About the Presenter:
Captain Christian Stenner, MStJ, CD, FRCGS
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Christian Stenner has been a cave explorer for over fifteen years and during that time has contributed to exploration projects as a leader of the Bisaro Caves project – the deepest cave in Canada, and the exploration of the world’s largest network of volcanic steam caves. He is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Explorers Club, the society dedicated to human exploration of land, sea, air, and space.
Journey into the unknown
Caves are one of the last unexplored frontiers on our planet. In this presentation you will hear about the exploration of Canada’s longest, deepest, and most decorated caves. Hear about the connection the deepest cave in Canada has to Canada’s military. See photographs of amazing underworlds that have been rarely seen by humans. And learn about the amazing discoveries that can be made by people with perseverance and teamwork in these harsh environments.
The webinar is completely optional and will begin at 1845hrs on Wednesday Jan 13, 2021, please sign on the WebEx call at least 10 minutes earlier to ensure everyone is on and the presentation can begin at 1845hrs. The link for this is located below. If you have any questions please ask.
WebEx Link:
| Join from the meeting link |
| https://canada.webex.com/ |
| Join by meeting number |
| Meeting number (access code): 179 333 7054 |
| Meeting password: TCwAEfE@547 |
Thank you all who joined us for our virtual change of command and age out ceremony, the videos for those will be posted to our Facebook page and are on the squadron Youtube Channel.
This week we have a couple of announcements;
We will see you all next week at our usual times. We appreciate your committed engagement through these times and hope to see you in-person soon.
Good morning 577!!
We hope you had a great holiday break and new years. With the start of 2021 our virtual training begins again starting today and tomorrow evening at the usual times of 1830hrs on the discord server. There is a lot of things happening this week on our training nights including announcements and our Change of Command Ceremony from Capt Hartman to Capt Lynch.
We ask that everyone come and attend the ceremony and parents are more than welcome to join as well.
Also look out for a few teasers of things that are coming to the squadron in the near future! They won’t be obvious so keep vigilant!
(2021-01-04 @0952hrs)
The Cadet Activity Program is planned for Spring break in the next year. It will consist of 5 training days and be a condensed version of usual Summer Training. This is a new program and will also provide opportunities for staff cadets, keep an eye on this one!
The CCO will be rolling out a CyberTitan Team in the new year, with up to 50 Cadets participating across the northwest region. For anyone interested please check out https://www.cybertitan.ca/ and let Lt Meadus know to enroll you as soon as possible! There are training opportunities in regards to this over the holiday season.
GPTC/PPTC Exams are coming in early January, as of now there are only 3 cadets enrolled to write. If you are interested in writing the exam please contact Capt Lynch and he can get you registered. If you are NOT registered you cannot write the exam.
There will be an upcoming presentation by a Cave Explorer on 13 Jan, keep an eye out for the information in the new year.
Effective speaking will have a 5 week course starting in January, this is an excellent opportunity to learn skills for things such as job interviews, warrant and national selection boards, etc. Warrant officer Boards will take place on Jan 12th for those who are eligible, C1 Dress. If you have not completed your file review with Lt Nasedkin please reach out to him to complete it as soon as possible.
Change of Command Parade, Virtually will take place the 4th and 5th of January, as Capt Hartman releases command of the Squadron to Capt Lynch. Dress for this parade will be C1’s and all cadets should be in uniform for this virtual parade. CAF Dress 1A
Level 5’s who have not signed and completed their workshops please reach out to OCdt Trepanier.
This concludes our training for 2020. Have a happy holiday season and we’ll see you in 2021.