Le Colonel Jennie Carignan aux commandes du Collège militaire / New Commandant for Royal Military College Saint-Jean
Une nouvelle commandante au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUÉBEC–(Marketwired – 5 juillet 2013) – Le colonel Jennie Carignan a officiellement pris ce matin le commandement du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean lors d’une cérémonie tenue au Collège. C’est le major-général Pierre Forgues, commandant de l’Académie canadienne de la Défense, qui a présidé la…
Professor Replies to Opinion of 3383 Bill Atwood – Re: Military Training & a University Education
I am writing in response to the letter by Mr. Atwood (3383) published in last week’s e-Veritas. I’ve been a professor at RMC for twenty-five years. I teach in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Mr. Atwood seems to suggest that military training and a university education at RMC are incompatible. This doesn’t square…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Mr. Mel Dempster (left) receives his award from Mr. Troy Crosby. M. Mel Dempster (à gauche) reçoit son prix de M. Troy Crosby. Mel Dempster Presented with the Brian Holmes Materiel Group Mentoring Award At a ceremony on Wednesday, July 3, DGMPD (Air), 17557 LCol (Ret’d) Troy Crosby (RMC 1991) presented 8026 Colonel (Ret’d) Mel…
What are these 24 up to these days…
Student-at-Law at Patriot Law Group Aerospace Engineer at Department of National Defence Management Consultant NOTC Venture (Esquimalt), waiting on MARS III, but in the interim working as an assistant for small team that is responsible for redesigning the naval training system President & CEO at TDV Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer at Becomethehouse (BTHi) Inc.…
7543 Joe Day to Receive 2013 Birchall Leadership Award
The Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada Foundation Inc. is pleased to announce that the 2013 recipient of the Air Commodore Leonard Birchall Award will be Senator Joseph A. Day. The Award will be presented to Senator Day during the annual RMC Foundation Legacy Dinner to be held on the grounds of the Royal Military…
John van Haastrecht Art Collection Now Displayed at RMCC
RMC Museum Curator 8057 Ross McKenzie oversees the hanging of the van Haastrecht collection which now graces the halls of the Royal Military College of Canada. Featured in the photo is a unique, large portrait of an aboriginal woman. The museum is home to a spectacular collection of art as well as artifacts housed in…
Former DCdt Layne Larson In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
 IV IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FORMER DIRECTOR OF CADETS E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) interviewed # 5573 Col (Ret’d) Layne Larsen (RRMC 1962), who served as Director of Cadets (DCdts} and as Vice Commandant at RMC from June 1981 until August 1983. e-veritas: You are a member of the first degree class in…
Catching Up With the News
Military culture and education “…Nevertheless, in Canada as in the US, the picture is not entirely rosy. Despite robust wording on academic freedom, the tenure and promotion process is not built into the Royal Military College collective agreement, and has led to a series of grievances and considerable insecurity. We have not had a call…
Memories from “Roads”
In 1940, HMCS Royal Roads was created as a stone frigate to train naval reserve officers for service in the Second World War. Shortly thereafter, a bell was cast and hung in the porte-cochere in front of Hatley Castle. Traditionally, the ship’s bell is integral to the identity and heritage of a ship, and as…
Summer Universiade in Kazan Russia / Paladins Looking for Ass’t Coaches & CISM News
Caption: Chantel Helwer, ex-cadet & former Paladin fencer and Patti Howes (left) at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan Russia. ____________________________________ Career Opportunities for Sports Coaches… Royal Military College of Canada Application Deadline: August 1, 2013 Starting Date: September 1, 2013 Position: Royal Military College of Canada Varsity Assistant Coach Job Description: The Royal Military…
Kingston Branch Seeks a Volunteer
Kingston Branch Seeks a Volunteer To Project Manage an Initiative to Preserve the RMC Cadet Records Background When an officer/naval cadet first enters RMC, a file is opened to record the individual’s performance until they graduate or leave the College prematurely. Up until sometime in the 1990s, all these cadet records were printed on acid…