Introduction. Following The First Canadian Armed Forces

Over the last decade, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have drastically increased the need for effective mental health services and treatment for U.S. veterans and service members, especially those suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Nearly 1.5 million American service members have been deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) since the attack on the Twin Towers in September 2001 (Price, Gros, Strachan, Ruggiero, & Acierno, 2013). Approximately 25% of soldiers and wounded warriors returning home from OEF/OIF present with mental illness due to combat-related violence and other trauma exposure (Steinberg & Eisner, 2015). According to Price and colleagues (2013), OEF/OIF soldiers and veterans are at greater risk for developing mental illness compared to others who served in past military operations.

The main problem discovered is military members are experiencing psychological problems from stressors due to deployments and not seeking help for their discomforts. Many of the military members returning

"Formative evaluation is research conducted for the purpose of informing program improvement efforts" (Krysik & Finn, 2013, p. 112). To make sure the program will be effective, I would gather polls from the youth of Riverton about the usefulness of the program, and if it is helping children stop the over usage of alcohol. Another process to determine if the program is doing well, I will compare the results taken from Riverton community to a community

Canada has been actively involved with the United Nations since its creation in 1945. Since then, Canadian peacekeepers have participated in almost every single peacekeeping mission. The role of Canadian peacekeeping was to bring peace and stability between countries. However, Canada’s role is slowly starting to diminish because of its failure to prevent conflict in peacekeeping missions. Examples of this instance include the mass genocide in Rwanda, the civil war in Somalia and Yugoslavian crisis.

If adequate monitoring processes are in effect, it should be fairly easy to detect whether a policy has been implemented as intended. This type of policy monitoring has been referred to as formative evaluation. Formative evaluation documents and analyzes how a policy is implemented, with the objective of making improvements as the implementation process unfolds.

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are a unique institution consisting of a wide cross section of our nation’s population. It is due to this vast representation of cultural and regional upbringings that there lies a requirement for an integration process into military life. In this paper I will discuss some training procedures utilized during my basic recruit school training in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, and the theories and models of psychology and behaviour they were based upon.

service members who have been deployed to either Iraq or Afghanistan have returned with an range of signs and symptoms that we are now calling post-deployment syndrome (PDS). Traumatic brain injury, combat stress, blast injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, or post-concussive syndrome each fit into the variety of symptoms called PDS. Four hundred thousand previously healthy service men and women now live with PDS that, at times, causes them to be entirely disabled or to suffer so much that they even may take their own lives. This number may seem shocking, however PDS doesn’t just affect these service members, reservists, and veterans, but also their friends, family members, employers, communities, and even the very health care workers who are desperately trying to help them. Surprisingly, despite how common this condition is, it still remains puzzling to fully define and

The Great War from 1914-1918 in Europe had a traumatic toll on Canadians. The soldiers in the fields were forever changed by the war but they weren’t the only ones who were changed. World War 1 had a significant impact on Canada’s homefront. The impact of the Great War on Canadian civilians can be easily seen through the increased rate and level of discrimination, growth of Canadian economy and the independence of women.

WWII was a defining moment in Canadian history, transforming a quiet country on the verge of global affairs into a crucial opponent in the 20th century's most tragic battle. Canada played a vital role in the Battle of the Atlantic and the air war over Germany, and sacrificed thousands of lives. Between 1939 and 1945 more than one million Canadian men and women served full-time in the armed services and more than 43,000 were killed (Stacey, July 15, 2013 ). In November 1944, after extreme losses in front-line units serving in Northwest Europe and Italy, Ottawa legitimized conscription, sending out 16,000 home defence men overseas (Canadian War Museum, N/A). This implement for Conscription was necessary for Canada based on the lack of Canadian volunteers, the

The assistance that the war veterans receive in Canada today is considered one of the best in the world. With assistance programs that provide support to the veterans in the form of attentive health care, health insurance, health related travel expenses, assisted living, career training, rehabilitation, financial benefits, and much more. But, this wasn’t always the case with the Veterans Assistance Commission in Canada. Very little was done prior to WW1, for the war veterans. Even though much difference was promised and greater commitments were made by the Canadian government during and after the First World War, it still was not nearly enough. Pensions were denied to deserving candidates, assistance was provided to many in a form that was

The military service act that was passed in 1917 and legalized conscription truly revolutionized Canada’s future. It resulted in the increase of the Canadian economy and respect for women in our society. Additionally, it gave women more political rights.

Through over 1,150 hours spent searching through archives, military, governmental and community, a sergeant in the Canadian military with the name George Ralph McKenzie has not been found. The evidence regarding McKenzie’s personal involvement in the Canadian military has solely been gleaned from 7 photographs. The rest of the information is possible or probable. From what I could visually identify from the photos was that McKenzie was a sergeant in the military, due to the stripes on his arm badge in photographs 5 and 7, during World War II. He was stationed in the Cultus Lake area of B.C., with his family, in 1941. One of the badges on his arm in photograph 7 seems to resemble the Royal Canadian Engineer’s bomb badge, though, his specific

Numerous measures are undertaken throughout the course of a deployment in order to help CAF personnel cope with the psychological effects of their work. These measures extend beyond the scope of a tour of duty and includes processes to mitigate mental stress both before the deployment occurs, like pre-deployment training, as well as afterwards, like using decompression sites to minimize the risk of reverse culture shock upon returning home. Moreover, these measures are required in order to minimize the potential for soldiers to feel a loss of their military identity subsequent to returning

Site services utilize various tools to provide a systematic approach to a wide range of services in construction, formwork, engineering, and more. Site service companies are one of the reasons as to the formation of some of the greatest architecture and buildings. They collaborate with their customers and clients to serve the most efficient service that fits their needs accordingly to the area that it is most needed.

Thank you for your sharing your assessment of formative and summative evaluation methodologies. I agree with you assessment that both forms of evaluation add tremendous value to a program (Staten, 2015), as well as the organization for which the program evaluation is being conducted. You made a wonderful observation regarding the nature of formative evaluation and the methods of communication which may be used. As you pointed out, formative evaluation may be communicated simply be sending periodic emails (Staten, 2015). Often evaluators may feel that elaborate mechanisms of formative presentations must be made in order to add value, and yet quick methods of communication like email, allow for immediate access to the information