For cadets who will be attending post secondary school in the fall, we are now accepting applications for the following bursaries:

5 Cyclone Sponsoring Committee Bursaries

Bursaries available: Two bursaries available ($1500 and $1000) for graduating cadets who are registered to a University or College program for the 2020/21 year. To qualify, you must:

• have been in the air cadet program for a minimum of four years by the end of this training year
• be a current member of 5 Cyclone
• hold the rank of Flight Sergeant or higher
• have shown exemplary deportment and participation in the Squadron.

(Proof of registration will be required prior to receiving your bursary)

To apply:  Submit an essay of 500-1000 words explaining how Air Cadets will help you to succeed in your chosen study/career path.

Applications must be submitted to chair@5cycloneaircadets.ca no later than 15-May, 2020.

Provincial Awards

Quebec and Ottawa Valley study bursary: One $500 bursary is available for cadets who will be attending post secondary education in the 2020-21 school year.

Chairman’s Award: The Chairman’s Award is the highest recognition to be awarded to a cadet by the Quebec and Ottawa Valley Provincial Committee. The recipient becomes the spokesperson for the cadets of the Quebec and Ottawa Valley and will be called during the year to participate in various events during his/her year of tenure.

​To Apply: Applications for Provincial Awards must be submitted to chair@5cycloneaircadets.ca no later than 15-May, 2020.

National Awards

The Air cadet league of Canada has extended the deadline for submission for National Awards until 1 June, 2020.  They have also recognized that getting all required signatures may be difficult and will accept applications even if cadets are unable to get them all.

To Apply: submit the ACC64 form and as many supporting documents as possible to leaguehq@aircadetleague.com.  Applications must be received no later than 1-June, 2020.

More information and application forms are available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hxcx0EjFtd-oyxpIoa6fkVn8JFc-OosZ?usp=sharing

Contact chair@5cycloneaircadets.ca with any questions

Hiatus Aviation Scavenger Hunt

Look for this exciting new activity coming next week!

5 Cyclone Aviation Coloring Book Contest - Spring 2020

Is this time of isolation driving crazy? Need a break from online school? Want to simply relax and chill. What a better way than to color. The squadron training department has been hard at work to find aviation coloring books for you to enjoy. They are located on our squadron website at https://www.5cycloneaircadets.ca/aviation-coloring-books.html .

To promote this new activity, Capt Tanguay is sponsoring this spring's Aviation Coloring Book Contest. The rules are simple. Produce an original artwork based on the supplied coloring books or any other aviation related coloring pages online that is royalty-free (Google is your friend to find some). 

The artwork must be hand made by a cadet. Submissions are to be scanned and sent as a jpg file to info@5cycloneaircadets.ca before 1 May 2020. The winner will be announced soon after in May.

The prize for the best artwork will be An Aviation FactFile on Military Helicopter, a hardcover book by Robert Jackson.

5 Cyclone/Cadets/Aviation themed artwork

In another effort to engage cadets we want you to show your creative side, and we are calling on all cadets with an artistic flair to create some 5 Cyclone/Cadets/Aviation themed artwork to be used in some future squadron publications or even on our social media pages.

You can create the artwork in any medium you prefer, whether it is hand-drawn or painted and then digitized or digitally rendered art created graphically directly on your computer.
The rules are as follows:

• All submissions must be made via Facebook message to 5 Cyclone Air Cadets, emailed to info@5cycloneaircadets.ca or shared via Google Drive to info@5cycloneaircadets.ca,
• The art must reflect the 5 Cyclone squadron identity, the air cadet program or aviation in general. Any combination of these themes would also be accepted,
• You are welcome to use the 5 Cyclone Squadron logo or Air Cadet crest if you wish, but you must refrain from using any other design that is not your own. Please do not plagiarize someone else’s work,
• Flights will get one point per artwork that is submitted (so if you submit more than on, you can win your flight multiple points).

All of the submissions will be reviewed and the best ones will be posted online on our internal Facebook page and if there are some really good ones, we may post them to our public social media pages or use them in future squadron publications.

Here is an example of a design that was made by Captain Tanguay for the Drill Team

Social Media - Cadet Profile


For those that have been keeping track of our social media posts on our public Facebook page and Instagram, you may have noticed that we have introduced a new series this year where we profile current 5 Cyclone Squadron cadets on Social Media. So far we have profiled 8 cadets, and these were some of our most liked posts!

We are looking for more volunteers for these posts on our public pages.

If you would like to potentially be profiled on our social media pages, please fill out the following form. Please give as much detail as you can in your answers.

If you are chosen for a profile, the Social Media team will let you know and ask you if you have any favourite cadet photos you would like us to use in your profile (otherwise, we will find some in the squadron archives).

This is completely voluntary, if you do not want to be profiled, you do not need to answer.

You can fill out the form here: 
​ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3VwwYC72VepIoxUHvEvdPbcgSSSyhRp8rKQMLK-2uIMhPkA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1_p0fjHzD9FmRiGv162Grxuz46buf615DP6mi3Qm7ph9ZaBUKRIzR6kn4

Cadets, Parents, Volunteers:

Hope you are all well and keeping yourselves busy at home.   I have some new information regarding 5 Cyclone Squadron's operations:

• Regular Training is cancelled until 30 April 2020
• Optional activities such as drill and band are cancelled until 30 April 2020
• All other training is cancelled until 24 May 2020 (includes FTX)
• Additional direction, including the potential for these cancellations to be extended, will be provided before 30 April 2020.  

Safety and Welfare, Top Priority:

• Contact the CO immediately for all suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 for cadets and adult staff (CAF, CIs, volunteers) by emailing co@5cycloneaircadets.ca

#StayAtHomeChallenge

• Have you checked in on your friends lately? Leadership doesn’t stop at parade nights. Step up to be a leader, and check in with your squadron friends virtually.
• What have you done differently this week?  
• Did you try out the 5-10-15 Fitness Challenge?
• Let us know!

Stay connected, practice healthy habits,  and stay at home!
​
Today's Youth, Tomorrow's Leaders

Capt Christine Martel 
 Commanding Officer

Good Evening Cyclone!

Welcome to our first virtual training night.  It will be a short one, but it will carry over until tomorrow (I hope). 
OCdt Rozon has created a Fitness Challenge that I hope will get you physically active.   It can be found under “Cadet Resources” on our website: https://www.5cycloneaircadets.ca/fitness-challenge.html

Additionally, our WO2s came together to produce a video “Bring Your Pet to Cadets!”, which includes a task.  Your participation will help your Flight to reach the top.  Check it out here: https://youtu.be/963JGKZAEt8

How to Participate in: Bring Your Pet to Cadets

• Do either Option 1 or 2

1. Take a picture or video (25 sec. max.) of you and your pet.  Include:
   1. Your name
   2. Your pet’s name, age and breed
   3. Why your pet is the best
2. Do not despair if you don’t have a pet!  Tell us in a message or video about your favorite animal, instead.  Include:
   1. Your name
   2. The type of animal
   3. Why this animal is the best

• Share your picture or video with 5 Cyclone via:

1. Facebook Message to 5 Cyclone Air Cadets
2. Google Drive to info@5cycloneaircadets.ca
3. Email, if it is a written message and/or picture, to info@5cycloneaircadets.ca

​#StayAtHomeChallenge 
This is 5 Cyclone…getting involved.
 
Capt Martel