMCs prepared me for career in the CAF and beyond.\u201d A smaller proportion of the 2010 to 2023 cohort agreed with the latter statement, although even for this group fully two thirds (67%) agreed.<\/p>\n<p>The most striking conclusion to be drawn from the survey results was that alumni broadly believe there is room for improvement in the way CMCs operate. Below are the number of respondents who agree\/strongly agree with the listed statements:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 293px;\" width=\"842\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Statement<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">All respondents<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Female &amp; non-binary<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">Graduating Class 2010-2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">There were clear criteria and a fair process for selecting Cadet Wing leaders<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">27%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">18%<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Need more after-hours instructor supervision<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">45%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">66%<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Instructors at CMCs were good leadership role models<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">50%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">30%<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">College staff exercised good oversight over the types of punishments that Cadet Wing leaders handed out to other cadets<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">35%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">19%<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>When asked about mental health services roughly 50% of all alumni either disagreed or were neutral about the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I could access mental health services as and when I needed them; and<\/li>\n<li>Mental health services provided adequate support for the issues I was experiencing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is also clear that concerns over discrimination and harassment at the CMCs are significant, especially so among female and non-binary or younger respondents. This is the breakdown of individuals who agree\/strongly agree with the listed statements:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 271px;\" width=\"853\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Statement<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">All respondents<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Female &amp; non-binary<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">Graduating Class 2010-2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">I witnessed other cadets experience discriminatory behaviour such as unwanted sexual contact or harassment<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">45%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">73%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Discriminatory behaviour such as sexual misconduct are prevalent issues at the CMCs<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">32%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">53%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">56%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">The CMCs are taking sufficient steps to address discriminatory behaviour<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">43%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">36%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">48%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Despite these opinions, alumni are confident that CMCs can produce quality leaders and be instrumental in creating positive cultural change in the CAF. These were the responses when alumni were asked whether they agree or disagree with the following statements:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Statement<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">Agree<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Neutral<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">Disagree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"96\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"113\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">The CMCs are the place where the foundations can be laid for needed cultural changes in the CAF<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">81%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">11%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">CMCs are the best place to produce exemplary leaders for the CAF<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">72%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">16%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">CMCs should be wound down<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">7%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">5%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">88%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To put it simply, the survey found that alumni feel their time at the military colleges got them ready for tough times and jobs in the future. But they also think some things could be better. Clearer processes to pick and supervise Cadet Wing leaders, more instructors watching after class hours, and better controls on how punishments are given out. They also want better help for mental health issues and stronger efforts to stop discrimination and harassment from happening. Even with these issues, most alumni still believe the Canadian Military Colleges train excellent leaders who can lead needed cultural change in the Canadian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Alumni submissions <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to surveying alumni, RMCAA has been encouraging individuals, Classes and Branches to share their feedback, questions and perspectives on the topics of the Arbour Report recommendations and the renewal of the Canadian Military Colleges. Over 200 submissions have been received so far. Some submissions were a sentence or two whereas others were dozens of pages of structured feedback on specific questions (especially those received from Classes or Branches).\u00a0 What follows are some highlights with a few illustrative quotes which have been anonymized.<\/p>\n<p>Those who took the time to send in submission are nearly unanimously of the view that the Canadian Military Colleges serve an essential role as a Canadian leadership institution and must be preserved. Nearly all, however, indicate that significant changes at the CMCs are needed, with a few making the point that getting things right at the CMCs would then help cascade needed changes over the CAF. One of the key points made by most of these submissions is that sexual misconduct at the CMCs must not just be reduced but eradicated.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMany college graduates go on to successful careers outside of the military once their service time is finished.\u00a0 Doctors, lawyers, politicians \u2013 leaders in all walks of life come from the graduating classes of RMC.\u00a0 That is testament to the ongoing benefits to society of good leadership training at the colleges.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cI have been an active supporter of the CMCs, but not blindly so. My time at CMR\/RMC was not my favourite life experience. But I learned not only from the positive elements, but also what to avoid in the negative elements. Changes should be made at the CMCs with lessons learned about the negative elements&#8230; Closing the fine institutions of the CMCs with all their potential should not be an option. This is an achievable turn-around.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cWhile I did not experience any sexual harassment or assault, I am very proud of the women, and gender non-conforming folks, who came forward to talk about the harm their experienced. I believe them. I am listening and I want RMC to change so that it can develop strong officers for the future who are responsive to those they lead.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cI have two daughters who have stated their desire to follow in their dad\u2019s footsteps, joining the CAF and attending RMC. It would be most disappointing if their dreams are destroyed by a negative outcome from the external review which closes the colleges. I hope that the review can only bring positive progress and make the colleges a safe and better place for my daughters to attend.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>There are a very small number of dissenters from the broadly held view that the CMCs must be preserved AND that changes are needed. These dissenters are sceptical in diametrically opposed ways. On the one hand, a few doubt that the problems described by the Arbour Report even exist (as they are not something that they were aware of during their own days at the College nor are they something they personally witnessed in their military careers), or are as serious as described, or are any different than what occurs on civilian campuses. For them, the only response needed is to mount a sturdy and unequivocal defence of the CMCs. On the other hand, a few express a loss of faith and deep disappointment with regard to the CMCs and doubt that the problems can actually be redressed, mentioning that they would not encourage their children or grandchildren to attend a CMC or that they are ashamed to say where they went to school. For them, the recommendation to shut down the CMCs may be the right approach.<\/p>\n<p>On the question of the future of the Cadet Wing, views were a little less unanimous. That said, most of those who made a submission consider that the Cadet Wing still serves an important function in inculcating cadets with practical command experience, and ought, with significant changes, to be preserved.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIf the CAF does not let them lead at RMC, they will be less prepared for their future responsibilities. Can it be better? Yes, it must be, but taking away that learning and growth opportunity (and yes, even making mistakes and being corrected) is unwise.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The most frequently mentioned problem with the Cadet Wing is that is confers too much unsupervised authority to Cadet over Cadet, allowing for potential abuses of power by young people who do not have much life experience or training in leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe military pillar is great for professional development, but it&#8217;s also problematic in that junior leaders are leading junior leaders, and nobody knows how to deal with real issues when they come up. I saw a lot of things get swept under the rug <\/em><em>when I was there because the chain of command had so many levels of OCdts, that someone was bound to think that your very serious issues were minor complaints that didn&#8217;t need to be brought higher. So while OCdts should be in &#8220;leadership&#8221; <\/em><em>positions, there needs to be real leadership mixed in there as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The idea that supervision or oversight of Cadets is insufficient in general came up in many submissions, with proposed solutions of fewer levels of Officer Cadets in the command structure and more \u201cadult supervision,\u201d in the form of greater presence by actual officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhen I was at RMC, I mostly learned what kind of leader I did NOT want to be, as opposed to seeing good examples to emulate. Having the NCOs\/Officers more closely involved would increase the quality of the leadership.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cLeaders must not assume that the hierarchal military structure will either identify or cope with all abuse. In the CMCs this means that junior officers at the captain level must have an office and a continual presence in the blocks. Likewise senior officers should at least walk through the blocks from time to time unannounced and speak to individual cadets.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, leadership at the CMCs was a strongly recurring theme in alumni submissions. In addition to the aforementioned need to emphasize leadership training (formal and informal) for Cadets, many submissions highlighted the need for more and better leaders at the CMCs. They argue that it is the best and brightest of the Canadian Armed Forces who ought to be brought to the CMCs as instructors, suggesting that a posting there not be seen as a detour in a career but as a part of career progression.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behaviours the leader will tolerate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cSquadron commanders were at RMC primarily for graduate study and their role as coach was secondary and mostly administrative. An alternate recommendation would be to embed fully dedicated military mentors (senior NCOs and Officers) and military subject matter experts for coaching the Cadets that have command responsibility. Learning errors in &#8220;the art of command&#8221; would be caught early by the coaches and minimize viral outcomes.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few made suggestions regarding a potential reconfiguring of the four pillars or refocussing of the CMCs to focus more squarely, as aforementioned, on leadership and military studies, or even to turn the CMCs into institutions conferring graduate degrees, after an undergrad is completed elsewhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cSubcontract to Canadian universities, all of the general undergraduate university diploma required of the officer corps, according to the current provisions of the two recruitment plans PFOR and PEDO (direct entry program as an officer, which meet the needs of the FAC, namely, obtaining the officer&#8217;s certificate and an undergraduate diploma. The vocation of the CMRC therefore becomes to train officers, graduates of universities or PEDOs, on the other three pillars, in particularly that of military training\u201d in English.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But many more submissions indicated support for the four pillars of a CMC education.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cThe four-pillar program at the CMC\u2019s is designed to produce outstanding leaders, mentally and physically fit young officers, achieve desired metrics in bilingual training and finally excellent in-class instruction via the CMC Military Leadership and Management faculty.\u00a0 These outcomes cannot and will not be replicated by sending young officers to civilian universities and thereafter away for continuous training post university graduation.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On behalf of CMC Renewal Team\/l\u2019\u00e9quipe du renouvellement des CMC &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:rmcaa.account@rmcalumni.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rmcaa.account@rmcalumni.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmcalumni.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/What-we-heard-from-our-members-May-2024-EN.pdf\">Version PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>R\u00e9ponse \u00e0 l\u2019examen des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada\u00a0: la voie du renouvellement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong><u>Ce que nos membres nous ont dit<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Sondage aupr\u00e8s des anciens et anciennes \u00e0 propos des questions soulev\u00e9es par le rapport\u00a0Arbour<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 l\u2019automne 2023, l\u2019Association des ancien(ne)s des CMR a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 un sondage aupr\u00e8s des anciens et anciennes afin de conna\u00eetre leur avis sur les questions soulev\u00e9es par le rapport\u00a0Arbour. Ce sondage a \u00e9t\u00e9 envoy\u00e9 \u00e0 pr\u00e8s de 7\u00a0000\u00a0membres individuels de l\u2019Association des ancien(ne)s des CMR dont les adresses \u00e9lectroniques figuraient dans nos dossiers. En tenant compte des retours en erreur et des filtres antipourriel, les 1\u00a0462\u00a0r\u00e9ponses re\u00e7ues constituent un taux de r\u00e9ponse exemplaire et donnent une indication du niveau actuel d\u2019engagement des anciens et anciennes. Le plus fort engagement a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9montr\u00e9 par les promotions des ann\u00e9es 1960 (193\u00a0r\u00e9ponses, soit 13\u00a0% du nombre total de r\u00e9ponses), des ann\u00e9es 1970 (352\u00a0r\u00e9ponses, soit 24\u00a0% du nombre total de r\u00e9ponses) et des ann\u00e9es 1980 (290\u00a0r\u00e9ponses, soit 20\u00a0% du nombre total de r\u00e9ponses).<\/p>\n<p>Dans chacune des cohortes, la majorit\u00e9 a r\u00e9pondu par la positive aux affirmations suivantes\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada m\u2019ont pr\u00e9par\u00e9(e) \u00e0 affronter et \u00e0 surmonter les d\u00e9fis\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada m\u2019ont pr\u00e9par\u00e9(e) \u00e0 une carri\u00e8re au sein des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes et ailleurs\u00a0\u00bb. Une plus faible proportion de la cohorte de 2010-2023 \u00e9tait d\u2019accord avec cette derni\u00e8re affirmation, bien que m\u00eame pour ce groupe, les deux tiers (67\u00a0%) \u00e9taient d\u2019accord.<\/p>\n<p>La conclusion la plus frappante \u00e0 tirer des r\u00e9sultats de ce sondage est que les anciens et anciennes estiment dans l\u2019ensemble qu\u2019il existe des possibilit\u00e9s d\u2019am\u00e9lioration dans le fonctionnement des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada. Vous trouverez ci-dessous le nombre de personnes interrog\u00e9es qui sont d\u2019accord et fortement d\u2019accord avec les affirmations \u00e9num\u00e9r\u00e9es\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 640px;\" width=\"820\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Affirmation<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">Ensemble des personnes interrog\u00e9es<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Femmes et personnes non binaires<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">Promotion 2010-2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Les crit\u00e8res de s\u00e9lection des leaders d\u2019escadre des \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers \u00e9taient clairs et la proc\u00e9dure \u00e9quitable.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">27\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">18\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">16\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Il serait n\u00e9cessaire d\u2019augmenter la supervision des instructeurs et instructrices en dehors des heures de cours.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">45\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">66\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">42\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Les instructeurs et instructrices au sein des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada \u00e9taient de bons mod\u00e8les de leadership.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">50\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">30\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">19\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Le personnel du coll\u00e8ge surveillait ad\u00e9quatement les types de sanctions impos\u00e9s par les leaders d\u2019escadre des \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers aux autres \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">35\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">19\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">18\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Lorsqu\u2019interrog\u00e9s sur les services en sant\u00e9 mentale, pr\u00e8s de 50\u00a0% des anciens et anciennes n\u2019\u00e9taient pas d\u2019accord ou \u00e9taient neutres en ce qui concerne les affirmations suivantes\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Je pouvais acc\u00e9der \u00e0 des services en sant\u00e9 mentale quand j\u2019en avais besoin; et<\/li>\n<li>Les services en sant\u00e9 mentale m\u2019ont fourni un soutien ad\u00e9quat pour les probl\u00e8mes que je rencontrais.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Il appara\u00eet \u00e9galement que les pr\u00e9occupations relatives \u00e0 la discrimination et au harc\u00e8lement au sein des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada sont importantes, surtout chez les personnes interrog\u00e9es qui sont des femmes, non binaires ou plus jeunes. Voici la r\u00e9partition des personnes qui sont d\u2019accord et fortement d\u2019accord avec les affirmations \u00e9num\u00e9r\u00e9es\u00a0:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 542px;\" width=\"827\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Affirmation<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">Ensemble des personnes interrog\u00e9es<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Femmes et personnes non binaires<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">Promotion 2010-2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 t\u00e9moin de comportements discriminatoires \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard d\u2019autres \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers ou \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res, comme des contacts sexuels non d\u00e9sir\u00e9s ou du harc\u00e8lement.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">45\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">73\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">67\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Les comportements discriminatoires tels que l\u2019inconduite sexuelle sont des probl\u00e8mes courants dans les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">32\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">53\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">56\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada prennent des mesures suffisantes afin de lutter contre les comportements discriminatoires.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">43\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">36\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">48\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Malgr\u00e9 ces opinions, les anciens et anciennes ont la certitude que les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada peuvent former des leaders de qualit\u00e9 et jouer un r\u00f4le essentiel dans la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un changement culturel positif au sein des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes. Voici les r\u00e9ponses donn\u00e9es par les anciens et anciennes \u00e0 la question de savoir s\u2019ils \u00e9taient d\u2019accord ou non avec les affirmations suivantes\u00a0:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Affirmation<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">D\u2019accord<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Neutre<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">Pas d\u2019accord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"96\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"113\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada permettent de jeter les bases pour apporter les changements culturels n\u00e9cessaires au sein des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">81\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">11\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">8\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada aident \u00e0 former des leaders exemplaires pour les Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">72\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">16\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">12\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"320\">Les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada devraient dispara\u00eetre.<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">7\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">5\u00a0%<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">88\u00a0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>En d\u2019autres termes, le sondage a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que les anciens et anciennes estiment que leur passage dans les coll\u00e8ges militaires les a pr\u00e9par\u00e9s \u00e0 faire face aux moments difficiles et \u00e0 occuper des postes complexes. Mais ils pensent \u00e9galement que certaines choses pourraient \u00eatre am\u00e9lior\u00e9es. \u00c0 savoir, des proc\u00e9dures plus claires pour s\u00e9lectionner et superviser les leaders d\u2019escadre des \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers, plus d\u2019instructeurs et instructrices pour assurer une supervision en dehors des heures de cours et de meilleurs contr\u00f4les des sanctions impos\u00e9es. Ils souhaitent \u00e9galement une meilleure prise en charge des probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale\u00a0et des efforts accrus pour mettre un terme \u00e0 la discrimination et au harc\u00e8lement. Malgr\u00e9 ces enjeux, la plupart des anciens et anciennes croient toujours que les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada forment d\u2019excellents leaders capables d\u2019apporter les changements culturels n\u00e9cessaires au sein des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>R\u00e9ponses des anciens et anciennes <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En plus de sonder les anciens et anciennes, l\u2019Association des ancien(ne)s des CMR a invit\u00e9 les individus, les promotions et les chapitres \u00e0 faire part de leurs commentaires, questions et points de vue sur les recommandations du rapport\u00a0Arbour et le renouvellement des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada. Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent, plus de 200\u00a0r\u00e9ponses ont \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7ues. Certaines r\u00e9ponses ne comportaient qu\u2019une phrase ou deux, tandis que d\u2019autres \u00e9taient des dossiers d\u2019une douzaine de pages de commentaires structur\u00e9s sur des questions pr\u00e9cises (surtout celles envoy\u00e9es par des promotions ou chapitres).\u00a0 Voici certains des points saillants, accompagn\u00e9s de citations qui les illustrent bien, lesquelles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rendues anonymes.<\/p>\n<p>Les personnes ayant pris le temps de r\u00e9pondre sont presque toutes d\u2019avis que les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada jouent un r\u00f4le essentiel \u00e0 titre d\u2019institution canadienne de leadership et doivent \u00eatre conserv\u00e9s. Cependant, presque toutes indiquent que des changements importants doivent \u00eatre apport\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada, et quelques-unes font remarquer qu\u2019une am\u00e9lioration de la situation dans ceux-ci permettrait ensuite de d\u00e9ployer les changements n\u00e9cessaires dans les Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes. L\u2019un des points cl\u00e9s soulev\u00e9s dans la plupart des r\u00e9ponses est que les comportements sexuels r\u00e9pr\u00e9hensibles au sein des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada ne doivent pas seulement \u00eatre r\u00e9duits mais \u00e9radiqu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00ab\u00a0De nombreux dipl\u00f4m\u00e9(e)s des coll\u00e8ges poursuivent une carri\u00e8re fructueuse en dehors de l\u2019arm\u00e9e une fois leur service termin\u00e9.\u00a0 M\u00e9decins, avocat(e)s, politicien(ne)s, des leaders dans tous les domaines de la vie sont issus des promotions du Coll\u00e8ge militaire royal du Canada (CMR).\u00a0 Cela t\u00e9moigne des avantages que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 continue de tirer d\u2019une bonne formation au leadership dispens\u00e9e au sein des coll\u00e8ges.\u00a0\u00bb <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019ai toujours activement soutenu les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada, mais pas aveugl\u00e9ment. Le temps que j\u2019ai pass\u00e9 au CMR n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019une de mes exp\u00e9riences pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9es dans la vie. Mais j\u2019ai appris non seulement des \u00e9l\u00e9ments positifs, mais aussi de ce qu\u2019il faut \u00e9viter dans les \u00e9l\u00e9ments n\u00e9gatifs. Des changements doivent \u00eatre op\u00e9r\u00e9s au sein des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada en fonction des le\u00e7ons tir\u00e9es des \u00e9l\u00e9ments n\u00e9gatifs&#8230; Fermer les excellentes institutions que sont les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada, avec tout le potentiel qu\u2019elles rec\u00e8lent, ne devrait pas \u00eatre une option. C\u2019est un redressement r\u00e9alisable.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00ab\u00a0M\u00eame si je n\u2019ai pas \u00e9t\u00e9 victime d\u2019agression ou de harc\u00e8lement sexuel, je suis tr\u00e8s fi\u00e8re des femmes, et des personnes de genre non conforme, qui se sont manifest\u00e9es au sujet des pr\u00e9judices qu\u2019elles ont subis. Je les crois. Je suis \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9coute et je veux que le CMR change afin qu\u2019il puisse former \u00e0 l\u2019avenir des officiers et offici\u00e8res forts qui soient \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9coute de ceux qu\u2019ils dirigent.\u00a0\u00bb <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019ai deux filles qui ont exprim\u00e9 leur souhait de suivre les traces de leur p\u00e8re, en se joignant aux Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes et en fr\u00e9quentant le CMR. Il serait tr\u00e8s d\u00e9cevant que leurs r\u00eaves soient an\u00e9antis \u00e0 cause de r\u00e9sultats n\u00e9gatifs \u00e0 l\u2019examen externe, qui entra\u00eeneraient la fermeture des coll\u00e8ges. J\u2019esp\u00e8re que l\u2019examen permettra uniquement de r\u00e9aliser des progr\u00e8s et de rendre les coll\u00e8ges plus s\u00fbrs et plus agr\u00e9ables pour mes filles.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>Il y a un tr\u00e8s petit nombre de personnes qui s\u2019opposent \u00e0 l\u2019opinion largement r\u00e9pandue selon laquelle les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada doivent \u00eatre conserv\u00e9s ET que des changements sont n\u00e9cessaires. Ces personnes font preuve d\u2019un scepticisme diam\u00e9tralement oppos\u00e9. D\u2019une part, quelques personnes doutent du fait que les probl\u00e8mes d\u00e9crits dans le rapport\u00a0Arbour existent v\u00e9ritablement (car elles n\u2019en ont pas eu connaissance pendant leur propre passage au sein du Coll\u00e8ge et n\u2019en ont pas non plus \u00e9t\u00e9 personnellement t\u00e9moins au cours de leurs carri\u00e8res militaires), ou qu\u2019ils soient aussi graves que ce qui est d\u00e9crit, ou encore qu\u2019ils soient diff\u00e9rents de ce qui se passe sur les campus civils. Pour ces personnes, la seule r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 apporter est une d\u00e9fense solide et sans \u00e9quivoque des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada. D\u2019autre part, quelques personnes ont exprim\u00e9 une perte de confiance et une profonde d\u00e9ception \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada et doutent que les probl\u00e8mes puissent r\u00e9ellement \u00eatre r\u00e9solus, mentionnant le fait qu\u2019elles n\u2019encourageraient pas leurs enfants ni leurs petits-enfants \u00e0 fr\u00e9quenter un coll\u00e8ge militaire du Canada ou qu\u2019elles ont honte de dire o\u00f9 elles ont fait leurs \u00e9tudes. Pour ces personnes, la recommandation de fermer les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada pourrait \u00eatre la bonne approche.<\/p>\n<p>Sur la question de l\u2019avenir de l\u2019escadre des \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers, les avis \u00e9taient un peu moins unanimes. Cela \u00e9tant dit, la plupart des personnes consid\u00e8rent que l\u2019escadre des \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers remplit toujours une fonction importante en inculquant aux \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res une exp\u00e9rience pratique du commandement et qu\u2019elle devrait, moyennant des changements importants, \u00eatre conserv\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Si les Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes ne les laissent pas diriger au CMR, ils seront moins bien pr\u00e9par\u00e9s \u00e0 leurs futures responsabilit\u00e9s. Est-ce que les choses pourraient mieux se passer? Oui, c\u2019est n\u00e9cessaire, mais il n\u2019est pas judicieux de les priver de cette occasion d\u2019apprentissage et de croissance (et m\u00eame de faire des erreurs et d\u2019\u00eatre corrig\u00e9s).\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Le probl\u00e8me le plus souvent mentionn\u00e9 \u00e0 propos de l\u2019escadre des \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers est qu\u2019elle conf\u00e8re trop d\u2019autorit\u00e9 non supervis\u00e9e aux \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res les uns sur les autres, entra\u00eenant de potentiels abus de pouvoir de la part de jeunes qui n\u2019ont pas beaucoup d\u2019exp\u00e9rience dans la vie ni de formation en leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00ab Le pilier militaire est excellent pour le d\u00e9veloppement professionnel, mais il est \u00e9galement probl\u00e9matique dans la mesure o\u00f9 de jeunes leaders dirigent de jeunes leaders, et que personne ne sait comment g\u00e9rer les vrais probl\u00e8mes lorsqu\u2019ils surviennent. J\u2019ai vu beaucoup de choses \u00eatre pass\u00e9es sous silence\u00a0<\/em><em>quand j\u2019y \u00e9tais, car la cha\u00eene de commandement \u00e9tait constitu\u00e9e de tellement de niveaux d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers que quelqu\u2019un allait forc\u00e9ment penser que vos probl\u00e8mes tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieux \u00e9taient des plaintes mineures qui n\u2019avaient pas besoin d\u2019\u00eatre port\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019attention de l\u2019\u00e9chelon sup\u00e9rieur. Donc, m\u00eame si les \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res devraient occuper des positions de \u00ab leadership \u00bb, <\/em><em>il faut aussi y ajouter un vrai leadership.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>L\u2019id\u00e9e que la supervision ou la surveillance des \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res est insuffisante de mani\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9rale est apparue dans beaucoup de commentaires. Des solutions ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9es, comme le fait de r\u00e9duire le nombre de niveaux d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers dans la structure de commandement et d\u2019accro\u00eetre la \u00ab\u00a0supervision des adultes\u00a0\u00bb, sous la forme d\u2019une plus grande pr\u00e9sence d\u2019officiers et offici\u00e8res.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Lorsque je fr\u00e9quentais le CMR, j\u2019ai surtout appris quel type de leader je ne voulais PAS \u00eatre, plut\u00f4t que de voir de bons exemples \u00e0 suivre. Une implication accrue des sous-officiers et sous-offici\u00e8res et des officiers et offici\u00e8res am\u00e9liorerait la qualit\u00e9 du leadership.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00ab\u00a0Les leaders ne doivent pas partir du principe que la structure militaire hi\u00e9rarchique permet de cerner tous les abus ou d\u2019y faire face. Dans les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada, cela signifie que les officiers et offici\u00e8res subalternes au niveau du capitaine doivent avoir un bureau et assurer une pr\u00e9sence continue dans les blocs. De m\u00eame, les officiers et offici\u00e8res sup\u00e9rieurs devraient au moins passer dans les blocs de temps en temps de fa\u00e7on impromptue et s\u2019entretenir avec les \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res individuellement.\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>En effet, le leadership au sein des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada est un th\u00e8me qui revenait souvent dans les commentaires des anciens et anciennes. En plus du besoin susmentionn\u00e9 de mettre l\u2019accent sur la formation au leadership (formelle et informelle) pour les \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res, de nombreux commentaires soulignaient le besoin d\u2019un plus grand nombre de leaders et de meilleurs leaders dans les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada. Les commentaires soulevaient que ce sont les meilleurs et les plus brillants \u00e9l\u00e9ments des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes qui devraient devenir instructeurs et instructrices au sein des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada, sugg\u00e9rant qu\u2019une affectation dans ces centres ne devrait pas \u00eatre consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme un \u00e9cart dans une carri\u00e8re, mais comme une partie de l&#8217;avancement de carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00ab\u00a0La culture d&#8217;une organisation est fa\u00e7onn\u00e9e par les pires comportements qu\u2019un leader est pr\u00eat \u00e0 tol\u00e9rer.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00ab\u00a0Les commandant(e)s d\u2019escadron se trouvaient au CMR principalement pour des \u00e9tudes sup\u00e9rieures et leur r\u00f4le d\u2019encadrement \u00e9tait secondaire et surtout administratif. Une autre recommandation serait d\u2019int\u00e9grer des mentor(e)s militaires enti\u00e8rement d\u00e9vou\u00e9s (sous-officiers et sous-offici\u00e8res et officiers et offici\u00e8res sup\u00e9rieurs) et des expert(e)s militaires sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s pour encadrer les \u00e9l\u00e8ves-officiers et \u00e9l\u00e8ves-offici\u00e8res qui ont une responsabilit\u00e9 de commandement. Les erreurs d\u2019apprentissage dans \u00ab\u00a0l\u2019art du commandement\u00a0\u00bb seraient d\u00e9cel\u00e9es \u00e0 temps par les responsables de l\u2019encadrement, ce qui permettrait de r\u00e9duire au minimum les cons\u00e9quences n\u00e9gatives.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Quelques personnes ont sugg\u00e9r\u00e9 de revoir la configuration des quatre piliers ou de recentrer les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada pour qu\u2019ils se concentrent plus, comme mentionn\u00e9 ci-dessus, sur le leadership et les \u00e9tudes militaires, voire de transformer les coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada en \u00e9tablissements d\u00e9livrant des dipl\u00f4mes d\u2019\u00e9tudes sup\u00e9rieures, apr\u00e8s l\u2019obtention d\u2019un dipl\u00f4me de premier cycle dans un autre \u00e9tablissement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00ab\u00a0Sous-traiter \u00e0 des universit\u00e9s canadiennes l\u2019ensemble du dipl\u00f4me universitaire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral requis pour le corps des officiers, conform\u00e9ment aux dispositions actuelles des deux plans de recrutement, le Programme de formation des officiers de la Force r\u00e9guli\u00e8re (PFOR) et Programme d\u2019enr\u00f4lement direct en qualit\u00e9 d\u2019officier (PEDO), r\u00e9pondant aux besoins des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes, \u00e0 savoir l\u2019obtention du certificat d\u2019officier et d\u2019un dipl\u00f4me de premier cycle. La vocation du CMR devient alors de former des officiers et offici\u00e8res, des dipl\u00f4m\u00e9(e)s d\u2019universit\u00e9s ou du PEDO, sur les trois autres piliers, surtout celui de la formation militaire &#8220;en anglais&#8221;.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mais de nombreux autres commentaires indiquaient leur soutien aux quatre piliers de l\u2019\u00e9ducation des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00ab\u00a0Le programme en quatre piliers des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada est con\u00e7u pour former des leaders exceptionnels, de jeunes officiers et offici\u00e8res mentalement et physiquement aptes, pour atteindre les r\u00e9sultats souhait\u00e9s en mati\u00e8re de formation bilingue et, enfin, pour dispenser un excellent enseignement en classe gr\u00e2ce au corps professoral de leadership et de gestion militaires des coll\u00e8ges militaires du Canada.\u00a0 Ces r\u00e9sultats ne peuvent pas \u00eatre atteints en envoyant les jeunes officiers et offici\u00e8res dans des universit\u00e9s civiles, puis en leur faisant suivre une formation continue apr\u00e8s l\u2019obtention de leur dipl\u00f4me universitaire\u00a0\u00bb.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On behalf of CMC Renewal Team\/l\u2019\u00e9quipe du renouvellement des CMC &#8211; rmcaa.account@rmcalumni.ca<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmcalumni.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ce-que-nos-membres-nous-ont-dit-mai-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Version PDF<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to the CMC Review: Towards Renewal What we heard from our members Alumni Survey on the Issues in the Arbour Report In the fall of 2023, the RMCAA surveyed alumni to find out what they thought about the issues in the Arbour Report. 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