by CMHAdmin | Aug 28, 2014 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series |
At the same time that Canada was fielding its Leopard C1s, another vehicle, of much humbler origins, was entering service. This was the Cougar, part of the Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (AVGP) family, the roots of which go back to the early 1960s. Army plans in...
by CMHAdmin | Jul 16, 2014 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society |
The order was given and we were on our way. When we arrived at our new destination, five ton trucks loaded with 5 gallon jerry cans of fuel were awaiting us. Our driver unloaded a few cans and took them to our APC to fuel us up before we got on our way. When we...
by CMHAdmin | Jul 8, 2014 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society |
The prevailing image of Somali women in the western world is likely to be – if visible at all – as victims. They certainly face more violence and poverty than the majority of Canadians, and in fact, most of the globe. Despite obstacles to health and happiness, several...
by CMHAdmin | Jun 26, 2014 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society |
I have written before about the story of my great-grandfather and my experiences visiting the battlefields he fought and ultimately died on. In April, during my annual pilgrimage to Arras, I found out about a project organized by the Carriere Wellington and the City...
by CMHAdmin | Jun 24, 2014 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society |
Famously, Gavrilo Princip decided not to shoot the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Three of the conspirators ahead of his position on the Sarajevo parade route had failed to act; the fourth threw a bomb that missed its mark and gave away the plot. It was noon, on 28 June...
