Military Families in Canada

The Military Families in Canada Initiative is a collaborative effort to increase the availability and accessibility of services and supports to military families across Canada and to educate and inform the greater community about what the military lifestyle represents.

The goal of the initiative is to build awareness, capacity, competency, and community through knowledge mobilization. This goal will be reached through a number of projects, one of which is an on-line, interactive knowledge network.

The interactive knowledge network will connect community clinicians, researchers, community organizations and the general public.

Upcoming Events

Government Briefing
Date TBD

Military Family Training Institute
Date TBD

Recent Events

Military Families Matter
Cornwall, ON
March 25-27, 2013

Military Family Roundtable
August 21, 2012
NAV Centre in Cornwall, ON

Team Lead

Colonel Russell Mann, Director Quality of Life/Military Family Services, Canadian Forces
Nora Spinks, CEO, Vanier Institute of the Family

Military Families Matter - March 2013 Event

Vicky Snyder, Project Coordinator, Vanier Institute of the Family

Special Program Advisors

Dr. Alice Aiken, Director, Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (Queen's University)
Dr. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Director, Military Family Research Institute (Purdue University)
Mr.Greg Lubimiv, Executive Director, Phoenix Centre for Children & Families
Mr. Tony Diniz, Executive Director, Child Development Institute
Mr. Charles Coffey, former Executive Vice President, Royal Bank of Canada (retired)
Dr. Marie Adèle Davis, Executive Director, Canadian Paediatrics Society

Military Families in Canada - By the Numbers - A fact sheet with data on military families and family life.

Military Families Infographic - depicts the fundamental facts about military families.

Director Quality of Life/ Military Family Services and The Vanier Institute of the Family partnership announcement

In the Media

2012-11-11 Globe and Mail Canadian Forces families win support for mental health
2012-11-09 Globe and Mail On military families: 'If you stay together...'
2012-11-08 Globe and Mail For military families, coping on the home front can be a major stress