Unprepared for peace?

The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of Canada or the Department of National Defence. [...] This study looks at the Royal Military College, the Canadian Army Command and Staff College, the Canadian Forces College, the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, the Peace Support Training Centre and the now defunct Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. [...] In its military contribu- tions, Canada is ranked well below countries such as Tunisia and Mongo- lia and any of the permanent members of the Security Council.6 Canada’s primary contribution of personnel to international peacekeeping is now mainly in the form of the police officers (85 in number, almost three times the number of military personnel). [...] A list of course titles and exercises is provided in Annex 7. The PPC initially operated with core funding of about $4 million, shared equally by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and the Department of National Defence (DND).25 DND also paid tuition fees for Canadian military students and the salaries of personnel seconded to work at the PPC. [...] The UN’s Global Training Needs Assessments identified the training priorities of the following: understanding the United Nations and peacekeeping in- stitutions and processes; mandated tasks (such as protection of civilians, child protection, promotion of human rights); cross-cutting issues such as gender and how to integrate them in one’s work; and the application of UN peacekeeping fundamental p