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Reminder Notice Royal Military Colleges Alumni Association Annual General Meeting – October 24 2024
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (‘RMCAA’) 2024 Annual General Meeting Circular The purpose of this circular is to advise members of the RMCAA of the details with respect to the 2024 Annual General Meeting. The AGM will be held on October 24th at 1700 hrs at the Canadian War Museum, Ateliers C & D, 1…
La fin de semaine des Retrouvailles – Félicitations à la classe de 1974
A fin de semaine des Retrouvailles se terminait samedi soir par le traditionnel souper des Anciens. C’est au Vieux Mess que les nouveaux membres de la Vieille Brigade, des Anciens et des Élofs se sont retrouver pour clore en beauté ce weekend qui fut un réel succès. Félicitations à la classe de 1974 et à…
24th Annual Legacy Dinner Kicks off RMC Reunion/Badging Weekend 2024
The Kickoff to Reunion Weekend started on Thursday 12 September with the Legacy Dinner, our 24th Annual Back Tie Gala. The legacy Dinner is a highlight for many each year – a chance to dress up – for Alumni to meet Canada’s future military leaders and nation builders – a chance to tell their favourite war…
RMC Alumni Association welcomes back Alumni, Family and Friends to Reunion/ Badging Weekend 2024
RMC Reunion and Badging Weekend have now come and gone, and what an eventful weekend it was. Mother nature put us to the test with record-breaking temperatures for Friday and Saturday events making a very hot Reunion 2024 for those in attendance.
2024 Old Brigade Dinner welcomes the Class of 1979 to the ranks
The Old Brigade dinner was held on Saturday 14 September at a new location, the former Ambassador Hotel, which was recently acquired by the Hilton DoubleTree. The newly renovated hotel hosted more than 230 guests from the Classes of 1954, 1964, 1974 and the Old Brigade entry class 1979. The evening kicked off with an…
Homecoming 2024 at Royal Roads University
Homecoming 2024 at Royal Roads University took place on September 14 & 15th and was a memorable celebration, uniting former Royal Canadian Naval College Royal Roads, Tri-Services and Military College alumni, former staff, and the community under the theme “Honouring History – Inspiring Change.”
RMC Trailblazers: A Conversation with Michelaine Lahaie on Perspectives Acquired Along the Way
The Trailblazer Podcast celebrates the accomplishments and milestones of notable alumni of Canada’s Military Colleges and provides a platform for them to share their stories and contribute to building future leaders for Canada and the world. Earlier this Summer, we sat down with Michelaine Lahaie who graduated from RMC St-Jean in 1992 and obtained a…
The RMC Alumni Association has heard you: it is time for a new logo!
Creating a new logo is not without its challenges. There are some fundamental facts that need to be factored in. RMCAA is the voice of the alumni of all the Canadian Military Colleges, whether RMC St-Jean, RMC or Royal Roads. We are the alumni association for everyone who has attended a program at a CMC, undergraduate, post-graduate or continuing studies. So, our logo needs to resonate across all of those groups. Also, RMCAA has the challenge of being at once of all the Colleges and yet of none of them — the organization is distinct from the CMCs themselves and is independent of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces.
The Installation of The Foundation Fifty in the Memorial Staircase, Mackenzie Building
In anticipation of the recent running of the obstacle course, the first-year badging parade, reunion weekend and the fortieth anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1984, the display of images of the members of the Old Eighteen in the Memorial Staircase now includes new images of the Old Eighteen and those of the First Thirty-Two women to attend the Regular Officer Training Plan at RMC. Together, The Old Eighteen and The First Thirty-Two form the Foundation Fifty of RMC.
RMC Alumni Association Alumni Mixer in London, England
A mixer for alumni and friends was held at the Old Bank of England Pub in London, England on Saturday, September 14. The event was hosted by Brendan Menzies, class of 2005. Attendees shared stories and memories of their time at the military colleges and are already planning for the next get together in early…
Le Chapitre Québec de l’Association des Ancien(e)s des Collèges militaires royaux du Canada (Association) a tenu son BBQ annuel le 8 août au Cercle da la Garnison à Québec
The President of the Quebec Branch, Mr. Denis Faubert, took the opportunity to explain the three vectors of action of the Branch: social gatherings, the Quebec PSP programme for secondary school students and, more recently, under the leadership of the Fort St-Jean Branch, the professional development programme for officer cadets. The last two activities are also linked to the CMC Resilience Plus programme. Mr. Marc Grondin and Mr. André Giguère gave some details about the Quebec PSP programme and thanked all the partners.
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation || Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation
On 30 September, Canadians will mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Since 2021, that day has encouraged Canadians to acknowledge and reflect on the cultural genocide of the Residential School System that operated in this country between the 1830s and the 1990s. In that time, more than 150,000 children from First Nations, Inuit and…