Every year, around 5,000 veterans leave the Canadian Armed Forces. Some go directly into retirement, some face medical rehabilitation, but many look for second careers. As they enter the civilian workplace, these veterans bring unique experiences and skills, qualities that should make them desirable to many private sector employers. And yet, up until 2013 most
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Horses and psychology; at first glance it’s a strange combination. The former, a symbol of speed and power, the latter symbolized with couch-surfing and navel gazing. But no matter the perceived differences, in the hands of Can Praxis the marriage of horses and psychology is proving to be a powerful method of helping soldiers and
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Like so many success stories, the origins of Wounded Warriors Canada began in tragedy. Following a September 2006 suicide bombing in Kandahar City, an attack that killed 4 Canadian soldiers and injured a number of others, Sapper Mike McTeague lay wounded and dying. After being evacuated from the scene, Mike was rushed to Landstuhl Regional
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