Research Paper

[PLAAND]

Hi, if you all don't mind suffering a poor undergraduate student for a moment I have a question.

I'm in the process of starting a paper on the history of language politics in the CF, specifically with regards to the organizational and social implications thereof and the role exclusively French Language Units play in combat effectiveness of the Forces as a whole. I've found Pariseau and Bernier's French Canadians and Bilingualism in the Canadian Armed Forces which provides a comprehensive historical overview of the issue but have encountered a stunning lack of research into the practical effects of language/ethnicity in the Canadian Forces. This is contrast against the abundance of ongoing debate over racial integration in the US military and its effects on unit cohesion, tradition and esprit de corps.

My question: Does anyone here have their ear to the ground with the military journals, etc. and know of any research or reports on this? Most of what I've been able to find has been triumphalist PR statements from the DND that don't really help me that much.

Thanks,
PLAAND

 

[Swingline1984]

Try here:

http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/dnd_mdn_022006_e.php

...and the follow up here:

http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/audit_verification_032011_e.php

Or this:

http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/ps/hri-irh/olp-mtp/index-eng.asp

Google is fun  ;D

 

[PLAAND]

I've been over the OCOL link, but I hadn't got my hands on that DND report. Thank you.