Canadian Defence Academy Research Paper: Understanding Resilience in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Multi-Level Framework

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This Statement of Work (SOW) defines the scope, deliverables, and requirements for research examining resilience across multiple levels of analysis to inform understandings of resilience as a component of military effectiveness, readiness, adaptation, and preparedness to inform updated methods and approaches supporting CAF professional development. The National Security Institute seeks an academic analysis of resilience concepts and frameworks to support professional military education (PME), professional development (PD), and leader development activities by improving understanding of the relationship between individual, organizational, institutional, and societal resilience.

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