RMCC: The Week That Was & More…Staff Perspective
RMCC: The Week That Was & More… As a part of the USMA and RMCC Exchange, the RMC Club sponsored Alumni game was a great success on Saturday afternoon and included 4 x former NHLers (Rick Smith, Fred Barrett, Brad Marsh and Jean Payette) and 20 Ex cadets. The two game referees were also Ex…
RMCC: The Week That was & More – Cadet Perspective
Photo by 26346 (III) OCdt Dan Ryan Severe winter weather at RMCC has a positive side By: 26670 NCdt (III) Katherine Silins Attending RMCC in the winter teaches cadets many important skills: the ability to skate to class in oxfords, the pricing of space heaters at Canadian Tire, exactly who on campus has a car,…
West Point Weekend Activities
Click here for photos from the entire weekend ___________________ RMC Mess Opens its Doors for West Point Cadets! Article by: 26659 (II) Danielle Andela This weekend the Royal Military College of Canada Mess arranged a variety of events to make the West Point Cadets feel welcomed at RMC. Cadet Wing President of the Mess…
The Week That Was & More West Point Weekend
Is religion’s influence on self-control inescapable? Speaker: Kevin Rounding, Doctoral candidate at Queen’s University Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 Mr. Rounding presented an overview of his research area in which non-conscious reminders of God-related concepts boost people’s ability to self-regulate their behaviour, even under circumstances when we would not expect people to be able to exert…
Cadet Perspectives on the I-81 Exchange
Article by: NCdt 26670 Katherine Silins On Thursday, as classes let out, some cadets were surprised by the sea of grey that had invaded campus, residences and the CDH. The end of the day marked the start of the I-81 exchange between the United States Military Academy at Westpoint and RMC. This event is highly…
The Week That Was…
On Tuesday 14 Jan 14, BGen Meinzinger accompanied by College Chief Warrant Officer, Keith Davidson paid a special visit to the College Orderly Room, not for the purpose of conducting personal business, but to surprise Cpl Renee Gauthier, an RMS Clerk employed in the Claims section at the COR. With her colleagues looking on, BGen…
RMCC Levee at the SSM
This past Friday, 10 Jan, Commandant BGen Al Meinzinger held a levee to mark the start of the New Year. Local political, other community leaders joined with current and past military and civilian RMCC staffs; Ex Cadets from the Kingston Branch all packed into the Senior Staff Mess and paid their respects. The large over-flowing…
The Week That Was
Click, click on photos for better viewing Dome restoration making progress Resurrecting the dome continues to be a high priority. Weather permitting over the past week or so work crews were spotted working hard to make the necessary repairs and clean-up. The process to re-inflate it started this past Friday afternoon. By Sunday from…
Sports Dome Taken Down by Ice Storm
THE ICE STORM CAUSED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE CITY. Short CKWS video The weekend before Christmas Day (21 to 23 Dec) saw a major storm system sweep through southern & eastern Ontario. The ice storm system travelled along the Hwy. 401 corridor coated much of the local Kingston area in a thick crust of ice.…
The Week That Was & More…
ALOY Students Meet Commander of the Canadian Army By: WJO Students from the Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) had a memorable experience last Wed, 4 Dec. The Commander of the Canadian Army, Lieutenant-General J.M.M. Hainse visited RMCC and the main item on his agenda was to spend some time with the ALOY students in a…
The Week That Was & More
The Week That was… The past seven days were interesting ones around RMCC. As you have likely read elsewhere in this edition, both the Commandant and Principal were in Edmonton, 25-27 Nov, attending the annual Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans Health Research forum. The Class of ’65 Teaching Excellence Award Public Lecture took place…
Next Up, Exams
Last Scheduled Parade for the Semester By: 26670 NCdt (II) Katherine Silins Although this year, Wednesday morning parades have become the norm, the last parade of the year was different. It was not, however, the ankle-high layer of snow that covered the parade square (while it was still falling gently) or due to the impromptu…