The Integrating Gender Perspective in Operations Aide-mémoire was officially launched during the United Nations Women, Peace and Security Chiefs of Defence (CHoDs) Network meeting in New York on 10 July 2019 when General Vance became Chair. The aim of the Aide-mémoire is to help Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members consider and use gender perspectives during the operational planning process. In addition, this product is a practical resource available to the Defence Team, and indeed NATO and the UN.
Canada’s knowledge and understanding of the role of gender perspectives in planning missions and conducting operations, at home and abroad is constantly evolving. This is a a valuable tool now available in that continuum.
The Aide-mémoire will be integrated into leadership and operational planning training for officers and non-commissioned members and further shared with international partners.
The Aide-mémoire has been in development for over two years and we thank those who contributed significant time and effort towards achieving this product.
The booklet is available online in both English and French:
(https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/integrating-gender-perspectives-operations.html
https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/organisation/rapports-publications/integrer-perspective-genres-operations.html.
I am issuing this Gender Aide-mémoire to assist all members of the CAF to integrate gender perspectives and the principles of Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) into operations. I want to be clear that GBA+ is not only about gender—this approach can be applied to situations relating to children, fighting-age males, or any other specific group experiencing salient threats in an operational area.
J.H. Vance
General, Chief of the Defence Staff
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Gender-Arme Memoire

Members of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) plan to assess the damage caused by a simulated earthquake on February 21, 2017 during Exercise READY RENAISSANCE at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, BC, during Exercise READY RENAISSANCE, an annual training exercise that helps the DART maintain a constant state of high readiness to deploy internationally on short notice.
Photo: MCpl True-dee McCarthy, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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Des membres de l’Équipe d’intervention en cas de catastrophe (EICC) planifient l’évaluation des dommages causés par un tremblement de terre simulé à la Base des Forces canadiennes Esquimalt, en C. B., le 21 février 2017, au cours de l’exercice READY RENAISSANCE, un exercice d’entraînement annuel permettant à l’EICC de maintenir un état constant de disponibilité opérationnelle élevée afin de pouvoir être déployée à l’étranger à court préavis.
Photo : Cplc True-dee McCarthy, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
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Kimpoko, Democratic Republic of Congo - Kimpoko’s village leader, Sister Ghislaine, and Major Andre St-Martin, a member of Task Force Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) deployed on Operation CROCODILE reminisce about the projects completed in the village by the Canadian Armed Forces while looking at some photographs of Canadian’s that have previously visited the village. Photo by: Sergeant Matthew McGregor, Canadian Forces Combat Camera© 2011 DND-MDN Canada. ***Kimpoko, République démocratique du Congo, soeur Ghislaine, chef de village, et le major André St-Martin, membre de la Force opérationnelle en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) déployée dans le cadre de l'opération CROCODILE, évoquent les projets réalisés dans le village par les Forces canadiennes à quelques photographies de Canadiens qui ont déjà visité le village. Photo par: Sergent Matthew McGregor, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes © 2011 DND-MDN