MCM grad student deployed with CAF to assist with Ukrainian refugee crisis

The hands of a person in Canadian military uniform holds an open passport as a person wearing a red jacket holds out their hands to take the passport.

A Canadian Armed Forces member, in collaboration with members of the Polish Forces, assist a Ukrainian refugee at a reception centre in support of Operation REASSURANCE in Warsaw, Poland on April 22, 2022. Credit: MCpl Genevieve Lapointe, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo

By Lisa Gurusinghe

Posted on August 23, 2022

In his first deployment with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in April, Alexander Frid learned how critical civil engagements and coordination is in humanitarian efforts and crisis management.

Frid, an information operations analyst and communications instructor for the CAF and candidate in the McMaster-Syracuse Master of Communications Management program, was deployed to Poland as a civil-military coordination (CIMIC) operator to assist with the Ukrainian refugee crisis from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.