Today, the Canadian Military Colleges Review Board (CMCRB) launched an online consultation portal to receive input from Canadians regarding Canada's two military colleges, as related to the mandate of the CMCRB. The Consulting with Canadians platform will be available until September 15, 2024 for submissions regarding the mandate of the CMCRB.
The CMCRB is mandated to:
- Review the benefits, costs and advantages to both to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the nation, of continuing to educate Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP) naval/officer cadets at the Canadian Military Colleges (CMCs);
- Assess the comparative quality of education, socialization and military leadership training in the CMCs' environments;
- Assess the potential of different models for delivering university-level education and military leadership training to naval/officer cadets;
- Assess whether the Cadet Wing responsibility and authority command structure should remain in place, be modified or discontinued as a leadership development practice; and
- Recommend whether the CMCs should continue in their current or an altered capacity as undergraduate degree-granting institutions.
In particular, the CMCRB, will make recommendations pertaining to Recommendation 28 and Recommendation 29 of former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour's Independent External Comprehensive Review (IECR) Report. The CMCRB has approximately one year to make its recommendations. Led by Chairperson Dr. Kathy Hogarth, it is comprised of five external education and culture experts and two internal Department of National Defence (DND)/CAF members.
