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University-based officer training programs in other countries continue to this day. In Britain, every year hundreds of students elect to pass through the Officer Training Corps, receiving training in personal and group leadership, military skills, and outdoor activities. Today, the OTC is considered the best club on campus, combining learning, sports and social connections often lasting a lifetime.

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In a bygone era, the bells would ring at Canadian universities in tribute to students who received military training on campus. The program had a modest beginning at McGill University in 1912, but at its height in the mid-1950s it was training 3000 officer cadets in some 60 reserve units at 35 universities across Canada. Then, suddenly, the program was cancelled. A Canadian success story thrown away. https://vimeo.com/81035828

No Country for Young Men This is "No Country for Young Men" by Robert Roy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Cultural change takes time and the logical place to start is with the young people of Canada, who have been excluded from the policy process and poorly prepared to take on the leadership responsibilities they will inherit.

The Defence Policy Review: How about an eye to the future? - The Vimy Report Following is the submission made to the Defence Policy Review by Paul Chapin and Rob Roy. Paul is the executive editor of TheVimyReport.com and a former director general for international security at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa. Rob is an award winning documentary producer whose rece...