As a retired Sergeant of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Stan Dewar continues to support currently serving and recently retired members of the Canadian Armed Forces as they navigate the often complex path from uniform to community. He provides guidance and information on Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) programs and benefits, career and education planning, and overall wellness. Through his network, he helps connect individuals with key resources and has collaborated with medical professionals to improve clarity around VAC paperwork, reducing barriers to access.
Stan views his post-service work not as a duty, but as a continuation of leadership— offering mentorship, bridging gaps, and empowering young Veterans to thrive in their next adventure.
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He's taken aboard himself to learn VAC’s policies and programs and benefits, and he's been helping myself and many other Veterans as they go through the release process and making sure that they're getting the compensation and programs and benefits that they deserve and that they're entitled to.
It's helpful when you have a person like that because it feels very isolated when you're getting out. He knows it all, and he educates you on what's available and what you can access and helps you obtain those resources. When you're going through that, and you’re swallowed up in your own issues and your own mental struggles, having that person is just... it’s a light through all the darkness that you're going through. And I'm sure just through his actions and his help, it's saved lives because you feel so hopeless.
But when you have someone like him, it gives you that inspiration to keep going. And he’s a person you can lean on, and he's doing it out of his own desire and his own willingness to care and help others.
I'm just very proud of what he's doing and how he's doing it, and the amount of people he's helping is amazing. And just knowing him and just seeing what he's doing on his own, it makes me emotional. Just very proud of him. Very well deserved.