Ex-Cadets in the News
Retiring 13337 Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare says the world needs more diplomacy “Pre 9/11 there wasn’t a significant consciousness of the need for Canadian Forces in the modern age. Post 9/11 everybody’s paradigm had a sort of shake, and there was a sort of consciousness that the world is not a safe and secure, take-it-for-granted, stable…
Victoria Edwards wants to know who is he?
Who was he? The son of Sir Robert Linton ____ of Halifax, N.S., studied engineering at Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont. until graduating in 1890. He joined the federal Dept. of Militia & Defence in Ottawa on 22 February 1897. He was appointed Chief Architect and Engineer to replace Lieut. Fred White from 1897-1905.…
John van Haastrecht Adds to Art Collection
BONAVENTURE – Starting Number 2 (Photos by Jennifer Jordan) John van Haastrecht Adds to Art Collection Article by: Rod McDonald In 2011,H7076 John van Haastrecht donated a collection of 69 paintings to RMC, including the works of Batten, Tillenius, Keirstead, Robertson and Dickson to name a few. However, one of his favourite sets was a…
Direct From Panet House
Direct from Panet House By Bryan Bailey, Executive Director – RMC Club Breaking News – Redesigned Club On-line Gift Shop is Open for business! As part of the redesign and modernization of the Club website, the on-line gift shop is now powered by a state of the art e-commerce engine. While we are still populating…
CLAUDE SCILLEY: Crusade brought rugby program back to life at RMC
Crusade brought rugby program back to life at RMC By CLAUDE SCILLEY As campaigns go, this one got pretty intense, Rob Parent recalls. “It got very interesting,” Parent said. “I made myself a huge pain in the ass.” Not even generals could elude the crusading Parent, who one day struck up a conversation with Rick…
Classy Nostalgia Visit by Jerry Coggins Roddy
All photos by Curtis Maynard Special Visit to Coggins Club By: WJO Imagine for a moment visiting a place where your dad worked (served) for close to 30 years. Imagine further, you haven’t set foot on the grounds since his memorial was held there about 29 years ago. Imagine even more you have been invited…
Keeping Tabs…
Group Business Planning Manager at Department of National Defence ACSO at Canadian Armed Forces Business Broker (Help buy or sell a business) – Broker of Record System Administrator at University of Saskatchewan Communications and Electronics Engineering Officer at Canadian Forces President & CEO at ATLAS ELEKTRONIK CANADA Ltd. Recently posted from CDA back to RMCC…
Catching Up With the News
xx Professor Lubomyr Luciuk (Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada) has recently published “Jews, Ukrainians and the Euromaidan” which traces the generally positive role played by Jewish Ukrainians and the Jewish Diaspora in support of the Ukrainian revolution of November 2013 (Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto in association with the…
Ways & Means of Passing an Arts Course Without Actually Attending Lectures
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Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Connecting Our Past, Preserving Our Heritage / Témoigner de notre passé pour préserver notre héritage
We get emails: The Group of ’78 and more
I would like to bring to your attention a conference that may be of interest to you and others in the RMC Club. The Group of 78 is holding its annual policy conference this September 26 -28 at the Canadian War Museum on the theme, World War 1 and Contemporary Policy on War and Peace. With…