Centennial of the Cadet Instructors Cadre    

Logo for the Cadet Instructor Cadre Centennial

2009 is the Centenial Year of Cadet Instructors Cadre. The Corps of School Cadet Instructors (Militia) was authorized on May 1, 1909. The Corps was composed of qualifed male public school teachers who would supervise and train cadets in high schools, colleges, and normal schools. The Corps was disbanded and reorganized 12 years later. On January 1, 1924, the designation was changed to The Cadet Servies of Canada (Non-Permanent Militia). This was later changed to the Cadet Services of Canada (CSofC), which ceased to exist in 1968 with unification of the Canadian Forces. Sea and Air officers joined with the Army to form the Cadet Instructors List (CIL). In 1994, the name was changed to the Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC)

Events are planned by the Cadet Instructor Cadre Branch Advisory Council that has created regional committees to promote the Centennial Year of the Branch and the work of its members.

National Activities

On May 1 There was a national ceremony on the concourse at National Defence Headquarters where the Minister of National Defence and the Cheif of the Defence Staff signed a proclamation of Cadet Instructor Cadre Centennial and unvieled a Cadet Instructors Cadre Camp Flag. The first ever Cadet Instructor Cadre "Life Time Acheivement Awards were presented on the same occasion. On May 2 there was a national mess dinner at the Chateau Laurier.

CDS Proclamation

“WHEREAS Canada and its youth have been well served by the Cadet Organizations since 1879,

AND WHEREAS, the Cadet Instructors Cadre, responsible for the administration, training and supervision of these cadets have diligently carried out their responsibilities in a highly professional manner,

AND WHEREAS, the Cadet Instructors Cadre predecessor under the Militia Act (1909) was first established on May 1, 1909,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the year 2009 shall be designated the 100th Anniversary Year of the Cadet Instructors Cadre in Canada,

AND THEREFORE, Canadians are encouraged to commemorate this historic occasion by conducting celebrations from sea to sea to sea. ^[1]

CIC Motto

In 2008 in preparation for the Centennial Year there was a competition to create a motto for the CIC. The selected submission came from Captain Tim Challen, Training Officer of 637 Royal Canadian Air Cadet "Arrow" Squadron of Burnaby, B.C. Illuminate Viam which means Illuminate the Way.

CIC Branch Flag

CIC Camp Flag

The CIC Branch flag was unvieled on May 1 by the Mininster of National Defence, the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, P.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.B., M.P., and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Walter J. Natynczyk, C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D.

The CIC Branch Flag is comprised of the sea, land, and air elemental colours, behind a centred Branch badge. The gold trim is representative of the cadets whom the officers of the Cadet Instructors Cadre train, supervise, and administer and who are the primary focus. Cadets are the common element that binds the three elements within the branch.

Colonel Commandant

On May 21, 2009 the Minister of National Defence appointed retired Major General Paul Hussey OMM CD as the first Colonel Commandant for the Cadet Instructors Cadre Branch. He served as Director General Reserves and Cadets from 2000 to 2004 and on promotion to Maj.-Gen. in 2004 was appointed Commander of the Canadian Defence Academy in Kingston, Ont.

Eastern Region Activities

• Season 1 - Winter activities, held at HMCS QUÉBEC;
• Season 2 - Ceremonies
  • BOQ and LTQ Graduation parade on the grounds of the Québec City Armoury presided by the General Commander of Land Forces Quebec Region; and
  • Ceremony presided over by His Honour the Honourable Pierre Duchesne, Lieutenant Governor of Québec in the Legislative Council Chamber of the Parliament of Québec.
• Season 3 - Cadet Summer Training Centre - Each Cadet Summer Training Centre will organise a get-together for CIC officers who live nearby, or have been employed in the past.
• Season 4 - The regional League Annual Meetings with the Cadet Corps Commanding Officers meeting will be held near Québec City.

Declaration of the Lieutenant Governor of Québec

WHEREAS the association which preceded creation by the first cadet corps in Quebec was founded on 6 December 1861;

WHEREAS the Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC) has the role to administer, to instruct and to supervise the cadets;

WHEREAS the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Royal Canadian Army Cadets and Royal Canadian Air Cadets render proud services to Québécois youth and their community;

WHEREAS the organisation which constitutes today the CIC was established on 1 May 1909 under the terms of the Law on the Militia;

WHEREAS 2009 were indicated as the year of the hundredth anniversary of the CIC;

CONSQUENTLY, in this year of their centenary, we honour the officers with the Cadet Instructors Cadre, old and current, for their exceptional devotion, their abnegation and extraordinary professionalism with which they achieved and continue to achieve their mission;

AND CONSQUENTLY we recognize the tangible contribution of the CIC to the greater betterment and blooming of the youth of Quebec.

Officers honoured within the Eastern Region

During the celebrations within the Eastern Region, the following officers and former officers had been honoured in different degrees for their work within the CIC. They are:

CIC builders of 2009

• Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly for Vércheres, former Lieutenant(N) Stéphane Bergeron, B.A., M.A., M.N.A.;
• Lieutenant-Commander Jacques Biron;
• Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Auguste Villeneuve, C.D., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.; and
• Colonel Michel Demers, O.M.M., C.D., A.D.C.

Honourable Mentions

• Major Éric Hamelin, C.D.; and
• Lieutenant-Colonel Yves-Marie Rioux, C.D.

CIC Award of Excellence

For the Eastern Region the following officers recieved the CIC Award of Excellence for 2009:

• The Late Commander Émilien Paradis, C.D,
• Major Antoine Ste-Marie, C.D.; and
• Major Jacques Chénard, C.D.

Summer Activities

Each Cadet Summer Training Centre in the Eastern Region had planned an evening for CIC officers that have worked on the Training Centre and/or CIC officers who live nearby. HMCS QUÉBEC had their evening on 25 July. It began with a happy hour get together, with a dinner afterwards, honourable mentions to officers that have served onboard HMCS QUÉBEC for over 5 summers as a CIC officer, the CIC Builder certifate given to Commander Gaston Girard, CD (Ret'd) for his service to the Cadet Programme and the CIC. The evening ended with a party.

Pacific Region Activities

• February Mess Dinner Vancouver B.C., Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile CMM, CD, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific as the Guest of Honour.
• Muncipal Government recognition of the members of the Canadian Forces Cadet Instructor Cadre in communities throughout the province.
• June Northern Zone Mess Dinner in Ft. St.John, Cmdr. Rod Hughes, Commanding Officer Regional Cadet Support Unit (Pacific) Guest of Honour.
• September 19 Parade at the B.C. Legislature Grounds His Honour the Lt.-Gov. Steven Point and Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific, both of whom were Royal Canadian Air Cadets in their youth signed a proclamation and the Cadet Instructor Cadre Branch Flag was hoisted and flown at the Legislature for the weekend. The day time event was followed by a dinner at B.C. Government House hosted by the Vice Regal couple.
• Recognition of the Centennial Year in Annual Ceremonial Review Programs
• Events at Cadet Summer Training Centres.

Overseas

Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

CIC Branch Flag

In May 2009, in the spirit of Branch pride, Cadet-World sent CIC Centennial baseball caps and a Branch flag to the two known CIC officers at the Kandahar Airfield. Though they were there as civilians, Cadet-World wanted to ensure that they still felt that they were part of the regimental family.

References

1. ↑ http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/view-news-afficher-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=2967