My VAC Account
My VAC Account
To learn about and remember the Canadian Armed Forces members who gave their lives in service in Afghanistan by researching the Canadian Virtual War Memorial database and other on-line resources.
Youth will be expected to:
To increase youth awareness about the more than 118,000 Canadians who died in military service over the years, using a calendar approach to help realise that every day of the year, we could pause to remember.
Through this activity, youth will:
To increase youth awareness and understanding of the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
Through this activity, youth will:
To gain an understanding of the importance of Canadian Armed Forces humanitarian work through learning from the example set by the Isfeld family.
Youth are expected to become:
Grades 7 to 12 or Secondary 1 to 5.
Canadian peacekeepers with the United Nations Emergency Force on patrol in Egypt in 1962. Photo: Department of National Defence
To increase youth awareness about Canadians who have served in peacekeeping missions.
Through this activity, youth will:
This activity is suitable for grades 7-12.
You can modify the activity to fit the amount of time available.
In this 90-minute activity, students will work in groups to research Black Canadian Veterans. They will create a visual time line of these Veterans’ military service. Students will research online resources.
Major-General (Retired) Clive Milner was born in the city of Derby, United Kingdom, in 1936. He lost his father at the end of the Second World War and his mother gave him the best upbringing she could. As a child, Milner supported his local soccer club, Derby County, and even saw them win the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. The self-described “farm boy from England,” later graduated from agricultural college and moved to Canada in search of work.
I joined the military in 1977 at 17 years old. I was really drawn to the military after spending four years in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. The Cadets taught me many valuable life skills but more importantly, the understanding that collaborating with others, we could succeed in completing difficult tasks that could not be accomplished by individuals. I truly enjoyed the discipline and camaraderie in the Cadets, so the military was a good fit for me.
Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) John Alexander was born in Miami, Manitoba. An aerospace engineer by trade, John served with the Canadian Armed Forces for 29 years. His service took him around the world and made him proud to give back to his country.
His interest in joining the military started while he was on a youth exchange through the Lions Club in Okinawa, Japan, at 16 years old. Sitting in the seat of an F4 Phantom ignited his desire to pursue a career in the military.
