Victory March/ La marche de la Victoire

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has participated in the International 4 Days Marches (4DAAGSE) in Nijmegen every year since 1952. During the spring of 2020, owing to the ongoing internal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of the 4DAAGSE in Nijmegen announced the cancellation of the event for 2020.

The 2020 edition of the 4DAAGSE had a particular meaning for the CAF Joint Task Force (JTF) Nijmegen as this was the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe, in which Canada played an essential role. Within a very tight time period, the CAF JTF Nijmegen staff was able to organize a virtual challenge, exclusively for the members of the JTF on 5 and 8 May 2020. Members of the CAF JTF Nijmegen took up the challenge of walking 20 km per day on defence establishments or on community trails/sidewalks, while respecting public health measures in place.

I’m a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) member but I am not part of an official team of Joint Task Force Nijmegen. Can I participate?

Yes you can! This challenge is opened to all CAF members and also to civilians. There is no need to be affiliated with the CAF or the Department of the National Defence.

The Victory March/ La marche de la Victoire was inspired by the virtual challenge that took place last year with the members of the JTF Nijmegen in order to commemorate the Liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe Day, and to highlight the dedication of the Joint Task Force Nijmegen members to their training. The event was such a success that it is now back as an official event.

Am I obliged to march on specific days?

You can pick two days between 1 and 9 May 2021 to complete your march. If you are a member of the JTF Nijmegen, you need to complete the two days of March on 4 May, Remembrance of the Dead day in the Netherlands, and on 5 May, Liberation Day.

Do I need to complete my two marches within a specific time?

The Victory March/ La marche de la Victoire is not a race. There is no medal for the best timing since all participants are walking as one united team from coast to coast to coast and even outside of Canada. This challenge brings together physical fitness and the importance of remembrance as it highlights the symbolic relationship that unites the Canada and the Netherlands. Depending on the length of march that you choose, we recommend that you train in the three months leading up to May in order to be up to the challenge!

Why are the CMP Virtual Nijmegen Marches taking place in May?

Canada has had a special relationship with the Netherlands since the Canadian military took part in the liberation of the Netherlands during the Second World War. The first week of May has a particular importance in this relationship:

- May 4 is Remembrance of the Dead day in the Netherlands

- May 5th is the Liberation Day of the Netherlands

- May 8th is Victory in Europe Day.

Social Media Contest Rules

SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBSITE CONTEST RULES

1. Contests are organized by the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, Personnel Support Programs Division (PSP). The contests are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Facebook or Instagram.
   
2. PSP follows all guidelines set by Facebook for promotions (ie contests): https://www.facebook.com/policies/pages_groups_events/#
   
   Eligibility
3. No purchase or entry fee is required.

1. Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members (Regular and Reserve Force) and their families (Including Parents);
2. Veterans (former members of the CAF) and their families, including families of the deceased (Including Parents).
3. Members of foreign military currently serving with the CAF and their families
4. All Canadian Citizens

1. Enter using any of the methods of entry outlined in the specific contest information. No entries will be accepted by any other means.
   
2. Each contest will clearly indicate how a contestant enters the contest, methods include but are not limited to:
   1. Post and tag a photo on the Victory March Facebook page or Instagram page timeline (https://www.facebook.com/VictoryMarchVictoire) (www.Instagram.com/VictoryMarchVictoire)
      
3. The contest will open when the Facebook and Instagram post is published and the closing dates will be indicated in the Facebook and Instagram post about the specific contest.
   
4. All participants must have reached the age of majority in their Province of residence before the end of a contest.
5. CFMWS employees contestants must comply with the organization’s Conflict of Interest Policy.
6. Contestants must be Canadian citizens.
7. CFMWS shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the contests. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification.
8. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to CFMWS for the purpose of the contests must be truthful, complete, accurate, easily readable and in no way misleading.
9. CFMWS reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant should such an entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate, uneasy to read or misleading personal details and/or information.

Contest Entry

1. Upon completion and submission of the required information and/or documentation mentioned in the specific contest information, eligible Contestants will be entered into the contest for one (1) chance to win (i.e. one entry) a prize detailed in the specific contest information.

Contest Entry Restrictions

1. Entries will be declared invalid if they negatively depict another person, nation, country, ethnicity, race, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
   
2. Entries will be declared invalid if they contain content deemed offensive or inappropriate including but not limited to nudity, vulgarity or violence.
   
3. Contestants are restricted to one (1) entry per person, unless mentioned otherwise in the specific contest information. Any excess entries will be invalid for purposes of one contest draw.
   
4. All entries become the sole property of the organizers and none will be returned for any reason.
   
5. Entries must be received no later than the end of the contest Period mentioned in the specific contest information.
   
6. Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled or mechanically or electronically reproduced. No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with those selected for the specific contest prize.

Awarding of Prize

1. The winner will be randomly chosen by random, electronic draw at the end of every contest. The winner will be contacted using the contact information provided by contestant at time of entering the Contest. At that time one (1) back up entry will be drawn.
   
2. Attempts to contact the selected Contestant at least three (3) times within the fourteen (14) days after the Draw. If the selected Contestant does not reply and/or cannot be contacted in that time, the second contestant drawn will become the Winner and the initial selected Contestant will be disqualified and will have no recourse towards CFMWS or anyone involved in the contest.
   
3. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the second Contestant whose name was drawn however if the second winner cannot be reached by close of business day three (3) weeks after the end of the contest, the contest will be cancelled and no prize will be awarded.
   
4. The Prize will be awarded to the Contestant whose contact information (name, telephone number or email address or Facebook Messenger or Instagram Direct Message) has been given by the Contestant at time of completion of the online entry, to the Contestant who has complied with these Rules.
   
5. There are fifteen (15) prizes valued at up to $100 per contest, unless mentioned otherwise in the specific contest information.
   
6. The prize will be awarded based on a random, electronic draw.
   
7. The prize must be accepted as awarded. No cash alternatives, substitution or transfers of the Prize will be allowed.

Prize Restrictions

1. Winners are not entitled to monetary difference between actual prize value and stated approximate prize value, if any.
   
2. Any costs or expenditures other than those mentioned above will be the responsibility of the winner.
   
3. The winner could be asked to CFMWS by answering written questions, which will be used in future publications to promote PSP, and any other means of promotion.
   
4. If the prize is not used in whole, no compensation will be due to the winner.
   
5. The prize cannot be transferred to another person or to the winner's successor or heir.
   
6. In the event that CFMWS cannot award the prize as described in these contest specific information, they reserve the right to award a like prize of equivalent value or, at their discretion, the prize cash value indicated herein.
   
7. The prize will be mailed to the winner within four (4) weeks of the respective draw date.
   
8. CFMWS disclaims any and all responsibility in the event of loss or theft of the prize.

Odds

1. The odds of being randomly selected to win the prize depends on the total number of eligible entries received during the applicable Contest Period.

Prize Acceptance

1. By participating, the selected entrant confirms compliance with the Contest Rules, acceptance of the Prize as awarded and releasing CFMWS from all liability relating to the Contest. No substitution for, or transfer of the Prize, will be allowed.
   
2. A representative from CFMWS will be available to provide the prize Winner assistance with prize elements in the official language of his or her choice.

Photography Specific Contests

1. By sharing your photo on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for our photography specific contest, you understand and agree that your photo will also be subject to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Terms of Use and licenses. By submitting your photo for our photography specific contest, you state that:
   1. you own all the rights in the entry including copyright;
   2. you meet the eligibility requirements of the contest; and
   3. you have obtained consent from all the individuals appearing on your photo, including from parents or legal guardian of minors.
      
2. CFMWS reserves the rights, at its option, to publish any winner’s name, city of residence, photograph, statement regarding any photography specific contest, for advertising purposes, without compensation or any other advance notice.
   
3. By entering our photography specific contest, you grant Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by CFMWS, a free of charge, worldwide, non-exclusive permission to use, reproduce, adapt, perform, modify, publish and make your photo entry public in any media (including the Internet and social media), and in any informational material and publication, for purposes of operating, advertising and promoting the current and future contests and challenges and/or any other departmental program or activity.
   
4. Additional forms (including a license in favor of the Crown) will be asked to be filled out and signed by the winners of this contest.

General Rules

1. Each Prize claim is subject to verification by CFMWS and/or its designated representatives.
   
2. Entries made with multiple addresses, under multiple identities, or through the use of any device or artifice to enter multiple times or entries that are in excess of the permitted number of entries during the Contest period are automatically void.
   
3. All Contest entries obtained through unauthorized sources or which are incomplete, illegible, mutilated, altered, reproduced, forged, irregular or fraudulent in any way or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules are automatically void. CFMWS will be the sole and final reference source in validating a Prize claim.
   
4. By participating, each Contestant and selected winner and guests agree: (a) to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of CFMWS, (b) to release and hold harmless CFMWS, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Department of National Defence its affiliates, subsidiaries, and independent contractors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives including advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability for claims/damages including, but not limited to, claims/damages for personal injury, for property damage with respect to acceptance, possession or use or misuse of the Prize or participation in the Contest and (c) to permit CFMWS to use his/her name, address, city, province, of residence, photograph, video, or any likeness for advertising or publicity purposes without any additional compensation.
   
5. By entering the Contest, entrant releases and holds Releasees harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any Prize, participation in the Contest, any breach of the Contest Rules, or in any Prize-related activity. The entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.
   
6. All draws are final and without appeal in all matters relating to this contest and the awarding of the prizes. By entering the contest, the contestant automatically agrees to accept and abide by these contest rules and regulations. CFMWS reserves the right to disqualify any contestant or cancel any entry that does not comply with these rules. CFMWS reserve the right to modify the terms of this contest or cancel it without notice at any time. The decisions of CFMWS in relation to this Contest will be final and binding on all entrants.
   
7. CFMWS shall not be responsible for incorrect, unreadable or inaccurate transcription or registration of Contest entry information, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible, or erased computer or network transmissions, line failures of any telephone network, failure of computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or web site, inability to submit the online survey, or any other error or malfunction, or any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest.
   
8. CFMWS reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or suspend this Contest, at its sole discretion, in the event of a technical failure, computer virus or bug, unauthorized human intervention, fraud or any other occurrence or cause beyond its control that corrupts or adversely affects the administration, security, fairness or normal operation of the Contest, subject, in Quebec, to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux.
   
9. If a selected entrant is awarded the Prize due to a system error, malfunction or defect the Prize will be returned to the Prize pool, to be re-awarded.
   
10. Under no circumstances will CFMWS, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Department of National Defence its affiliates, subsidiaries, and independent contractors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents, including advertising and promotion agencies be required to award more Prizes than what is indicated in these Rules or award the Prizes other than in accordance with these Rules.
    
11. All contests run under recreation programs, therefore Canadian Armed Forces personnel are not considered on duty while participating. Temporary Duty allowances do not apply and an approved leave pass is required. In the case where the Grand Prize winner is unable to participate due to military operation duties, an eligible guest may participate in his/her place. Supporting documentation may be requested.
    
12. The Contest is subject to all Federal, Provincial and local laws, as well as the rules adopted in view of said laws. The personal information provided to enter the Contest will be used only to administer the Contest, and for no other reason.
    
13. For Quebec residents, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
    
14. By submitting entries, the contestant agrees that all submissions can be used without further permission, properly accredited, for, but not limited to: Publication on DND, CAF and CFMWS platforms such as websites and social media channels; Display at various DND locations; and Other DND/CAF Video Contest promotional material.
    
15. The Social Media and Website Contests Rules are available in French.
    
16. In the event of discrepancy between the English and French versions, the English version shall prevail.