Thus, the students students to situate their personal experience in the are primarily Naval and Officer Cadets (N/OCdts) be- context of psychological research into gender and the tween the ages of 19 and 21 years who are typically in professional context of the Canadian Armed Forces their final year of studies at the College. [...] The course follows a 12-week personal experiences in the context of the academic term, and there are approximately 2-3 hours of discus- literature, explore multiple statistical and explanatory sion each week, augmented as necessary by instructor models used in the empirical literature, and to con- explanations and expansions on the assigned reading sider the benefits and challenges of studying gen. [...] I may, however, build more “mini-lectures” openness of the students to exploring gender in the into the course to provide more obvious and concrete military context is heartening and consistent with or- opportunities to apply the models and frameworks ganizational initiatives aiming to change the culture of from the literature to student experiences. [...] Therefore, the representation rate of wom- perience developing and teaching the course “Gender en in JCSP is higher than the representation rate of Perspectives in Defence and Security Contexts,” an women in the CAF, currently around 16%.5 elective in the Joint Command and Staff Programme The impetuses for the elective course on gen- (JCSP)3 and Master of Defence Studies (MDS).4 der were concurren. [...] Indeed, it will take time to truly integrate format, the balanced work load, the equilibrium be- gender perspectives and GBA Plus at all levels of the tween theory and practical application, the real-world organization and in all defence and security contexts, scenarios and case studies to reinforce the concepts but it is promising to see that the CAF, the US and learned, and the inclusion of a wo.
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