John van Haastrecht Art Collection Now Displayed at RMCC
RMC Museum Curator 8057 Ross McKenzie oversees the hanging of the van Haastrecht collection which now graces the halls of the Royal Military College of Canada. Featured in the photo is a unique, large portrait of an aboriginal woman. The museum is home to a spectacular collection of art as well as artifacts housed in…
Debates of the Senate (Hansard): Royal Military College—Selection of Principal
Sen Romeo Dallaire on RMC selection of a new principal …Debates – Issue 171 – June 6, 2013: Royal Military College—Selection of Principal Hon. Roméo Antonius Dallaire: Honourable senators, I will go back to history again to look into the future with this question. It starts in 1874 when a predecessor of your party, Sir…
Did you know by E3161 Victoria Edwards
Did you know? Commissioned by the Commandant of RMC, two watercolours by Virginia Mitchell were presented in September 1992 by the RMC Club of Canada on the 40th anniversary of college militaire de Saint Jean. Both works are currently located in the Officer’s Mess at RMC Saint-Jean. Virginia Mitchell, the wife of 5033 Colonel (Ret’d)…
Did you know By E3161 Victoria Edwards
Did you know? Terry Culbert presented Royal Military College Museum Curator Ross McKenzie with one of his acrylic paintings on the 9th of January, 2010. The painting was one of two 12×48-inch works Terry had created, featuring the Military College. This particular painting was inspired by looking at the College from a Fort Henry hill.…
How They Recruit for their RMC in Australia
How They Recruit for their RMC in Australia The Royal Military College, Duntrool live interactive broadcast will be held on Thursday 30 May 2013 at 06:30PM AEST. The Australian Army’s live broadcasts let you ask real Army soldiers and Officers your questions, or you can view the highlights from past chats. Captain Sara Robertson is…
Grad Wishes from RMC Club of Canada
President`s Message to RMCC and RMC Saint-Jean Graduates Ladies and Gentlemen, Congratulations. You have successfully completed your respective stages of education and training, and it is now time to face a new set of challenges. For those of you completing your education at RMC Saint-Jean, the challenge will be to continue your education in a…
Currie Hall Area Spruced Up
Decorative Paintings Leading to Currie Hall Article by: 5256 Gwyn Griffith Anyone who hasn’t visited the stairways and hallways leading to Currie Hall lately is in for a treat. When the Currie Building was initially designed following the Great War, decorative paint schemes were prepared for the areas leading to the Hall. Primarily due to…
New Brunswickers accomplished an incredible feat of foot to come to the aid of our friends in Upper Canada
Note from 19874 Brian Macdonald… This Friday 12 April will be the 200th Anniversary of the arrival of NB’s 104th Regiment in Kingston, after an epic winter march of over 1100 km from Fredericton. A ceremony to commemorate this historic occasion will be held at 3 PM on the parade square at the Royal Military…
College Politics Professor Publishes “The Holy See and the Holodomor”
Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, a professor in RMCC’s Department of Politics and Economics, recently published “The Holy See and the Holdomor: Documents from the Vatican Secret Archives on the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine”. Here’s what reviewers had to say: “…by December 1933 it was already too late for anyone, anywhere, to come to…
Fort Saint-Jean Chapter Steps Up!
PETITION WITH REGARD TO PARTI QUEBECOIS BILL 14 ISSUE: Québec law, in this case Bill 101, requires French-speaking Canadians living in the province of Québec to (with a few exceptions) send their children to French-speaking schools. One of those exceptions deals with the children of French-speaking military families. A clause in Bill 101 exempts them,…
Exercice Souvenir 2013
LE VOYAGE ANNUEL DU CMRC AUX CHAMPS DE BATAILLE CANADIENS EN FRANCE ET BELGIQUE Écrit par 25610 Élof (III) Jean-Philippe Bélanger Photos de Capt Moise Morrissette, Adjutant du Collège Encore une fois cette année, quelques membres du personnel de soutien de notre institution et une trentaine d’élèves-officiers de 3e et 4e année ont pu eux-mêmes fouler le…
RMCC Prof. to Deliver 2014 Giroud Lecture in Berlin, Germany
Dr. Bathurst Selected to Deliver Prestigious Giroud Lecture on Geosynthetics The International Geosynthetics Society has announced its selection of Prof. Richard J. Bathurst, P.Eng., Ph.D., FEIC, FCAE, to deliver the 2014 Giroud Lecture—one of the Society’s highest distinctions. Since its first awarding in 1998, the Giroud Lecture has recognized exceptional achievement and influence in the…