Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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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.

 

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Canadian Nurses in Military Service 1895 – Present

A tribute to the thousands of Canadian nurses who have carried out official duties with the military during the Northwest Rebellion, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the Afghanistan Conflict, and numerous...
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Renew / Renouveler

๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ https://www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/membership-renewal/ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ณ ๐๐žฬ€๐ฌ ๐š๐ฎ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐โ€™๐ก๐ฎ๐ข ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ณ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐žฬ๐ฌ...
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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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๐Ÿ“ธ More photos are on the way โ€” stay tuned! Iโ€™ve received additional images that Iโ€™ll be sharing over the coming weeks.๐Ÿ“ธ Dโ€™autres photos sโ€™en viennent โ€” restez ร  lโ€™affรปt! Jโ€™ai reรงu plusieurs autres images que je publierai au cours des prochaines semaines. ... See MoreSee Less
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๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐€๐†๐Œ โ€“ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญAGM documents have now been sent to members by email. Please check your inbox (and junk folder) to review the information ahead of the voting period.If you did not receive the email, please contact me directly so I can assist you: communications@rcmsa.caA reminder will be sent on March 5 once the voting form officially opens.๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐€๐†๐€ ๐žฬ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฒ๐žฬ๐ฌLes documents de lโ€™AGA ont maintenant รฉtรฉ envoyรฉs aux membres par courriel. Nous vous invitons ร  vรฉrifier votre boรฎte de rรฉception (ainsi que vos courriels indรฉsirables) afin de prendre connaissance de lโ€™information avant la pรฉriode de vote.Si vous nโ€™avez pas reรงu le message, veuillez me contacter directement afin que je puisse vous aider : communications@rcmsa.caUn rappel sera envoyรฉ le 5 mars lorsque le formulaire de vote sera officiellement ouvert. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ“ธ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ โ€“ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌGaรฉtan Lรฉpine kindly shared with us photos from his course in Borden (1972) and from his posting to NDMC (1972โ€“1973). Do you recognize anyone in these photos? ๐Ÿ‘€Were you part of these courses or postings?We would love to hear your stories โ€” and if you have photos from your own training or postings, please consider sharing them with us. Preserving our history depends on all of us.๐Ÿ“ฉ You can send photos or stories via private message or email us at communications@rcmsa.ca.๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ โ€“ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ ๐’๐’๐‘๐‚Gaรฉtan Lรฉpine a gรฉnรฉreusement partagรฉ avec nous des photos de son cours ร  Borden (1972) ainsi que de son affectation au NDMC (1972โ€“1973). Reconnaissez-vous quelquโ€™un sur ces photos? ๐Ÿ‘€Faisiez-vous partie de ces cours ou affectations?Nous aimerions lire vos souvenirs โ€” et si vous avez des photos de vos propres formations ou affectations, nโ€™hรฉsitez pas ร  les partager avec nous. Prรฉserver notre histoire est une responsabilitรฉ collective.๐Ÿ“ฉ Vous pouvez nous รฉcrire en message privรฉ ou ร  communications@rcmsa.ca. ... See MoreSee Less

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association is with RCMSA Atlantic Region Chapter.

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โ˜•๐Ÿฅ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐ฑ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก โ€“ ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“ Inn on the Lake, Fall River, NSWhat a wonderful gathering with members of our RCMS community! Thank you to everyone who joined us for a great morning of conversation, connection, and camaraderie.For those who werenโ€™t able to attend โ€” donโ€™t worry, more events are coming! Iโ€™m hoping to host another brunch soon in the Greenwood area, as well as a future gathering at a venue where partners, friends, and family will be welcome to join.Looking forward to seeing many of you again soon!โ€” Rod Brittainโ˜•๐Ÿฅ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐๐ฎ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐ฑ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ๐žฬ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“ Inn on the Lake, Fall River (N.-ร‰.)Quelle belle rencontre au sein de notre communautรฉ du Service de santรฉ! Merci ร  toutes les personnes prรฉsentes pour ce moment dโ€™รฉchange, de convivialitรฉ et de retrouvailles.Pour celles et ceux qui nโ€™ont pas pu y participer โ€” dโ€™autres activitรฉs sont ร  venir! Jโ€™espรจre organiser prochainement un autre brunch dans la rรฉgion de Greenwood, ainsi quโ€™une rencontre dans un lieu oรน conjoints, amis et membres de la famille seront les bienvenus.Au plaisir de vous revoir bientรดt!โ€” Rod Brittain ... See MoreSee Less

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