Dr Joel Sokolsky Formally Installed as XII Principal of RMC
Dr Joel Sokolsky was officially installed as the XII Principal of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), in a Currie Hall ceremony last Friday. 12192 Brigadier-General Tom Lawson, XII Commandant and Vice-Chancellor of RMC, presided over the event. The installation of a Principal is a long-standing tradition in the academic community and is rich…
Degrees presented at RMC’s LXXXIII Convocation
Two Honourary Doctorates conferred alongside 41 undergraduate and graduate degrees The Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada , 12192 Brigadier-General Tom Lawson in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor conferred 41 undergraduate and graduate degrees during the Fall Convocation Ceremony in RMC’s Currie Hall Friday, November 21, 2008. Honourary degrees were conferred upon Madame Louise…
What’s Happening At RMC
Passing of the Torch: New Top 4 Cadet Positions Revealed On Friday, 22nd of November, the new cadet “bar slate” for the Winter 2009 semester was finally revealed. Having served a semester as the top of the cadet chain of command, the current top 4 cadets (IV Jacklyn Power, IV Yanick Drouin, IV Jean-Francois Horth,…
Where are they now?
Director of Cadets LCol Anthony “Tony” O’Keeffe will be away from the college for a couple of weeks. He is competing in the 2008 Ultraman World Championships on November 28, 29 & 30. The three day, 320-mile (515-kilometer) individual ultra-endurance event which takes place on the Big Island of Hawaii. Entry is limited to 35…
Ex-Cadets in the News
7771 Mr James (Jim) W Leech (RRMC RMC 1968) is President and CEO, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Toronto. He was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Leech has a B.Sc. in mathematics (Royal Military College of Canada) and an MBA (Queen’s University). He is married with three children. Leech is 61. He controls $108.5 billion in…
Catching Up With the News
Troops may not be home long Canadians in often-overlooked Korean War held their ground Taking Sandhurst to the DR Congo Grave confirms early Sikh ‘fought for Canada’ We runneth over their cups Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet General silence Obama administration ‘will back Israel’: security expert
Promoting RMC in Beautiful BC
7059 LCol (Ret’d) Terry G Senft (RRMC RMC ‘66) has been the RMC Liaison Officer for British Columbia, working with Canadian Forces Recruiting Center Vancouver since 2002. Terry graduated from RMC with a degree in Electrical Engineering followed by a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Manitoba. He served as a Communications and…
Wall of Honour – Call for Nominations
RMC ’63 Wall of Honour Introduction The Class of 1963, as their gift to the College upon entry into the Old Brigade in 2009, are creating and donating to RMC, a Wall of Honour to recognize ex-cadets of the Royal Military Colleges (RMC, RRMC, CMR) and others with College numbers for outstanding achievements and contributions…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Constance, Germany, June 11, 1872. I was the eldest son and heir of a nobleman of high rank and the representative descendant of a distinguished family. The estates in the municipality of Péruwelz, Hainaut (province), Walloon Region, Belgium and the title to…
Opinion: We mustn’t participate in ‘criminal follies’
Dear Editor – Thanks to Rob O’Flanagan for his thoughtful and eloquent column, “Too many things make me sick of war” (Guelph Mercury, Nov. 15). I’ve been thinking about war myself lately, in part because Nov. 10 was the anniversary of my father’s death — and in his last days nearly 20 years ago, my…
Commandant Series – John Moreau Grant
I Commandant RRMC: 1942 – 1946 (Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards) RNCC5 Captain (N) John Moreau Grant C.B.E. was born in 1895 in Halifax, N.S. He spent two years at school in Heidelberg, Germany. He returned to Halifax in 1909. In Jan. 1911 he joined the Royal Naval College of Canada in Halifax Nova Scotia…
Retirements
6236 Ron Day, Deputy Director of General Safety, will be retiring effective January 6, 2009 after 51 years combined service to Canada in the Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence. Ron’s military career began when he joined the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in 1952 where he earned the rank of Lance Sergeant…