We are excited to announce the details for Cadet Summer Training 2025. This incredible program offers the opportunity to cadets who have completed their second year of training by June 2025 build leadership skills, drill, marksmanship, music, fitness, sports, aviation and more.
Eligibility: Cadets who are in Level 2+ are encouraged to apply. Some specific experiences might be required for some courses (please read the information carefully before applying)
Cost: There is no cost to attend Cadet Summer Training. Transportation, food, and accommodation will be provided.
General Information - https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/cadets-junior-canadian-rangers/cadets/summer-training/summer2025.html
Summer Training Opportunities – Recommendation
Type of Summer Training
Summer Course – In-person Summer Course https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/cadets-junior-canadian-rangers/cadets/summer-training/courses.html
Technology and Digital Learning /centre (TDLC) – Virtual Summer Course - https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/cadets-junior-canadian-rangers/cadets/summer-training/technology-digital-learning-centre.html
Cadet Training Centre (CTC) https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/cadets-junior-canadian-rangers/cadets/training-centres.html
Summer Training Joining Instructions https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/cadets-junior-canadian-rangers/cadets/summer-training/joining-instructions.html
To apply, please submit this application form by 21 February 2025 – Application Form
Please note that this submission does not guarantee a summer training offer. The selected cadet will be in touch in April 2025.
Background
The Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act received Royal Assent on 25 April 2024. The Act provides that the Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism shall provide for an award to be given each year to a cadet in each local Royal Canadian Air Cadet corps, Royal Canadian Army Cadet corps and Royal Canadian Sea Cadet corps who is selected by their corps for demonstrating exceptional citizenship and volunteerism within their community and their corps.
Although First Nations persons were exempt from conscription, more than 4000 such persons enlisted in World War I and more than 3000 enlisted in World War II. Many lost their Indian status because they were away for more than four years. Despite this, many continued their community service and gave back to their communities their entire life. Murray Whetung was a Curve Lake First Nations veteran who continued to serve his community after returning from service overseas.
The Award
The Murray Whetung Community Service Award for Cadets is a certificate awarded by the Honours and Awards Secretariat of the Province of Ontario. It recognizes that Ontario’s Cadet and Junior Canadian Ranger programs equip youth with vital life skills, instil a lifelong passion for volunteerism, and foster community pride. Each year, these youth generously volunteer their time to support their corps, squadrons and patrols while enriching their communities.
Selection Criteria
The criteria are fairly broad: recognizing exceptional citizenship and volunteer contributions. The recipient should be a cadet who has gone above and beyond their peers in volunteerism and community service. This can be measured by the amount of volunteering (hours contributed), longevity of volunteerism (dedicated over many years), or impact of their volunteerism (number of people benefiting or amount of benefit realised). Volunteering can be for one organization / cause, or several.
Submission & Nomination
Please submit the form below by 20 March if you wish to apply.
A working Cadet365 email is required to submit the application.
Submissions will be sent to the squadron selection authority for selection process.
For a downloadable and printable calendar, click here.
140 Aurora Online Swag Shop is now live! See a sampling of clothing offered below!
Ship directly to your home. Orders over $129 ship for free. Kindly select navy, grey or white where possible as those are the squadron colours.
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140 Aurora Squadron would like to acknowledge the land on which we meet and train on.
The land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Anishinabek Nations, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
This territory was the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and Ojibwe and allied nations to peacefully share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
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