Canadian Military College Review Board - Public Consultation Research
Share your thoughts on the future of Canada’s military colleges
Consultation Period: June 12 2024 to September 15 2024
The Canadian Military Colleges Review Board (CMCRB) will make recommendations pertaining to Recommendation 28 and Recommendation 29 of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbour’s Independent External Comprehensive Review (IECR) Report.
The CMCRB is analyzing the benefits, advantages and disadvantages, both to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Canada, of continuing to educate Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP) naval/officer cadets at Canada’s two military colleges – Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston and RMC Saint-Jean. It is focused specifically on reviewing the current quality of education, socialization and military training at the colleges while considering and assessing different education and training models.
Employing a documented, evidence-based approach, and following broad consultation with subject matter experts both in Canada and abroad, the Board will make a recommendation on whether the military colleges should continue in their current form or in a different form. It will assess whether the Cadet Wing responsibility and authority command structure should be modified or discontinued as a leadership development practice.
Information gathered through online submissions will be considered and factored into recommendations expected to be tabled in early 2025.
Join in: how to participate
- Use the online form. You won’t need to sign up for an account or provide any personal information. This form provides the ability to offer input relevant to the mandate of the Board as it pertains to Recommendation 28 and Recommendation 29 of the IECR Report.
- Send an email to militarycollegesreview-examendescollegesmilitaires@forces.gc.ca with your ideas or comments to make yourself heard
- Send a letter with your ideas and input to the address below.
Canadian Military Colleges Review Board (CMCRB), c/o CMCRB Secretariat, Corporate Secretary, Department of National Defence
60 Moodie Drive, Nepean, ON K2H 8G1
Who is the focus of this consultation:
The CMCRB will engage with:
- Current or former naval/officer cadets of one of Canada’s military colleges
- Current or former CAF members with experience at one of Canada’s military colleges
- Current or former DND employees with experience at one of Canada’s military colleges
- Current or former academic or non-public fund employees of one of Canada’s military colleges
- Any Canadian with an interest in Canada’s military colleges
Key questions for discussion
Your ideas and input are sought around five topics. Please read the CMCRB Terms of Reference before providing input.
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of educating naval/officer cadets at Canada’s military colleges? (required)
- How is the quality of education, socialization and military training at Canada’s military colleges? (required)
- How well does the current Cadet Wing structure work as a means of learning and developing leadership skills? (required)
- What changes are needed to improve the culture at Canada’s military colleges, including current efforts to address sexual misconduct? (required)
- Additional general comments related to the Board's mandate.