Ex-Cadets in the News
Snorkelling in retirement! Photo by: Brenda Moyer RETIRING FROM THE MILITARY IN KINGSTON OFFERS MANY IDEAL OPTIONS By: 8851 John Moyer (RMC 1971) LCol(ret’d), The Royal Canadian Dragoons I retired from the Canadian Forces in September 2003 after 36 years in an Army uniform and regardless of the colour of your parachute, Kingston is arguably…
Where Are They Now?
We have contacted numerous ex-cadets from the fifties through to the new millennium and plan to feature them in the coming months to give readers a chance to catch up with names and faces from each of the respective CMCs. by M0917 Dean Fleet – 5611 Gerald Stowe (RRMC RMC 1962) “After grad in 1962,…
Musée du Fort Saint-Jean & message du Comité exécutif
————————————————————————————————————— Chers membres du chapitre Fort-Saint-Jean: Votre Comité exécutif a été occupé ces dernières semaines et s’attend à un été productif menant à une excellente fin de semaine des Anciens en septembre. Nous espérons que vous avez déjà réservé la date et que vos plans de déplacement et d’accommodation sont prêts pour le 11-13 septembre…
Extra Innings
Parkinson Society Canada to help with our Annual Toronto Golf Tournament In a difficult year for Fund-raising, we are pleased to announce that the Parkinson Society Canada will partner with the Toronto Branch to support the Annual Golf Tournament. The Tournament will be held on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at the Richmond Hill Golf Club.…
The Importance of the First Goal & The Surreal Life
Can Mathematicians Spot The Winning Team Better Than Sports Commentators? Science Daily (June 2, 2009) – Jack Brimberg and Bill Hurley of The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, point out that sports commentators will often argue the importance of scoring the first goal and often suggest that a team improves its chances of…
RRMC Memories
Brigadier-General (Ret’d) A.C. (Archie) Brown, 3565 (RRMC 1952-54, RMC 1954-56) After attending Royal Roads and RMC, BGen (Ret’d) Brown joined the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers as a combat engineer and then as a general officer, serving for a total of 38 years. He retired from the military in 1990 and now lives in Victoria,…
The Dirty 30 – Those Were the Days… Or Were They?
The Culprits! (L to R, back row) Ron James, Jim White, Dick Cobbold, Jean de Grasse, Jim Watson, John Bird, Jon Legg, Georges Bernier, Mike Ellis (Front row) Kent Foster, Mel Brown, Moe Corbett, John Hunter, Bill Claggett, Ken Stefanson, Ted Butler, John Akerley (Absent) Jim Wilson (Photo courtesy of Neil Johnstone) It…
Careers | Carrières
[English] [French] Positions Available / Postes disponibles Here is a list of job opportunities provided by our partners from RHR with the working area and the experience required. To see the complete details of the jobs, you should be registered on www.RMC-Careers.com. Voici une liste des possibilités d’emploi fournis par nos partenaires de RHR avec…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges alumni
E-veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. Granatstein’s (CMR RMC 1961) interviews (1991-1993) for “The Generals: the Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War”. 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein fonds are at the National Defence HQ Directorate of History and Heritage Percy Arthur Stanley Todd 1131 BGen (Ret’d)…
Who Am I?
Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) Who Am I? * I was born in Ottawa in 1921. * I attended Glebe Collegiate. * When I graduated from Royal Military College in 1941, I received the Governor General’s Gold Medal. * Yosef Karsh, who took photos of Royal Military College officer cadets as a method…
We get emails
Yousuf Karsh, the famed photographer, had been the Government House photographer for many years. An appointment was made for me to go to his studio on Sparks Street for a photograph. I never did get used to meeting the famous, but he quickly put me at ease. His studio seemed to be a semi-empty flat…
Slack Mac IV, Quite the Imagination
In reviewing past issues of The Marker, we came across numerous comics written by “Slack Mac IV.” We at Panet House have been avidly searching for the author but to no avail. These are a sampling of Slack Mac IV’s comic wit, circa 1960. by M0917 Dean Fleet If you happen to know the identity…