{"id":10479,"date":"2016-02-11T02:09:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T02:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.woundedwarriors.ca\/?p=153\/"},"modified":"2016-02-11T02:09:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T02:09:05","slug":"canadian-veterans-join-the-fight-against-child-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/canadian-veterans-join-the-fight-against-child-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Veterans Join the Fight Against Child Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t[et_pb_section bb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbTitle\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h1>Canadian Veterans Join the Fight Against Child Soldiers<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbImage\u00a0\u00bb src=\u00a0\u00bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/csm_VTECS_03799e76ae.jpg\u00a0\u00bb show_in_lightbox=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_overlay=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb animation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb sticky=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb force_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb always_center_on_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb \/][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p>February 10, 2016<\/p>\n<p><b>Toronto, ON\u2014<\/b>The Rom\u00e9o Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative (Dallaire Initiative), is enlisting Canadian veterans in its global fight against child soldiers with the launch of the Veteran Trainers to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers (VTECS) program. \u00a0Delivered with the support of Wounded Warriors Canada this program will build on the valuable knowledge, experience and insight Canadian veterans possess to deliver specialized training to prevent the use of child soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may have left the battlefield but Canadian veterans are a needed and valuable partner in addressing a critical security issue of our time, the use and recruitment of children as weapons of war. Through the VTECS program, we hope to build on their experience and expertise and encourage veterans to join me in my organization\u2019s fight to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers\u201d states LGen Rom\u00e9o Dallaire, founder of the Dallaire Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Based out of the Dallaire Initiative\u2019s institutional home at Dalhousie University, the VTECS program will equip Canadian veterans with specialized skills and knowledge to help deliver the Dallaire Initiative\u2019s ground breaking work to prevent the use of child soldiers. Graduates of the VTECS program will help prepare their security sector peers for encounters with child soldiers and strengthen their ability to recognize and interrupt recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>The VTECS program is made possible through a $175 000 investment by Wounded Warriors Canada towards its pilot year in 2016. Successful applicants will receive scholarships that cover cost of tuition, travel, along with room and board associated with the program.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Maxwell, Executive Director of Wounded Warriors Canada, commented, \u201cThrough our national programming at Wounded Warriors Canada we continue to work with veterans who are struggling to transition their specialized skills to the civilian workspace. We believe the VTECS program will be a force multiplier \u2013 leveraging the skill set of our highly trained veterans while also providing skills transition training; access to an academic environment; credits\/accreditation possibilities and potential employment opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural call for applications will be open between February 10<sup>th<\/sup> and March 29<sup>th<\/sup>. 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Through the VTECS program, we hope to build on their experience and expertise and encourage veterans to join me in my organization\u2019s fight to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers\u201d states LGen Rom\u00e9o Dallaire, founder of the Dallaire Initiative.<\/p><p>Based out of the Dallaire Initiative\u2019s institutional home at Dalhousie University, the VTECS program will equip Canadian veterans with specialized skills and knowledge to help deliver the Dallaire Initiative\u2019s ground breaking work to prevent the use of child soldiers. Graduates of the VTECS program will help prepare their security sector peers for encounters with child soldiers and strengthen their ability to recognize and interrupt recruitment.<\/p><p>The VTECS program is made possible through a $175 000 investment by Wounded Warriors Canada towards its pilot year in 2016. Successful applicants will receive scholarships that cover cost of tuition, travel, along with room and board associated with the program.<\/p><p>Scott Maxwell, Executive Director of Wounded Warriors Canada, commented, \u201cThrough our national programming at Wounded Warriors Canada we continue to work with veterans who are struggling to transition their specialized skills to the civilian workspace. We believe the VTECS program will be a force multiplier \u2013 leveraging the skill set of our highly trained veterans while also providing skills transition training; access to an academic environment; credits\/accreditation possibilities and potential employment opportunities.\u201d<\/p><p>The inaugural call for applications will be open between February 10<sup>th<\/sup> and March 29<sup>th<\/sup>. Canadian veterans can submit an application or learn more about the program by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childsoldiers.org\/vtecs\" target=\"_blank\">www.childsoldiers.org\/vtecs<\/a>.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-fr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}