Armed Forces

A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically officially authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms armed forces and military are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage …

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CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 28 November 2024 English

Arctic on the part of successive Governments of Cana- da (GoC), the readiness of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to mitigate threats in, through, and to the Arctic (Lackenbauer, 2021)i is in question.

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …

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CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 7 November 2024 English

This document explains the methodology associated with the collection and reporting of health spending data in CIHI’s National Health Expenditure Database (NHEX).

Indigenous peoples, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and veterans, as well as expenditures for health


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 29 October 2024 English

then be complemented with real-world data for the contextual evaluation of the models, thus 8 EC, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April …

training of high-risk AI systems and and Canadian Armed Forces Data Strategy, 16 the 17 adjacent practices Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces 11 See The White House (2023). (2019). 12 On (for example, encrypted) in various ways, which armed forces face with the digitization of their can hamper limitations reported to have provided Ukraine’s armed forces in the amount of military data available. with privacy in the report and inform the Ukrainian Armed Forces of digital age.” A section is dedicated to AI


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 25 October 2024 English

Between Composers unveils the previously unpublished correspondence between Canadian composers Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers from 1959 to 1960. The letters detail the downfall of their romance, trace their artistic …

1940s, except for a period of training in the armed forces in 1944–45. In the late 1940s, in his early


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 23 October 2024 English

To that end, Patrick Allen (1995, 22) states that, “The air-to- and the Limitations of ground assessment processes need to be sensitive to the posture and type of the attacked …

2017, 18). battlefields increasingly deadly for armed forces; Considering positional warfare’s proclivity world and in varied physical to the Ukrainian armed forces in their fight to environments (i.e., urban retaking power and the grit that each state’s armed forces territory. can bring to bear. Similarly, holding 2023. “The commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on how to win the war.” The Economist, November invitation/2023/11/01/the-commander-in-chief-of- ukraines-armed-forces-on-how-to-win-the-war.. Obstructive Warfare:


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …

job at Aumont after serving in the British armed forces in the First World War, then retired on a pension


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 10 October 2024 English

​Learn about payments to physicians, services provided and utilization. Data goes back to 1996–1997.

total population less members of the Canadian Armed Forces and inmates in federal and provincial prisons this report. As well, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and inmates of federal and provincial prisons


CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 10 October 2024 English

More than half of those in working-class jobs are overqualified for the work they do

and primary combat members of the Canadian Armed Forces. One might debate whether certain occupations


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 10 October 2024 English

Learn about the methods used in data analysis, including comparability and data quality notes for the supply of physicians in Canada.

refers to any physician working in the Canadian Armed Forces. This information is received annually from


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