The Week That Was & More West Point Weekend
Is religion’s influence on self-control inescapable? Speaker: Kevin Rounding, Doctoral candidate at Queen’s University Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 Mr. Rounding presented an overview of his research area in which non-conscious reminders of God-related concepts boost people’s ability to self-regulate their behaviour, even under circumstances when we would not expect people to be able to exert…
Cadet Perspectives on the I-81 Exchange
Article by: NCdt 26670 Katherine Silins On Thursday, as classes let out, some cadets were surprised by the sea of grey that had invaded campus, residences and the CDH. The end of the day marked the start of the I-81 exchange between the United States Military Academy at Westpoint and RMC. This event is highly…
Training for the “M”
Weekly PMT – Professional Military Training 22 January 2014 1st Year Class Ce matin lors de l’EMP, les premières années de chaque escadron ont été inspectés par leur élof instructeur d’escadron (INSTRO). L’objectif était d’assurer que tous les premières années ont en leur possession tout le matériel militaire requis pour notre Qualification militaire de base…
The Greatest Generation: Four true Canadian heroes
Hi, Bill: Saw the excellent coverage of Danny McLeod’s funeral in today’s e-Veritas. Congratulations and well done on this. He was a truly incredible man, right up there with Coggins, Birchall, Merritt, Forbes, and others (Miller and Fournier !) who were true examples of the College’s greatest sons. We won’t soon see his like again.…
Keeping Tabs…
Chairman at Horton Trading Ltd. *** Joined the military in 1987 under the ROTP training plan and was selected to attend Le College Militaire Royal de St-Jean; following wings training in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1994, was posted to 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron in Shearwater and served on HMCS Preserver, NCSM Ville De Quebec…
We get emails
Bill: Sorry I was not able to make it down for the funeral of Danny McLeod. I trust there was a full house at the funeral and reception. Wish I could have been there, but grateful we got a chance to chat at the big hockey game during our Old Brigade weekend last fall. Keep…
3069 W.A. McColl’s Diary – III Year – 62 Years Ago
26 Jan 52 I got over my 21st birthday yesterday without much difficulty. Pat sent me a little box of fudge and I got a nice letter from mother. Went in to the Queen’s gym tonight and saw our boys lose 54-52 after having led all the way. They couldn’t seem to score during the…
Careers / Carrières
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In This Issue 3
The Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research History and the Art of Decision Making Professor Keith Neilson, Bsc, BA, MA, PhD Currie Hall, RMCC – Wednesday, 22 January 2014 – 1900 hrs Celebrating the Quality, Originality and Impact of Scholarly Work The Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research is another project supported by the Foundation.…
Celebration & Thanksgiving for the Life of H25917 WJ (Danny) McLeod
Hundreds turn out for Danny McLeod funeral Article by: WJO – Photos at church location by: Brad Lowe Hundreds of mourners came to pay their final respects to former Royal Military College of Canada, Director of Athletics, H25917 Major Danny McLeod, on a snowy Saturday afternoon (18 Jan) at The Cathedral Church of St George…
Ex-Cadets & More in the News
Executives, soldiers to ski to North Pole for veterans cause Executives, soldiers to ski to North Pole for veterans cause – Group will set off from Resolute Bay, Nunavut, to raise funds for military veterans suffering from the mental illness 7771 Jim Leech (retired CEO of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan) is among the group…
RMCC Lose a Warrior
Major WJ (Danny) McLeod By: WJO Royal Military College of Canada lost a great warrior when – The Major WJ (Danny) McLeod passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 14 Jan 2014. Rolande and I lost a dear friend. Major McLeod arrived in 1960 and became the first Director of Athletics at the…