All;
The NCOs have an exciting evening planned with multiple activities. It is shaping up to be our most fun-filled Zoom meeting yet!
To be prepared, please have ready:
See everyone tonight,
Capt C. Bowman
Commanding Officer
All;
For security purposes, once you join you will have to set your name. Set it to “Rank + Last name” (i.e. FCpl Bloggins). If you do not set your name, you will not be permitted to join the call.
Who: All cadets
Dress: Appropriate civilian attire/cadet t-shirts/cadet hoodies
When: Wednesday at 1830–2000hrs
How: Link via https://87eagle.slack.com/ (#general channel)
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Message from FSgt Town:
Beginning today, the Squadron will be starting a new activity called “Mini-Teams”. Basically what this will look like is you will be split up into groups of about 7 or 8 Cadets. Each group will be led by a specific NCO.
Each week you will get the chance to participate in some kind of fun activity online with your group. Some things we have planned for the groups are Online Board games, Netflix Parties, and other group type games.
A large portion of communication for Mini-Teams will be over slack, so it is imperative that you join slack, either on a Mobile Phone or on a web browser. If there are any complications with this, please contact either me, or WOII Libby. In case you are not on slack, please text 905-321-8291, or email me at dantowni@hotmail.com.
Expect more information via Slack in the coming days.
Thank you.
– FSgt Town
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Fun fact, even though The Queens birthday is technically in June, we celebrate it on Queen Victoria’s birthday in Canada. So, as it was Victoria Day yesterday, we wish a Happy Birthday to our Sovereign, The Queen. I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend.
Have a great week everyone,
Capt C. Bowman
Commanding Officer
All,
Come and join LCol Leonard, CO RCSU Central, for an AMA (ask me anything) live at 1600hrs today.
Open to everyone across the country – staff, cadets, parents, and the public. To join, visit slido.com and enter the code: central. We ask that you sign in with your rank and full name so that we can follow up on your questions and good ideas.
Capt C. Bowman
Commanding Officer
Tonight we have a special guest speaker!
For security purposes, once you join you will have to set your name. Set it to “Rank + Last name” (i.e. FCpl Bloggins). If you do not set your name, you will not be permitted to join the call.
Who: All cadets
Dress: Appropriate civilian attire/cadet t-shirts/cadet hoodies
When: Wednesday at 1830–2000hrs
How: Link via https://87eagle.slack.com/ (#general channel)
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We still have a number of cadets that have not joined Slack. As part of our Squadron Standing Orders, all cadets are required to join and check in with Slack weekly.
Joining Slack from a Web Browser
No mobile phone? No problem. Although most cadets use Slack on their phone, you can use Slack on any web browser:
How to join: Create an account first, then login to 87eagle.slack.com from any web browser OR mobile device.
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See everyone tonight,
Capt C. Bowman
Commanding Officer
Today marks the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.
What is it?
Victory in Europe Day marks the day in 1945 when Britain and its allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, bringing the war in Europe to an end.
Why is it relevant to Canada?
The 11 months leading up to May 8th 1945 might also have been ‘Canada’s Finest Hour’.
The liberation of the Netherlands, from September 1944 to April 1945, played a key role in the culmination of the Second World War, as the Allied forces closed in on Germany from all sides. The First Canadian Army played a major role in the liberation of the Dutch people who had suffered terrible hunger and hardship under the increasingly desperate German occupiers.
(https://definingmomentscanada.ca/veday75/ and https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/battles-and-stages/liberation-of-netherlands)
Here are some links throughout the day:
Send a Virtual Postcard to someone who served (website)
Read stories of fellow Canadians who served (website)
Project44.ca – Explore WW2 (website)
Victory75.ca – Commemorate VE Day (website)
The Queen will address the World at 4:00PM EST (upcoming video)
Watch King George VI’s VE Day broadcast from 75 years ago (video)