Volunteering by CMC Alumni
Hank and Scott were both in Halifax for the Habitat for Humanity Canada national conference from 14-17 May 2025, where they met with more than 150 volunteers and staff from 45 Habitat affiliates and the national office.
Mendes Inducted to Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame | Mendes intronisé au Temple de la renommée des sports de Kingston
Long-time Paladins men’s soccer head coach, Victor Mendes was the recipient of another deserved honour Friday night, being inducted into the Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 2025 class. Mendes was one of six inductees this year, along with former RMC men’s hockey head coach, Jim Hulton. Mendes, who has been…
Howes Recognized with OUA Woman of Distinction Honour | Howes reçoit le Prix de Femme de distinction des SUO
Further adding to her well-decorated career, RMC Fencing Maître d’armes, Patricia Howes was the recipient of a distinguished honour Wednesday night in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, at the 2024-25 OUA Honour Awards. Having dedicated more than two decades to growing the sport she loves, while simultaneously running the highly-respected RMC Paladins fencing program, Howes was recognized for those contributions by…
The Importance of Acquiring Field Experience
Article submitted by OCdt Ladouceur, OCdt Lallier et NCdt Sauriol The third-year civil engineering students from the Royal Military College of Canada received a rather simple task over the last two weeks of April 2025 ; Gaining experience in the field and developing their leadership during Survey Camp. It was time to put to the…
Sean Frankham Award for Top Graduating Air Force Cadet in Business Administration
This award is bestowed on the top graduating Air Force cadet in Business administration. It is awarded on a yearly basis at the departmental level and presented at the Commissioning Ceremony. Sean Frankham was a proud graduate of the Royal Military College with a degree in Business Administration. Sean was an accomplished management consultant with expertise in operational excellence and leadership. Skilled in change management, coaching, team building, and continuous improvement, Sean held an Executive MBA from Athabasca University and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. Sean’s core values were steeped in tradition, and he strongly believed in service to country and to others.
Opinion: Canada’s military colleges must set high standards to develop our next set of army leaders – The Globe and Mail
The students at Canada’s two Canadian Military Colleges (CMCs) have embarked on careers that may require them to protect our country and way of life by putting their lives at risk. Given the high level of performance expected of them, it is essential that their training is more demanding than what is expected of other university graduates.
Opinion: Canada’s Security – Learning from Our History
“Today the need for good officers is obvious. Every newspaper brings word of tension and uncertainty. To a greater degree than ever before in peacetime, we in Canada recognize the necessity of having armed forces…. War is not inevitable, but neither is peace certain, and until peace is certain, no self-respecting country, particularly with the position and the resources of Canada, can afford to ignore her defences.” (MND B. Claxton, 18 September 1948)
Deaths
4890 Maurice Corbett RRMC RMC 1960 Maurice Graves Corbett, died April 24, 2025, suddenly but peacefully at home. He is survived by his wife of almost 62 years, Enid (née Goudge); three children Keith (Katherine), Andrea (Dave) and Cheryl (Matt); six grandchildren – Jonathan (Emma), James, Robyn, Madelyn, Meghan and Connor; two great-grandchildren, Adelaide and…
Message from RMC Alumni Association on Lapu-Lapu Festival Tragedy
We were all shocked and saddened to hear of the terrible tragedy in Vancouver on Saturday evening at the Lapu-Lapu Festival. While at this time we don’t believe any of the victims were alumni, we know that heartbreaking incidents such as this have a ripple effect on the whole community. On behalf of the Board…
The RMC and RMC Saint-Jean Military Skills Teams Compete in Annual Sandhurst Competition May 2-3 2025
The annual two-day event will be held on May 2-3 at West Point Military Academy and showcases the military skills of the U.S. Military Academy, U.S Corps of Cadets (USCC), Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), and international teams, such as Canada, Poland, Mexico, United Kingdom, and Italy.