Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

Royal Canadian Medical Service Association website.

 

Membership Application and Renewal / Adhรฉsions ร  l' ASSRCRCMSA Shop / ASSRC Boutique

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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,...

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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๐Ÿƒ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆOn September 20, 2026, many of our RCMSA members took part in the Canada Army Run in Ottawa, joining military members, veterans, families, and supporters for this annual event celebrating the Canadian Armed Forces community.Whether running, walking, or cheering from the sidelines, it was wonderful to see our members come together in a spirit of camaraderie, determination, and community.๐Ÿ‘ Congratulations to everyone who participated!------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿƒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆLe 20 septembre 2026, plusieurs membres de lโ€™ASSRC ont participรฉ ร  la Course de lโ€™Armรฉe du Canada, ร  Ottawa, aux cรดtรฉs de militaires, de vรฉtรฉrans, de familles et de sympathisants rรฉunis pour cet รฉvรฉnement annuel cรฉlรฉbrant la communautรฉ des Forces armรฉes canadiennes.Que ce soit ร  la course, ร  la marche ou pour encourager les participants, ce fut un plaisir de voir nos membres rรฉunis dans un esprit de camaraderie, de dรฉtermination et de solidaritรฉ.๐Ÿ‘ Fรฉlicitations ร  toutes les personnes qui ont participรฉ!------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‘…๐ถ๐‘€๐‘†๐ด ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 2026 ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘Ž ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘…๐‘ข๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘‚๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž. | ๐ท๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘™โ€™๐ด๐‘†๐‘†๐‘…๐ถ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘™โ€™๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’ฬ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘ข ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘Ž 2026, ๐‘Žฬ€ ๐‘‚๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž. ...
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๐Ÿ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ On November 11, ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ž - High Readiness Detachment, 1 Canadian Field Hospital, Ottawa; will have the honour of serving as the Canadian Joint Forces Command โ€“ Nursing Officer during the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa.Selected as part of the 2026 Remembrance Day Sentry Program, Capt Coulombe will represent the dedication and service of Canadian Armed Forces members on this important occasion.๐Ÿ‘ The RCMSA congratulates Capt Coulombe on this meaningful recognition!๐Ÿ“ฐ Learn more about the 2026 Remembrance Day Sentry Program: www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2026/10/2026-remembrance-day-sent...----------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐Ÿ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ซLe 11 novembre, la ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ž - Dรฉtachement ร  haut niveau de prรฉparation, 1er Hรดpital de campagne du Canada, Ottawa; aura lโ€™honneur dโ€™agir ร  titre dโ€™officiรจre des soins infirmiers du Commandement des Forces interarmรฉes du Canada lors de la cรฉrรฉmonie nationale du jour du Souvenir ร  Ottawa.Sรฉlectionnรฉe dans le cadre du Programme des sentinelles du jour du Souvenir 2026, la Capt Coulombe reprรฉsentera le dรฉvouement et le service des membres des Forces armรฉes canadiennes lors de cette importante cรฉrรฉmonie.๐Ÿ‘ Lโ€™ASSRC fรฉlicite la Capt Coulombe pour cette belle reconnaissance!๐Ÿ“ฐ Pour en savoir plus sur le Programme des sentinelles du jour du Souvenir 2026 : www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/feuille-derable/defense/2026/10/annonce-participants... ...
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๐ŸŽ„ 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 ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!Calling all RCMSA members and their families! ๐ŸŽจGet creative for a chance to WIN $100! ๐Ÿ’ฐWe're looking for original holiday card designs inspired by the Canadian Armed Forces Medical Services.๐Ÿ“… Deadline: December 6, 2026๐Ÿ“ง Contest details have been sent to our members by email!๐Ÿ’š ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ? ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ!๐Ÿ”— www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/royal-canadian-medical-service-associations-memberships๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ด๐‘  ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘.---------------------------------------------------------------------๐ŸŽ„ 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Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ž ๐ฅ'๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚!ร€ tous les membres de l'ASSRC et ร  leurs familles! ๐ŸŽจLaissez libre cours ร  votre crรฉativitรฉ et courez la chance de GAGNER 100 $! ๐Ÿ’ฐNous recherchons des crรฉations originales inspirรฉes des Services de santรฉ des Forces armรฉes canadiennes.๐Ÿ“… Date limite : 6 dรฉcembre 2026๐Ÿ“ง Les dรฉtails du concours ont รฉtรฉ transmis ร  nos membres par courriel!๐Ÿ’š ๐•๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง'๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž? ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ-๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅ'๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐žฬ!๐Ÿ”— www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/royal-canadian-medical-service-associations-memberships๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ดฬ€ ๐‘™'๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘ข ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘ข ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘Žฬ€ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘ฅ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘– ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘– ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘ . ...
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๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž!The Fall 2026 edition of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association (RCMSA) newsletter has officially been sent to our members by email! ๐Ÿ“ฌFrom operational highlights and historical stories to community initiatives and member achievements, this edition celebrates the people, contributions, and legacy of the Royal Canadian Medical Service.๐Ÿ’š Not a member yet? Join our community to stay connected, celebrate our shared heritage, and receive future newsletters directly in your inbox!๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/royal-canadian-medical-service-associations-membershipsโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐'๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐žฬ!L'รฉdition d'automne 2026 du bulletin de l'Association du Service de santรฉ royal canadien (ASSRC) a officiellement รฉtรฉ envoyรฉe par courriel ร  nos membres! ๐Ÿ“ฌDes activitรฉs opรฉrationnelles aux rรฉcits historiques, en passant par les initiatives communautaires et les rรฉalisations de nos membres, cette รฉdition met en valeur les personnes, les contributions et le patrimoine du Service de santรฉ royal canadien.๐Ÿ’š Vous n'รชtes pas encore membre? Joignez-vous ร  notre communautรฉ pour rester en contact, cรฉlรฉbrer notre patrimoine commun et recevoir nos prochains bulletins directement dans votre boรฎte courriel!๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž : www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/royal-canadian-medical-service-a#rcmsat#assrce#royalcanadianmedicalservicey#servicedesantรฉroyalcanadienrviceDeSantรฉRoyalCanadien ...
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