The Week That Was
16412 Gordon J. Clarke – Steps Down as Club President… Dec 8, 2010 Members of General Council, It has been an honour to serve as the president of your Club for the past fourteen months. My day job is now at a critical juncture which requires my undivided attention for the next several months and…
RMC IV Year, Brendan Alexander a Rhodes Scholar Elect
RMC IV Year, Brendan Alexander a Rhodes Scholar Elect Will Join Gino Bruni at Oxford in 2011 “ I am so proud of OCdt Alexander and his selection for a 2011 Rhodes Scholarship. This recognition not only speaks to the incredible talents of OCdt Alexander, but also to the tremendous success of the RMC program.…
LXXXIX Convocation
Royal Military College bestowed two honourary degrees Friday (19 Nov) at its annual fall convocation ceremony. Retired colonel 5780 Bernard Laliberte, an RMC graduate, specialized in disaster preparedness in an international career with the Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations. Dr. Colin Franklin, a physicist and member of the Order of Canada, was a pioneer…
Rod McDonald New RMC Foundation E.V-P.
RODERICK RUSSELL MCDONALD CD, MA, psc, pscj, plsc RMC Foundation Appoints Executive Vice-President The RMC Foundation is pleased to announce that LCol Rod McDonald has accepted the position of Executive Vice-President of the Foundation effective December 1, 2010. Rod brings a wealth of College experience to his new role. With seven years of service at…
FALL CONVOCATION – Bernard Laliberté & Colin Franklin to Receive Honourary Degrees
The Fall Convocation (FC) will occur on Friday, 19 November at Currie Hall at 2 PM. The ceremony provides the Vice-Chancellor the opportunity to confer degrees upon those individuals who have completed their degree requirements since the previous Spring Convocation. It is also a profiled opportunity to confer an Honourary Degree upon 5780 Colonel (Ret’d)…
6513 John Bart (RMC 1965) Awards – 10th Anniversary – Smashing Success!
Photo by: 24487 Dan Fleming On Friday evening, the College was very pleased to host 6513 Capt(Ret’d) John (RMC ’65) and Mary Bart for the annual Bart leadership award. Mr. and Mrs Bart are tremendous supporters of RMCC and their generosity enables a broad range of Cadet activities. At the dinner, Capt Bart recognized the…
From Sea to RMC – An Epic Journey From Victoria, BC to Kingston, ON
All the way from the former RRMC to RMC – (4,500 km) to celebrate his 40th. Now that’s a feat! From Sea to RMC By Noelani Shore While it may seem like a daunting task to most, John Hills took cycling from Victoria, British Columbia to Kingston, Ontario in stride. In an attempt to cycle…
Capt. Matthew Dawe Building Ceremony
FOR FIRST TIME A CANADIAN MILITARY BUILDING HAS BEEN NAMED IN MEMORY OF A CANADIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN. Building named after fallen captain Peter Dawe Address… “IT IS OF COURSE A HUGE HONOUR FOR MY FAMILY – AND BY THAT I MEAN THE DAWES, THE SAMSONS AND TARA’S FAMILY, THE HEGARTYS. WE ARE FULLY…
Badging Parade and Wall of Honour Inductees
” As the 2010 Ex Cadet weekend comes to a close, I want to take this opportunity to thank the very many people who worked so hard to organize and execute all the activities. From start to finish, it was an incredible weekend! Special thanks to the RMC Club and Foundation leadership for their tremendous…
West Point Graduate Responds to “Royal Military College” in Outer Space!
RMCC Communicates with International Space Station Submitted by: Thomas J. RACEY, PhD (Two photos below by: 24487 OCdt Dan Fleming RMCC has a very strong undergraduate and graduate Space Science program. The Physics Department has been working very hard to improve the “hands-on” component of the Undergraduate Program for the students. We recently were able…
RMC Sports Day Going National on CBC TV
xx CBC filmed the recent Harrier Run and portions of RMC sports – to be aired this saturday – 18 Sept – Check local listings for times. xxxxx Pictured (left) LCol Sue Wigg, Director of Cadets and (right) Mr Darren Cates, Director of Athletics both being interviewed by CBC this past saturday on the various…
The Clock Has Started to Tick for the CLASS OF 2014
Class of 2014 Marches Through the Arch By: 23712 Brent Fisher (2009) The sun broke through the clouds just in time to welcome around 160 members of the Class of 2014 and around 100 members of the Class of 2013 from RMC St Jean to the RMC-C grounds this past Saturday. And despite having to…