Royal Canadian Air Cadets 205 Collishaw Squadron
Our Air Cadet Program offers activities for youth aged 12-18 that will challenge and educate today’s youth to be the leaders of tomorrow. The aim of the Air Cadet Program is to develop in youth attributes of good citizenship and leadership, promote physical fitness and stimulate interest in aviation. Shaping tomorrow’s leaders through mentorship, community service, skill development, and teamwork. “To Learn. To Serve. To Advance.”
News & Announcements
- OCT 18 Effective Speaking is back on schedule for Friday 1830-2000 (6:30-8pm) at the Local Headquarters (LHQ) Dress: Civilian
- OCT 18-20 Field Training Exercise (FTX) has been CANCELLED due to weekend weather advisory. It will be tentatively rescheduled for March 2025.
- OCT 15-31 Panago Pizza Coupon Fundraiser last day to purchase coupons is Nov 7.
- OCT 24 Squadron Sponsoring Committee (SSC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) 1800hr refreshments, 1830hr start time, location Local Headquarters (LHQ). All parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to attend.
- OCT 25 Poppy Campaign 2024. As spaces and supervision is limited, only selected cadets will participate in the Royal Canadian Legion’s annual poppy campaign. Dates, time slots and locations will be announced closer to the event.
- NOV 1 – JAN 31 National Ground School Program REGISTRATION OPENS OCT 1.
- NOV 2 Band Clinic (Virtual Theory Clinic B) Open to any cadet wanting to learn music theory. Registration deadline: SEP 21, 2024 view in October MRO
- NOV 10-11 Remembrance Day Vigil. Cadets will participate in an overnight vigil to honour the lives lost in conflict times, details will be distributed in a Warning Order closer to the vigil date.
- NOV 11 Remembrance Day Parade and Ceremonies ALL CADETS are expected to participate details in October MRO.
- NOV 17 Pancake Breakfast “Breakfast: the secret ingredient to a happy day.” ALL are welcome.
- NOV 23 Burger and Beverage Fundraiser 5:30pm – 8:30pm Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10
- NOV 30 Band Clinic (Virtual Theory Clinic C) Open to any cadet wanting to learn music theory. Registration deadline: SEP 15, 2024 view in October MRO
- NOV 29 – DEC 1 Military Band Clinic Registration deadline: NOV 1, 2024, view in October MRONov
Parade Night
Regular Parade Nights are Thursdays (September to June) from 18:00 – 21:15 hrs and include parade practice and 3 periods of training for cadets.
Commanding Officer’s (CO’s) Parades are the first Thursday of every month (September to June) from 18:00 – 20:00 hrs and include band and flag party presentations, uniform review, promotions and awards, and squadron events and announcements. Parents and Guardians are invited to come back at 1915hr (7:15 pm) to watch the CO’s parade.
Parade location is the Brigadier D. R. Sargent Armoury Building 719 Nanaimo Lakes Road, Nanaimo BC map. Please feel free to drop by on Thursdays to talk with our Officers, Staff and the Squadron Sponsoring Committee (SSC) members about the Air Cadet Program or upcoming events and activities.
This is not an official site of the Department of National Defence Canadian Armed Forces, the Canadian Cadet Organization, nor the Air Cadet League of Canada. This website is intended for prospective Cadets, current Cadets, Parents/Guardians, Staff Team and Squadron Sponsoring Committee Team members of 205 Collishaw Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron. Our objective is to provide basic information about the function of our squadron and the various events that we undertake. Please address all comments or concerns to contact us.
We humbly acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the traditional, ancestral territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish People, who have a relationship with this land since time immemorial.
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