Jen Ochej Discovers Different Sides of Tim Patriquin
The Many Sides of Tim Patriquin By: Jen Ochej Growing up in a small town in northern Québec, 14892 Tim Patriquin hadn’t given much thought to attending military college before a team of recruiters came to the area. My mom, on a whim, said, ‘Hey, why don’t you go check this out?’” he recalls. “I…
Jen Ochej Meets Up With Chris Chance Following Reunion Weekend
10209 Chris Chance Continues to Serve the C.A.F. 10209 Chris Chance (Class of ’74) grew up in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Manor Park. Like many of his friends, he was recruited in high school to join the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, and it was his time as a militiaman which first ignited the spark of…
Jen Ochej Meets Up With One of the First 32
14390 Kate Armstrong – One of the First 32 – No Regrets By: Jen Ochej This weekend, the Class of 1984 celebrated their thirtieth reunion— and theirs is a class with a special distinction: the cadets graduating from RMC in 1984 were the first year, ever, to include women among their ranks. Kate Armstrong was…
15946 Jill Carleton Looking for More Lady Ex Cadets to Engage with the Club
15946 Jill Carleton Looking for More Lady Ex Cadets to Engage with the Club By: Jen Ochej 15946 Jill Carleton was never led to believe there was any reason she couldn’t do exactly anything she set her mind to— least of all simply because she was a girl— if she was willing to work for…
22259 Adrian Travis, Leads Company Into Profit 500 List
Adrian Travis, Leads Company Into Profit 500 List By: Jen Ochej 22259 Adrian Travis joined the Reserve Entry Training Plan at RMC in 1998 with a view toward studying aviation and entering a career as a pilot with the Primary Reserve Force. “I always had an interest in aviation and generally gravitated towards the Air…
Jen Ochej & 15414 Catherine Paquet
In 1986, 15414 Catherine Paquet graduated from CMR Saint Jean, having studied Business Administration, and took the first of two postings she would have before life took some unexpected turns. Paquet’s career plans changed quite quickly when, pregnant with their second child in two years, her husband 11306 Pierre Rivard was transferred to Toronto— and…
Jen Ochej Connects with 7278 Peter Fosbery
7278 Peter Fosbery “[In] your first year, when they put you through hell— and you go through something like that with a small group of guys, which back then was roughly 100 people, who have come from diverse areas of the country— it creates a lasting impression,” In the mid-1960s a group of RMC cadets…
Jen Ochej Talks With 15622 Jason Donville
15622 Jason Donville – President & CEO Donville Kent Asset Management – Royal Roads & RMC 1986 Article by Jen Ochej Now long since returned to Canada and the President and CEO of his own firm, Donville Kent Asset Management Inc., Donville reflects on much of what is echoed by his fellow alumni; time at…
Jen Ochej Meets Up With 9143 Bruce McAlpine ‘72
9143 Bruce McAlpine ‘72 – President at Fulcrum Search Science Inc. By: Jen Ochej Like many young cadets, 9143 Bruce McAlpine grew up in a military family and found that attending military college was a logical first step into adulthood. “I was accustomed to the military life. It was part of what I always planned…
Jen Ochej Tells Us: Where are they now? 17825 – Kirsti Domay ‘91
Where are they now? 17825 – Kirsti Domay ‘91 By Jen Ochej Kirsti Domay had little idea, when she enrolled at RMC in 1987, what twists and turns her life would take. At seventeen Domay began her degree with the thought of eventually pursuing law, and almost thirty years later finds herself a successful business…