Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes CANADIAN FORCES – FORCES CANADIENNES

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes

WOMEN IN THE CANADIAN FORCES

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes 1885 TO WWI  1885 Women are first recognized as military personnel by serving as Nursing Sisters  1885 North-West Rebellion  1889 Boer War (South Africa)  1914 to 1918 WWI

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes WWII  43,000 Women serve in:  Royal Canadian Air Force Women`s Division  Canadian Women`s Army Corps  Women`s Royal Canadian Naval Service  Clerks, Parachute Riggers, Photographers, Air Frame Mechanics

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes TESTIMONIAL

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes 1950s TO 1960s  Over 3,000 Women serve in Korean War:  Army  Navy Reserves  Royal Canadian Air Force  1954 to 1955, small numbers of Women were recruited and retained in the ranks of all three Regular Force elements

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes 1960s TO 1970s  1970 the Royal Commission on the Status of Women makes significant recommendations leading towards equal opportunity for women  Standardized enrolment criteria  Equal pension and benefits  Attendance at military colleges  Removal of restriction on the enrolment of married women  1978 Women represented:  6% of the CF  Employed is 82 of the 127 military occupations

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes TESTIMONIAL

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes 1980s  1989 the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal directed the full integration of Women into the CF to be completed by 1999  Women served in all elements in both combat and combat-support military occupations  1989 Maj Dee Brasseur becomes one of only two Women in the world to fly the fly the CF 18 Hornet,

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes 1990s TO PRESENT  2001 Women represented 18% of CF personnel  2003 Lieutenant Commander Marta Mulkins became the first Woman to command a Canadian Forces Navy warship, HMCS KINGSTON

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes TESTIMONIAL

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes  Current Statistics of women in the CF:  Regular Force  Navy – 20.1%  Army – 14.1%  Air Force – 21.1%  Reserve Force  Naval Reserve – 32.3%  Army Reserve – 15.3%  Air Force Reserve – 29.3%  Women currently serve in all military occupations

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes CANADIAN FORCES BENEFITS  Competitive Salaries  Officers start at: $42,000.00/year  Non-Commissioned Members (Skilled Trades, Administration, etc) start at: $30,000.00/year  20 days of paid leave each year (after the five years this extends to 25 days)  Full medical and dental coverage  Fitness and recreational facilities  Excellent personal development programs  Language training  Continuing education  Second career assistance network

Fight with the Canadian Forces – - Combattez avec les Forces canadiennes QUESTIONS “Diversity is an operational imperative.” General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff