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…
ALOY Cadets Return After Successful Canoeing Campaign
Article by: WJO. All photos courtesy: Kommy Farahani Cadets of the Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) returned to Royal Military College of Canada after a successful annual canoeing expedition, this past Friday, which had started a week earlier at Smiths Falls. During Exercise Eagle Quest, which involved paddling 102 km along the Rideau Canal, in…
Summer Training Means Grueling Work for CI & Staff
Editor’s Note: Last week e-Veritas gave you a cadet-level perspective on the issues of the current transition into summer training that is now wrapping up at RMCC. We now present the other side of the story. As They See It: RMCC Chief Instructor’s Office Tackles Complex Problems to Get Cadets on Training Article by 25494…
Nijmegen 2012 – RMCC Team Getting Ready
Nijmegen 2012 Article by: 25694 OCdt (III) Carl Richmond The International Four Day March Nijmegen, more commonly referred to as simply Nijmegen, was originally an event to commemorate the liberation of the Netherlands by allied forces during World War II (WWII), for allied military veterans specifically. As such, Canada and her allies have sent…
Spotlight on Professors: Dr. Laura Robinson
25366 Mike Shewfelt recently had the chance to sit down with Dr. Laura Robinson, Associate Professor in RMCC’s Department of English and soon to be Department Head. e-Veritas: What made you decide to teach at RMCC…? Dr. Laura Robinson: I began teaching at RMC in 1997, just before I finished my PhD at Queen’s. In…
#47 LCol E.F. Wurtele: “…suffering and death have likewise been their lot…”
This is the seventh and final installment of our seven part series on The History of the Royal Military College of Canada, by #47 LCol Ernest F. Wurtele, VD. LCol Wurtele graduated RMC in 1882, served as honourary secretary-treasurer of the RMC Club from 1892 to 1913, was the associate editor of the RMC Review,…
Careers | Carrières
Bilingual Product Integration Specialist / Spécialiste de l’implémentation de produits Ceridian Canada, Montreal Software Developers / Développeurs de logiciels Toon Boom Animation Inc., Montreal Electrical Site Engineer / Ingénieur Électrique de chantiers Kelly Services, Quebec City Process Engineer / Ingénieur de Procédé GEA Barr-Rosin, Boisbriand Technical Representative / Représentant Technique Quintal & Associé Consultant…
Deaths | Décès
2593 John Alfred PARKER PARKER, John Alfred LCol (ret); MBE, B.M.Sc., CD. April 28th, 1918 – May 29th, 2012 Born in Ottawa to Alfred and Mina; step-mother Ella. Attended Royal Military College, Kingston. As an officer in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, went overseas in 1940 with the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Signals Regiment,…
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Class Notes
‘Class Notes’ has become a highly read part of each publication of e-Veritas. We invite readers of all stripes – Ex cadets; PGs; Continuing Education students; former & current faculty & staff to participate. Simply provide a short update on recent significant life events (job changes, retirement, promotions, changed locations, new family members, personal initiatives…
Ex-Cadets in the News & More
MND presents Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal To 7076 John Van Haastrecht By: WJO A surprise Jubilee Medal ceremony was held at the Royal Military College of Canada, Senior Staff Mess just prior to the Convocation, May 17th. The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence awarded 7076 John Van Haastrecht the Diamond Jubilee medal to…