Canadian Forces College

The Canadian Forces College gates.

The Canadian Forces College is a military school for officers of the Canadian Forces. The college provides military education courses meant to enable officers to effectively provide leadership within the Canadian Forces.

The institution was established in 1943 as the Royal Canadian Air Force War Staff College (RCAF War Staff College). In 1945, the school was re-designated as the RCAF Staff College, which became a component of the Air Force College in 1962. The Air Force College also included a Headquarters, a Staff School and an Extension School. The school has been located at various sites in Toronto. It is now located at 215 Yonge Boulevard at Wilson Avenue in North York, Ontario.

Mission

To develop selected members of the Canadian Forces and other groups in a range of command and staff programmes and to contribute to Canadian Forces professional development through seminars and publications.

Vision

The Canadian Forces College is the national centre of excellence for professional military education in the Canadian Forces. CFC will continue to impart the right knowledge and skills to prepare senior officers for command and staff responsibilities across the spectrum of conflict and battle space in which they will operate. CFC will provide flexible delivery methods and greater accessibility for the wider Canadian security community.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality professional military education for selected Canadian and international officers, and selected non-commissioned members.
• Establish a fully bilingual setting where education is achieved in the official language of choice.
• Hold a body of professional knowledge across the spectrum of conflict and firmly rooted in doctrine that provides the framework for course material appropriate for Officer Development
• Maintain an effective partnership with the Royal Military College of Canada to deepen the academic nature of the curricula and to support accreditation of the programmes.
• Maintain effective liaison with national and foreign educational institutions for purposes of sharing reference, doctrine, exercise and simulation and teaching materials.
• Seek high-quality guest speakers in support of the CFC curricula.
• Efficiently and effectively command, control and administer the allocated personnel and financial resources.
• Contribute to the goals and vision of the Canadia Defence Academy and of the Canadian Forces.
• Contribute to the continued improvement of the Profession of Arms in Canada.

Reference

• Canadian Forces College Home Page

Notes

Bibliography

Articles

Books

• H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
• H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
• 4669 Toivo Roht, (CMR RMC 1960) "Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Royal Roads Military College and Royal Military College 1955-2006" 2007
• Yves Tremblay "L'education et les militaires canadiens" Outremont, Quebec Athena Editions, 2002.

See also

• Royal Military College Saint-Jean
• Royal Roads Military College
• Royal Military College of Canada
• Canadian government scientific research organizations
• Canadian university scientific research organizations
• Canadian industrial research and development organizations
• The Canadian Crown and the Canadian Forces
• Defence Research and Development Canada
• Khaki University

External links

• Royal Military College of Canada, Massey Library (catalogue-web)