What are these 24 up to these days…?
1. Director, Strategy and Capture at General Dynamics Canada 2. retired in 1999 from Environment Canada; lives on an 8 acre country estate bordering a beautiful and quiet lake where he enjoys his independence 3. his significantly older sister in San Jose, CA recently turned 65; little sister Heather arrived from NZ to complete the…
Telescope & Maj Gen Oliver back in the spotlight
Physics Dept. Returns Telescope to Its Rightful Place Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt In 1877, just one year after the opening of the Royal Military College of Canada, then Maj John Ryder Oliver (he would eventually become Maj Gen Oliver) accepted the position of Senior Professor, surveying and astronomy, at the College. In…
Focus on Military Staff: Maj Donnie Monroe, Deputy Director of Cadets
“I have a great deal of respect for those Grads who come out the other end not just smarter and more capable leaders, but better people…” 25366 NCdt Mike Shewfelt recently had the chance to sit down, briefly, with Maj Donnie Monroe, RMCC’s outgoing Deputy Director of Cadets. e-Veritas: Sir, what were your expectations upon…
Spirituality and Support: Being a College Chaplain
A life in the military is not simple, and members of the Canadian Forces will need more personalized guidance during their training and deployment in order to be at their strongest-possible position in life; the cadets at the Royal Military College of Canada are no exception. Major Heather Smith (Chaplain) became a member of the…
Big Local Prescence @ CISM VB in Holland
The 2012 CISM Womens Volleyball draw was just released and there are two pools of four teams. A new country participating this year is Sri Lanka. Canada will play in Pool A as the A4 seed versus A1 Netherlands, A2 Sri Lanka, and A3 China. Pool B will consist of B1 USA, B2 Greece, B3…
Two Cadets Visit China
A Whirlwind of Activity: Two Cadets Visit China for International Week 2012 Article by 25674 Kevin Bernard and 25871 Khuong-Duy Tang We started our journey on Friday the 18th of May with no real idea of what we were in for during the International Week in China, from 20-26 May. The next nine days for both of…
Writing of Life: International Affairs in the Canadian Forces College
The Royal Military College of Canada is rather extensive, and its teachings go much further than its undergraduate program dominated by officer cadets. Dr. Adam Chapnick has been an associate professor at RMC since 2006, but he does not walk the halls in Kingston; he is situated in the Canadian Forces College in Toronto –…
Kingston Insight: Skeleton Bones Trumpet Quartet
e-Veritas typically covers ex-cadet and college-based occurrences, but a crucial part of every military unit’s operation is its relationship within the community.The Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario is blessed to be part of a fascinating community that bolsters creativity, active-lifestyles, and all around excitement. Whether you are a current cadet away on…
The Way It Was…In Photos
Over the next few weeks we plan on posting a number of “oldies but goodies photos” from the past 10 decades & beyond. Most of these photos have little or no captions. We retrieved them from both the Royal Military College of Canada library archives and an old shoe box full of photos laying around…
RMCC’s Art Holdings “Quite Varied and Extensive”
An Impressive Art Collection at RMCC By Kamille Parkinson, PhD Early in 2010 the Royal Military College of Canada Museum was tasked with taking responsibility for the College’s art collection. While initially this new aspect of the Museum collections mightn’t have seemed too daunting, the reality of it is that the art holdings at RMCC…
The Right Hon. Vincent Massey, C.H., Addresses RMC Saint-Jean in 1952
“To learn to know and understand each other…” RH Vincent Massey at the Opening of RMC Saint-Jean Taken from “Speaking of Canada: A selection of speeches, made while in office, of the Right Hon. Vincent Massey, C.H., Governor-General of Canada, 1952-1959,” by Vincent Massey. We would like to acknowledge with thanks – 3572 MGen (ret)…
Deaths | Décès
3625 Colonel (ret) Arthur C WADE – Class of 1956 We received word shortly prior going to press that Art Wade passed away on Saturday, 23 June. Besides his classmates and Ex Cadets from his era, Art will fondly be remembered by Ex Cadets and staff from the Royal Military College of Canada as the…