PhD students left feeling ‘dehumanised’ and ‘isolated’
PhD students left feeling ‘dehumanised’ and ‘isolated’ By Holly Else US academic urges sector to make doctoral students’ experience ‘more human’ Studying for a PhD can be “dehumanising” and “humiliating”, and programmes may be “needlessly isolating”, according to a US academic. Scott Thomas, president-elect of the US Association for the Study of Higher Education,…
Moving teaching out of the 1890s
Moving teaching out of the 1890s Article by: Anita Acai Educational researchers have been conducting studies on human learning and memory for over a century. Yet, our teaching practices have not changed very much in that time. Having to memorize lines from Shakespeare in my high school English classes was likely as painful for me…
Vietnam Revisited – Part II By12570 Mike Kennedy
Vietnam Revisited – Part II Reflections on One Man’s Life of Service and Sacrifice By 12570 Mike Kennedy More
Vietnam Revisited By 12570 Mike Kennedy
Vietnam Revisited By 12570 Mike Kennedy Forty years ago this spring, troops of the People’s Army of Vietnam mounted an offensive that would prove to be the final chapter in their seemingly never-ending quest to reunite their homeland. When Saigon capitulated to the PAVN forces at the end of April 1975, it marked the end…
12570 Mike Kennedy’s Opinion: “Never Pass a Fault”
Note: Allow me to offer a few words of introduction that provide my own personal perspective on General Vance’s words of wisdom. 12570 Mike Kennedy’s Opinion: “Never Pass a Fault” More
IV Year Faces Reality Head On
A personal reflection for the holiday season IV 26549 Kai Zhao ‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la la la, la-la-la! While the Christmas holiday is always a time of relaxation and enjoyment, this year it is especially important. Leave is always an opportunity to catch up with friends, tease my sister for her youth…
Drowning in Oil: The Yasuni National Park in Ecuador
Drowning in Oil: The Yasuni National Park in Ecuador 26549 OCdt (IV) Kai Zhao As a Fourth-Year cadet looking back, I realize that my experiences at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) both in and outside of the classroom have shaped my perspective of the world. As a soon-to-be Second Lieutenant in the Canadian…
Opinion: Aug 4, 1914
100 Years Ago! By: Olivia Bechard August 4, 2014. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The world was a much different place in 1914, and Canada was certainly not how we know it today. In 1914, Canada was still a dominion of Great Britain, and therefore, when the…
Opinion: Recruitment Woes and Officer Attrition in the Canadian Forces
In recent decades the Canadian Forces have historically suffered from low recruitment and high rates of attrition, damaging both the image and relative strength of the Forces as a whole. Progress has been made, however, and the last several years have seen a boost in political attention towards both the Primary Reserve and the Regular…
The Artillery Story – Five Key Points
12570 Mike Kennedy originally wrote the following article about five years ago to help on a special RCA project. Although Mike is not a Gunner himself, he has tried to articulate some of the key elements of the Canadian Artillery story, as viewed from the perspective of an outsider. This might be timely, as we…
RMCC Lose a Warrior
Major WJ (Danny) McLeod By: WJO Royal Military College of Canada lost a great warrior when – The Major WJ (Danny) McLeod passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 14 Jan 2014. Rolande and I lost a dear friend. Major McLeod arrived in 1960 and became the first Director of Athletics at the…
Professor Replies to Opinion of 3383 Bill Atwood – Re: Military Training & a University Education
I am writing in response to the letter by Mr. Atwood (3383) published in last week’s e-Veritas. I’ve been a professor at RMC for twenty-five years. I teach in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Mr. Atwood seems to suggest that military training and a university education at RMC are incompatible. This doesn’t square…