UBC IVET: Institute for Veterans Education & Transition

UBC Vancouver is open for vets!

We are recruiting for our September cohort 2023/24

The first two courses are very exciting and have military instructors. Real world experience and the university experience with your peers.

CNPS 331 010 Communications Skills in Global Context
EPSE 390A 010 Intelligence Operations in the Modern World

If you would like to chat or know someone looking to explore post secondary give me a shout.

Thank you

McKenzie
UBC IVET Operations Coordinator
[email protected]
www.ivet.educ.ubc.ca

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Home - IVET: Institute for Veterans Transition and Education LEARN ABOUT IVET ​ The Veteran Friendly Campus initiative at UBC will be administered by the new Institute for Veterans Education and Transition (IVET). IVET will carry on much of the work started by Dr. Marvin Westwood and the Centre for Group Counselling and Trauma (CGCT) who have long been pi....

TIckets just arrived, get ’em while they’re hot!

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Kudos to the Institute for Veterans Education and Transition (IVET) for the important work they do.

Members of IVET recently met with Minister Lawrence MacAulay to discuss how they help transitioning military personnel explore academic and career opportunities.

Learn more about IVET here: http://bit.ly/3J7ApCF

University of British Columbia

https://www.squamishchief.com/in-the-community/qa-with-the-new-squamish-legion-president-5179210

Q&A with the new Squamish Legion president Russ Robertson reflects on his vision for the service club, his time in the military and growing up in Squamish.

Lest We Forget

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.”

—John McCrae, Canadian poet, doctor and medical officer during WWI

Join us on Wednesday, November 10th from 4:00-5:00pm ET at Massey College, the University of Toronto to hear our IVET Executive Director, President of Veterans Transition Network and Former Corporal Tim Laidler in conversation about military culture, mental health, and end of military presence in Afghanistan.

Youtube Livestream in 4 days:

Massey Dialogues - Afghan Veterans The Dialogues are open to the public – we invite everyone to join and take part in what will be a very informative online discussion. Participants are invite...

See IVET Executive Director, Mr.Tim Laidler featured in tonight’s episode of The Fifth Estate at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC TV and CBC Gem!!

An update on our efforts in Afghanistan:

Thanks to the incredible support of donors and the collective efforts of our partners, we have supported the evacuation of ~1,260 Afghan interpreters, locally employed civilians, and their families as of August 31st. The rapidity and generosity of donors across Canada and around the world saved lives during the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

At this time, 2000+ men, women, and children remain in our safe houses in Afghanistan. The risk to Afghan families who supported the Canadian government is still high, and every day we receive reports of threats, violence, and killings across Afghanistan.

The VTN continues to accept donations to secure their safety. Our focus now is to continue sheltering the families under our care, and work with them and the Canadian government to secure visas for as many as we can. We are continually researching and developing options for evacuation in coordination with the Canadian government. With each passing day, evacuation becomes more viable.

Thank you to all who have joined our coalition through your contributions, advocacy and sharing our work to help save the lives of our allies and their families.

To learn more or to make a donation, visit vtncanada.org/support-afghan-interpreters

Canadian groups look to Pakistan border as U.S. ends flights from Afghanistan | CBC News Canadian veterans and refugee advocates are weighing several choices as they seek to protect hundreds of stranded Afghans still awaiting word on whether their applications for passage to Canada have been approved.