What’s Happening At Royal Military College of Canada
Hockey Team Split Home-Opener – Paladins failed to ride the momentum from Friday’s season-opening shootout win against Ontario Tech, losing 4-2 to the visiting York Lions on Saturday. Richard Lim had both RMC goals. Scores & details here Hockey teams’ lineups sport a lot of rookies Posted By CLINT WALPER WHIG-STANDARD SPORTS REPORTER Not too…
Opinion – IT’S ABOUT TIME!
I was delighted to read Big Changes with RMC Selection Process, the interview with Registrar Lieutenant-Colonel McDonald, in the latest issue of eVeritas. When we carried out what has become known as the * Withers Report, way back in 1998, we identified the MOC selection process as a serious problem and our Recommendation 8j was:…
Where are they now?
23169 Adrian Hartley (RMC ’05) just recently concluded a successful season playing hockey in Australia for the Central Coast Rhino. Adrian was an assistant captain with the team and was one of five players honoured at the end of the season. More More ____________________________________________________ Ex-RMC Professor update The husband-wife team of Francois Laguagne-Labarthet and Elizabeth…
Ex-Cadet, Adventurer
21678 Captain Meagan K McGrath (RMC ’00) has been granted Leave-With-Out-Pay from the Canadian Air Force for 1 year. In 2009, Meagan McGrath departs on a journey that promises to be one of those rare and exciting expeditions that tests the will, daring and skill of the adventurer. In a single year, Meagan will: Journey,…
11th Annual CDA Institute Graduate Student Symposium
11th Annual CDA Institute Graduate Student Symposium We would like to draw your attention to the 11th Annual CDA Institute Graduate Student Symposium, to be held October 31st – November 1st at Currie Hall, the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. This year’s theme is “Canada’s Security Interests.” The two keynote speakers will be Mr.…
Catching Up With the News
Royal Military College of Canada is featured on the Globe and Mail globecampus. GlobeCampus is The Globe and Mail’s site dedicated to undergraduate education in Canada. Through its innovative search, compare and rank tool called campus navigator, Canadian and visiting students can quickly find the school that would fit them best. The Globe and Mail’s…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
Défi Sportif des Élofs Le 16 septembre 2008 par: Élof Huet et Élof Neppel Beaucoup de choses rassemblent les gens : la musique, la famille, l’amitié et les sports en sont des exemples. Le sport peut agir comme une langue universelle. Samedi, le 13 septembre dernier, les élèves-officiers du CMR St-Jean ont parlé cette langue.…
Airmen Over Arnhem
We expect to resume our Commandants series in the next e-Veritas edition ______________________________________________________ Canadian Military History in Perspective Airmen Over Arnhem October 10, 2008, by Hugh A. Halliday Official Royal Canadian Air Force histories of the Second World War have, of necessity, concentrated on policies directly affecting the national contribution and with particular reference to…
Memory of 2364 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall Honoured
Local war hero honoured in St. Catharines 2364 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall. With a bugle sounding and a warplane drifting low overhead, St. Catharines commemorated one of its most heroic former residents Friday – Air Commodore Leonard Birchall. Dignitaries, bagpipers and military personnel descended on Connaught School for a ceremony that finally gave the man…
Who Am I?
Question #1: Who Am I? I was born 24 July 1869. My father was a Colonel, who served as senator (1874-5) and deputy Minister of Militia and Defence (1875-98). I graduated at the Royal Military College of Canada. I qualified Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery on 2 May 1894. I served in the South…
Today’s Long Gray Line
What happened to the “golden children” of West Point’s bicentennial class? IN A TIME OF WAR The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point’s Class of 2002 One of the demographic curiosities of recent years is that, despite the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the percentage of veterans in the U.S. population has dropped…
Thank You!
You have no idea how difficult it is to read about RMC and the FYOP weekend etc…..and NOT having someone there anymore! Tom would have loved to have been there but the distance is definitely working against him! Shilo is not as close as Petawawa would have been! I didn’t realize how much we would…