Badge of the Cadet Instructors Cadre
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[edit] Introduction
As a branch of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Cadet Instructor Cadre has branch insignia of its own. Each element within the branch has its own cap badge, to help identify officers of being within the naval, army, or air force component of the CIC. This was useful during the period of the CF Greens; however, today, each element of the Canadian Forces has their own distinct uniform.
[edit] Individual elemental badges
As stated above, officers of the CIC were issued their own branch badges, according to their element within the Canadian Forces. The individual badges show only one element, on the maple leaf, and this was used to help show the different elements, when members of the Canadian Forces wore CF Green uniform.
Here are the issued badges, produced for the Cadet Instructor Cadre Branch:
Cadet Instructor Cadre (Navy)
Cadet Instructor Cadre (Army)
Cadet Instructor Cadre (Air Force)
Source - http://www.forces.gc.ca/admmat/dglepm/badges-insignia/cap_badges-METAL_f.htm
CIC Officers may also purchase, at their own expense, the cloth badges if they do not want to use the metal badges. Companies like Joe Drouin Enterprises is one of the companies that allow CIC officers for purchase these badges.
There are two sizes for the cloth badges, the larger one for the service cap, and the smaller one for the beret or wedge cap.
Here are the examples of these badges, provided by the Joe Drouin Enterprises website:
CIC Navy
CIC Army
CIC Air Force
[edit] History of the CIC badge
Before the unification of the Canadian Forces on 1 February 1968, the officers that were responsible toward the individual cadet programmes wore different insignia. The "forefathers" of the naval and air force CIC officers wore the badges of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the "forefathers" of the army CIC officers wore the badge of the Cadet Services of Canada.
[edit] Royal Canadian Sea Cadets officers before unification
During the early part of the 20th century, sea cadet corps were commanded, trained, and administered by sea cadet officers who wore the RCN uniform with a distinguishing rank insignia. These officers were not members of the Royal Canadian Navy Regular or Reserve Force, but civilians in uniform.
Royal Canadian Sea Cadet officers wore the RCN badge; however, all sea cadet officers wore rank badges that were different from those of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, and the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. The rank badges of sea cadet officers followed the pattern of the RCN, however, without the executive curl, replacing it with an anchor.
This was the cap badge of the Royal Canadian Navy, and the RCSC officers:
[edit] Cadet Services of Canada before unification
Canada has undertaken the voluntary military training of its students for over 130 years. The students were at first formed into what were known as drill associations as long ago as 1862. These are considered the prototypes of the present day cadet corps. The official designation of cadet corps replaced that of drill association in 1898.
The first authority for adult instructors of cadets to hold military rank was promulgated in a special order on 21 December 1903. While employed in service to the cadet organization, instructors of army cadets held the rank of second lieutenant in the Militia. These officers were male school teachers at private boys' schools across Canada. On 1 May 1909, these officers were organized into the Corps of School Cadet Instructors (Militia), recognized as the forerunner of the Cadet Instructor Cadre of today.
On 1 May 1921, the Corps was disbanded in a process of reorganization. It reappeared on 1 January 1924 as the Cadet Services of Canada (Non-Permanent). After World War II, the Cadet Services of Canada (Non-Permanent) and a Civilian Instructional Cadre were established as the fifth sub-component of the Canadian Army. On 10 May 1956, the name was changed once again to the Cadet Services of Canada.
The badges of the Cadet Services of Canada are presented below, the first with the "King's Crown" and the second, with St. Edward's Crown, sometimes known as the "Queen's Crown."
[edit] Royal Canadian Air Cadets officer before unification
The Air Cadet League of Canada was formed in 1940 and raised its first squadrons in 1941. The first air cadet unit was No. 1601 Air Force Cadet Corps, formed in Vancouver on April 13, 1939. It stands alone as being the only air cadet unit formed within the army cadet system. The corps was transferred to the new Air Cadet League in 1943. From the outset, the Air Cadet League enjoyed a partnership with the Royal Canadian Air Force, which enrolled Air Cadet instructors as commissioned officers. By the end of World War II, they had raised 374 squadrons with an enrolment of 29,000 air cadets.
In the beginning of the RC(Air)C history, air cadet officers were not members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, but civilians like sea cadet officers. They had to wear the same badges as their cadets.
This would change in the 1950s however. They would become commissioned RCAF reserve officers, and therefore, would wear the same uniform as the Royal Canadian Air Force, including their cap badge.
RCAF cap badge before the reign of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada: 
RCAF cap badge during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada, before unification:
[edit] Unification of the Canadian Forces, the early years
Upon unification, the three distinct officer cadres were amalgamated to form the Cadet Instructors List (CIL), a sub-component of the Reserve (circa 1968-71). On 20 July 1994, the CIL was redesignated the Cadet Instructor Cadre (CIC).
During this period, according to the CIC history book, Par dévouement, CIC officers did not receive the new Canadian Forces green uniform like other members of the Canadian Forces. Therefore, until the mid 1970s, officers still wore all sorts of uniforms: the RCN pattern uniform; the former Cadet Services of Canada pattern uniform; the RCAF pattern uniform; or some officer would buy the new CF greens, however, wearing the old badges, or new branch badges of the Canadian Forces.
[edit] Creation of the CIC cap badge
By the mid-1970s, by a push of the new Army Cadet League of Canada (created in 1971), the Queen (with the recommendation of D Cdts and the ceremonial directorate of the CF) approved the new badge of the Cadet Instructors List. It was a maple leaf, with St. Edward's Crown, the fouled anchor, two crossed swords, and eagle.
This badge also came with collar badges that were created for each element.
This badge was unpopular with CIC officers, and was called the "big cookie". A few years later, the new badges of the CIC came into effect, distinct from one element to another.
In 1988, the CIC branch would ask whether the insignia of the CIC had been approved by the Queen. They argued that they were based on the old collar badges which had been approved by the Queen. The conclusion of this story was that the badge would have been approved because they have been in use for about 10 years.
Lastly, it would seem that the CIC might change its branch badge in the future. It seems that this badge has been proposed:
CIC officers will have to see whether in the future, there will be a change with their badges, for a common, CIC badge, seeing that now, CIC officers do not need to have distinct badges because they are all wearing the uniform of their element, and this new proposed badge would look more like a branch badge of the Canadian Forces.
