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.

 

CFHS Appointments 2026

The RCMSA is pleased to share highlights from CANFORGEN 054/26, announcing key Canadian Forces Health Services appointments for the Active Posting Season 2026. Congratulations to all members assuming new appointments ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ / ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐...
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Ottawa Cohort Brunch

R๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž You are invited to join fellow members of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association for a casual brunch gathering in Ottawa. Date/Time: Thursday 16 April 2026 10:00 AM Location: Pur & Simple 970...
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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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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association
๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ โ€“ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌIn March 2025, Dr. Ruth J. E. Jones generously supported the RCMSA with a donation to establish a Meritorious Award recognizing members of our community.We are pleased to launch the first call for nominations:๐Ÿ… Two awards will be presented:One to a serving RCMS memberOne to a former serving RCAMC / CFMS / RCMS memberEach recipient will receive a $75 bookstore gift card ๐Ÿ“šMeritoriousness is about being worthy of recognition or admiration โ€” no other criteria required.โœ” Nominations (including self-nominations) are welcomeโœ” Short rationale (max 100 words)โœ” Nominees must be RCMSA members in good standing๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ: ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ@๐ซ๐œ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐š.๐œ๐š๐Ÿ—“ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ก๐ซ๐ฌ ๐„๐’๐“The RCMSA sincerely thanks Dr. Jones for her generosity and support.--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌEn mars 2025, la Dre Ruth J. E. Jones a offert un don ร  lโ€™ASSRC afin de crรฉer un prix du mรฉrite visant ร  reconnaรฎtre les membres de notre communautรฉ.Nous lanรงons aujourdโ€™hui le premier appel de candidatures :๐Ÿ… Deux prix seront attribuรฉs :Un ร  un membre en service du RCMSUn ร  un ancien membre du RCAMC / CFMS / RCMSChaque rรฉcipiendaire recevra une carte-cadeau de librairie de 75 $ ๐Ÿ“šLe mรฉrite repose sur le fait dโ€™รชtre digne de reconnaissance ou dโ€™admiration โ€” aucun autre critรจre nโ€™est requis.โœ” Les candidatures (y compris les auto-candidatures) sont acceptรฉesโœ” Justification courte (max. 100 mots)โœ” Les candidats doivent รชtre membres en rรจgle de lโ€™ASSRC๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐šฬ€ : ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ@๐ซ๐œ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐š.๐œ๐š๐Ÿ—“ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž : ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ก ๐‡๐๐„Lโ€™ASSRC remercie sincรจrement la Dre Jones pour sa gรฉnรฉrositรฉ. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ & ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Join us for a relaxed evening with members of the RCMSA community!๐Ÿ“… 23 May 2026โฐ 1700 hrs๐Ÿ“ Cyranos Restaurant, NepeanReconnect, meet fellow members, and enjoy great conversation.๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP: secretary@rcmsa.ca--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐‘๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐ซ๐žฬ๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐โ€™๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Joignez-vous ร  nous pour une soirรฉe conviviale entre membres de la communautรฉ de l'association des Services de santรฉ!๐Ÿ“… 23 mai 2026โฐ 17 h๐Ÿ“ Restaurant Cyranos, NepeanUne belle occasion de reconnecter et dโ€™รฉchanger.๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP : secretary@rcmsa.ca ... See MoreSee Less

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๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐€๐†๐Œ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌThe Summary of Proceedings from the 2026 RCMSA Annual General Meeting has been sent by email to members.If you have not received it, please feel free to reach out.---------------------------------------------------------------------๐€๐†๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฎLe compte rendu des dรฉlibรฉrations de lโ€™AGA 2026 de lโ€™ASSRC a รฉtรฉ transmis par courriel aux membres.Si vous ne lโ€™avez pas reรงu, nโ€™hรฉsitez pas ร  nous contacter. ... See MoreSee Less
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