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Welcome to the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association (RCMSA) Website

The RCMSA is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting Canadaโ€™s military medical services and members โ€“ past, present and future.

Although all information on this website is unclassified, some details concerning current Canadian Forces operations, procedures, and equipment capabilities will not be illustrated.

 

The RCMSA is proud to announce the three recipients of the 2025 Educational Bursary. These outstanding individuals demonstrated exceptional academic commitment, community involvement, and dedication to their personal and professional growth: ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐š...
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๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! / ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! The RCMSA invites members and their families to participate in our 2025 Holiday Card Contest! โ€ข Create your own holiday card design โ€” authentic, original, and heartfelt. โ€ข A $100 prize will be awarded to the selected card! โ€ข Deadline: November 21, 2025 โ€ข Send to: communications@rcmsa.ca Please include: โ€ข The name of the RCMSA member (serving or retired) โ€ข Your relationship to the member (self, spouse, child, etc.) โ€ข A few words about what inspired your design The winning card will be featured in the 2025 RCMSA Holiday message! We are aware that Remembrance Day is approaching. This initiative is being shared early to allow time for families to participate while we continue to honour and remember those who served. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! / ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! Lโ€™ASSRC invite ses membres et leurs familles ร  participer ร  son concours de cartes des Fรชtes 2025! โ€ข Crรฉez votre propre carte des Fรชtes โ€” authentique, originale et sincรจre. โ€ข Un prix de 100 $ sera remis pour la carte sรฉlectionnรฉDate limite : 21 novembre 2025 โ€ข Envoyez ร  : communications@rcmsa.ca Veuillez inclure : โ€ข Le nom du membre de lโ€™ASSRC (en service ou retraitรฉ) โ€ข Votre lien avec ce membre (vous-mรชme, conjoint, enfant, etc.) โ€ข Quelques mots sur ce qui a inspirรฉ votre crรฉation La carte gagnante sera prรฉsentรฉe dans le message des Fรชtes 2025 de lโ€™ASSRC! Nous sommes conscients que le jour du Souvenir approche. Cette initiative est partagรฉe dรจs maintenant afin de donner le temps aux familles de participer, tout en continuant ร  honorer la mรฉmoire de celles et ceux qui ont servi.

๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! / ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! The RCMSA invites members and their families to participate in our 2025 Holiday Card Contest! Create your own holiday card design โ€” authentic,...
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Order of Canada

The RCMSA Board of Directors extends its most heartfelt congratulations to two distinguished members of the RCMS family who have been appointed to the Order of Canadaย for their outstanding contributions LCol (Ret) Vivian McAlister, O.C. Awarded on:...
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Canadian Armed Forces announces the creation of the Paramedic and Combat Medic Occupations

In 2020, Med Tech and Med A entered an occupational analysis to address various employment structure problems. These included inefficient training, misalignment between paramedic competencies and job requirements, total force misalignment, and an...
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RCMSA Educational Bursary Bourse d’รฉtudes de l’ASSRC

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง! Deadline: July 18, 2025 Up to three (3) bursaries of $1,000 each Are you a member of the RCMSA or have a child or grandchild pursuing post-secondary education? The Royal Canadian Medical Service Association is proud to...
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Reserve doctor deployed on Operation Horizon

Major Paul Dhillon calls Sechelt home, but before settling there, he grew up in Tsawwassen, BC, where he developed a love of learning and of travel. Since graduating high school, Paul has earned degrees in political science and medicine, a Masterโ€™s...
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Appointments APS 2025 Nominations PAA 2025

The RCMSA would like to recognize several key appointments affecting Health Services personnel during this yearโ€™s Active Posting Season / Lโ€™ASSRC tient ร  souligner plusieurs nominations importantes touchant le personnel des Services de santรฉ pour...
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Remembering Pte Farley

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King Charles III Coronation Medal

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Atlantic Region Chapter

Good news! Your RCMSA Board of Directors   has approved the inauguration of a Regional Representative   for the Atlantic Region. This starts a new chapter in the history of the RCMSA. For all members in the region or those...
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๐…๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž โ€“ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐žSince 1984, the Medical Service has honoured Saint Luke, believed to have been a physician and the author of the Gospel that tells the parable of the Good Samaritan โ€” a story that continues to inspire compassion, humanity, and service among our members.Across the years, many medical units and families have gathered on the Sunday nearest October 18 to celebrate this meaningful tradition.๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ?Share your photos, memories, or stories of how your team honours this special day within the RCMS!๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ / ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’š & ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’--------------------------------------------------------------------๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐žฬ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐š๐๐ข๐ž๐งDepuis 1984, le Service de santรฉ rend hommage ร  saint Luc, reconnu comme mรฉdecin et auteur de lโ€™ร‰vangile contenant la parabole du Bon Samaritain, symbole intemporel de compassion et de service envers autrui.Au fil des ans, plusieurs unitรฉs et familles se sont rรฉunies le dimanche le plus prรจs du 18 octobre pour souligner cette tradition significative.๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐žฬ ๐œ๐žฬ๐ฅ๐žฬ€๐›๐ซ๐ž-๐ญ-๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ ?Partagez vos photos, vos souvenirs ou vos tรฉmoignages pour faire vivre cette belle tradition du Service de santรฉ royal canadien !๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ / ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’š & ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ“ฐ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ!Discover highlights from our community โ€” from commemorations and awards to member stories and new initiatives.๐Ÿ“– Read it online: mailchi.mp/4da3b07f3853/rcmsa-newsletter-bulletin-de-lassrc------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“ฐ๐‹๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž!Dรฉcouvrez les faits saillants de notre communautรฉ : commรฉmorations, prix, nouvelles initiatives et plus encore.๐Ÿ“– Lisez-le ici : mailchi.mp/4da3b07f3853/rcmsa-newsletter-bulletin-de-lassrc ... See MoreSee Less

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๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! / ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐ŸŽ„ The RCMSA invites members and their families to participate in our 2025 Holiday Card Contest! ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Create your own holiday card design โ€” authentic, original, and heartfelt.๐Ÿ’ฐ A $100 prize will be awarded to the selected card!๐Ÿ“… Deadline: November 21, 2025๐Ÿ“ง Send to: communications@rcmsa.caPlease include:โœ… The name of the RCMSA member (serving or retired)โœ… Your relationship to the member (self, spouse, child, etc.)โœ… A few words about what inspired your design๐ŸŒŸ The winning card will be featured in the 2025 RCMSA Holiday message!๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ We are aware that Remembrance Day is approaching. This initiative is being shared early to allow time for families to participate while we continue to honour and remember those who served.-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! / ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐ŸŽ„Lโ€™ASSRC invite ses membres et leurs familles ร  participer ร  son concours de cartes des Fรชtes 2025! ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Crรฉez votre propre carte des Fรชtes โ€” authentique, originale et sincรจre.๐Ÿ’ฐ Un prix de 100 $ sera remis pour la carte sรฉlectionnรฉe!๐Ÿ“… Date limite : 21 novembre 2025๐Ÿ“ง Envoyez ร  : communications@rcmsa.caVeuillez inclure :โœ… Le nom du membre de lโ€™ASSRC (en service ou retraitรฉ)โœ… Votre lien avec ce membre (vous-mรชme, conjoint, enfant, etc.)โœ… Quelques mots sur ce qui a inspirรฉ votre crรฉation๐ŸŒŸ La carte gagnante sera prรฉsentรฉe dans le message des Fรชtes 2025 de lโ€™ASSRC!๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Nous sommes conscients que le jour du Souvenir approche. Cette initiative est partagรฉe dรจs maintenant afin de donner le temps aux familles de participer, tout en continuant ร  honorer la mรฉmoire de celles et ceux qui ont servi. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ / ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ŸŒŸRetirement โ€“ Commander (Cdr) ๐Š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐š๐š๐œ, ๐‚๐ƒAfter 35 years of uniformed service to Canada, including 13 geographic moves, Commander Kirsta MacIsaac will retire from the Canadian Forces Health Services on 3 November 2025.Throughout her distinguished career, Cdr MacIsaac has served across Canada and abroad โ€” from Canadian Forces Hospital Halifax to commanding three CFHS Health Centres (Wainwright, Valcartier, Gagetown), and holding multiple senior staff roles at the strategic level. Her dedication and leadership have left a lasting impact on military healthcare and the CFHS community.We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Cdr MacIsaac on an exceptional career of service, compassion, and leadership, and wish her all the best as she embarks on this next chapter.A retirement reception will be held in November 2025 (date to be confirmed).Expressions of interest in attending and personal notes may be sent to KMAC.DWD2025@gmail.com-----------------------------------------------------------------Retraite โ€“ Capitaine de frรฉgate (Capf) ๐Š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐š๐š๐œ, ๐‚๐ƒAprรจs 35 annรฉes de service en uniforme au Canada, incluant 13 dรฉmรฉnagements gรฉographiques, la Capf Kirsta MacIsaac prendra sa retraite des Services de santรฉ des Forces canadiennes le 3 novembre 2025.Tout au long de sa carriรจre distinguรฉe, la Capf MacIsaac a servi ร  travers le pays et ร  lโ€™รฉtranger โ€” de lโ€™Hรดpital des Forces canadiennes Halifax ร  la direction de trois centres de santรฉ des SSFC (Wainwright, Valcartier, Gagetown), en passant par plusieurs rรดles de cadre supรฉrieur ร  lโ€™รฉchelon stratรฉgique. Son leadership et son dรฉvouement ont profondรฉment marquรฉ la communautรฉ des Services de santรฉ des FAC.Nous lui adressons nos plus sincรจres fรฉlicitations pour une carriรจre exemplaire, empreinte de compassion, de professionnalisme et de leadership, et lui souhaitons une retraite des plus enrichissantes.Une rรฉception de dรฉpart dans la dignitรฉ aura lieu en novembre 2025 (date ร  confirmer).Les personnes souhaitant y assister ou transmettre un mot personnel peuvent รฉcrire ร  KMAC.DWD2025@gmail.com ... See MoreSee Less

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