Coming Home a "Veteran": The military-civilian transition in Canada and Canadian military identity

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dc.contributor.advisorYessenova, Saulesh
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, Myriam
dc.contributor.committeememberGibbs Van Brunschot, Erin
dc.contributor.committeememberHill, Alexander
dc.contributor.committeememberTowers, Frank
dc.date2021-11
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-24T13:33:59Z
dc.date.available2021-09-24T13:33:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-19
dc.description.abstractThe military-civilian transition (MCT), despite having no concrete definition, is understood as the transition between a military member’s career and their reintegration into the civilian world. Canada’s defence strategy, “Strong, Secured, Engaged”, considers the MCT to fall within its strategic framework. There are gaps in what we know about the MCT in Canada, especially as MCT policies continue evolving. The purpose of this research is to understand the experiences of nine former members of Canadian Armed Forces based on the information obtained through semi-structured interviews about their releases, which took place between 2012 and 2016, and self-report questionnaires. The focus of this research is on negotiation of identity following military service by using a social psychological approach and identity theories. The main themes that emerged from this research are: (1) Training and indoctrination, (2) Making meaning from military service, (3) Uniforms and identity, and (4) Storytelling and identity. This thesis argues that: (1) current MCT frameworks fail to account for the civilian-military transition, which is the first transition that members experience throughout their military careers, while seeking to address the MCT; (2) the construction of the “veteran” reveals tensions between military culture and Canadian values and highlights tensions in post-military identity formation; and (3) understanding operational culture and military training is key to understanding how members adapt to the civilian world and when they engage in identity negotiation throughout and after their careers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTremblay, M. (2021). Coming Home a “Veteran”: The military-civilian transition in Canada and Canadian military identity (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39270
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113953
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectMilitary identityen_US
dc.subjectMilitary-civilian transitionen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Armed Forcesen_US
dc.subjectVeteranen_US
dc.subjectMilitary cultureen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subject.classificationMilitary Studiesen_US
dc.titleComing Home a "Veteran": The military-civilian transition in Canada and Canadian military identityen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMilitary & Strategic Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Strategic Studies (MSS)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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