A Hand Up for Vets Who are Homeless – Ex-Cadets Giving Back / Un coup de main pour les vétérans sans abri – Les Anciens redonnent
The Homes 4 Heroes Foundation (H4HF) was created in response to those military veterans who face difficulties on return to civilian life and end up homeless. As many as 5,000 veterans are homeless in Canada today. These veterans put their lives on the line for their country and now need, and deserve, our support. Homes…
Statement on Sexual Misconduct and Culture Change in the Canadian Armed Forces / Déclaration sur l’inconduite sexuelle et le changement de culture au sein des Forces armées canadiennes
Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted by the request of an ex-Cadet and with permission from the CDA Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the RMC Club or RMC Foundation. / Note de l’éditrice: Ce qui suit est réimprimé à la demande d’un ancien élève-officier et avec la permission de…
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Surveying the Class of 1988 / Questionnaire de la classe de 1988
Are you ready to give back to benefit future generations of military college students? Article by 16598 Scott Stevenson Were you born in the mid-1960s? The Class of 1988, whether we attended Royal Roads Military College, the Royal Military College of Canada, or College Militaire Royale Saint-Jean, has undeniably reached a stage of life where…
PROJET DE RÉNOVATION DU MESS DES ÉLOFS (SAINT-MAURICE) AU CMR SAINT-JEAN / RENOVATION PROJECT OF THE OCDTS MESS (SAINT-MAURICE) AT CMR SAINT-JEAN
Above: From left to right; 28427 OCdt Daniel Curry, 27976 OCdt Aurélie Godard-Paquette, 20380 Col Nicolas Pilon, Commandant of RMC Saint-Jean, 28466 OCdt Ophelia Bonanni-Surprenant, CWO Richard Plante, H17090 Mrs Hélène Ladouceur, Executive Director of la Fondation des Anciens du CMR Ex-Cadet Foundation, 28055 OCdt Alexis Bédard, Mr. Steve Hétu, President and DG of the…
10970 Karmin McKay: “You have it easy at RMC,” they said
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series. It sets the stage and foundation for many of the articles to follow by the same author. As such, it is a longer than the others. Future articles include: optimizing secondary duties, your first posting, Generals and RSMs are people too, What is TDV, you…
10966 MICHEL MAISONNEUVE: MEMORIES OF RMC – SOUVENIRS DU CMR PART 11 / PARTIE 11
CENTENNIAL CLASS OF 1976/CLASSE DU CENTENAIRE 1976 À l’approche de l’entrée de notre promotion dans la Vieille Brigade, plusieurs souvenirs remontent à la surface. Je vais tenter d’en écrire quelques uns; certains en français, certains en anglais. As the date of entry of our Class into the Old Brigade approaches, many memories resurface; I will…
6560 Andrew Nellestyn’s Food for Thought: A helicopter on Mars – Who would have thought?
Who would have thought!!! But then Leonard Davinci (1452-1519), a polymath extraordinaire and the personification of the Renaissance man, the term was first applied to him, had foreseen, even drew schematics of an helicopter in his lifetime when a geocentric universe was still in vogue. AN. https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6018413
The Class of ’79 Remembers: The Lasalle Squadron Flag Caper
With thanks to 12162 Dwight Davies and the Class of ’79 We all can easily recall that period of shock and awe when we transitioned from our freedom-loving high school existence to the much more disciplined life of a cadet, most notably during Recruit Camp. During that period, we were introduced to many of the…
20380 Nicolas Pilon promu brigadier général / 20380 Nicolas Pilon Promoted to Brigadier General
Gracieuseté des Affaires publiques du CMR Saint-Jean / Courtesy of RMC Saint-Jean Public Affairs (Jeudi 13 mai 2021) C’est avec beaucoup de fierté que nous vous annonçons la promotion du colonel Nicolas Pilon, commandant du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, au rang de brigadier-général ! En présence virtuelle de ses parents, de sa femme et…
28560 Bennett Dickson: Graduating During COVID / Diplomation durant COVID
Editor’s Note: Bennett Dickson’s articles have been a feature of eVeritas over the last few years. We wish him all the best as he graduates! If I went back to 2017 and told an 18 year-old me, an eager first year at CMR Saint-Jean, that my undergrad would finish at 12:38pm following an exam I…
What’s Happening Around the Colleges / Les événements autour des Collèges
Above photo by Cpl Brandon James Liddy, RMC Public Affairs / Photo ci-dessus par le Cpl Brandon James Liddy, Affaires publiques du CMR (Tuesday, May 4, 2021) Today is the day RMC military members are provided the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccination thanks to 33 CF H Svcs and CFB Kingston. Dispersed RMC cadets…
Military Colleges Mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia / Les collèges militaires célèbrent la Journée internationale contre l’homophobie, la transphobie et la biphobie
Today is a day to think about how our actions impact others, to understand that we are different in many ways, but our differences should be praised and not condemned. By flying the pride flag on campus today, RMC demonstrates its support for the principles promoted by the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and…