Current News and Upcoming Events
Women Veterans Webinar:
An Update on the Invisible No More Project
Join us on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 7:00-8:00 PM (Eastern Time), for a webinar about the Invisible No More Project and how it is helping move the 42 recommendations from Parliament’s 2024 Invisible No More. The Experiences of Canadian Women Veterans report into action. To join the webinar, please register here: http://bit.ly/4c1JhaS
Please see our poster for full details!
Call for Writing Workshop Participants
The Invisible No More (INM) Project Team at Mount Saint Vincent University is inviting women Veterans to participate in an online writing workshop series. This series is aimed at supporting CAF and RCMP women Veterans in developing their voices as writers and advocates, and is not a research study.
For full details, including how to apply, please see our poster.
Call for Research Participants
The Invisible No More (INM) Project Team at Mount Saint Vincent University is recruiting women Veterans for their study on the implementation of the recommendations of the landmark ACVA report. If you testified or submitted a brief for the ACVA study on the Experience of Women Veterans, you may be eligible to participate. You may also be eligible to participate if you wanted to testify but did not have the opportunity to, or if you were asked to testify but declined.
For full details, check out our recruitment poster.
Turning Voices into Action
March 2026
We are pleased to share a summary report of the Women Veterans Engage: Ottawa Workshop held on October 30, 2025. This resource provides a summary of what the INM Project Team heard during the workshop and reflects the important insights shared by participants. We are grateful to all the workshop participants for their contributions!
Please download and share the workshop summary report.
Canadian Women Veterans Testify
November 2025
We are excited to announce our new resource: Canadian Women Veterans Testify: “The Experience of Women Veterans” Study by the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (ACVA)! This resource, compiled by Veteran Project Partner Caleigh Wong, contains the opening statements and written briefs provided by women Veterans during the study on “The Experience of Women Veterans” by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (ACVA), held from March 30, 2023, to May 6, 2024. Please download and share!
Women Veterans Engage: Ottawa Workshop
October 2025
On October 30, 2025, we co-hosted the Women Veterans Engage: Ottawa Workshop, a collaboration between the Centre for Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Military Affairs (SICEMA), the National Association of Federal Retirees (Federal Retirees) and the Women Veterans Research and Engagement Network (WREN). We are grateful to all the workshop participants and organizers who made this event possible!
Read more about the workshop here.
Briefing Note
June 2025
To mark the first anniversary of the Parliamentary Report on Canadian Women Veterans, Invisible No More. The Experiences of Canadian Women Veterans, SICEMA has published the following Briefing Note. Available in English and French. Please download and share!
