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

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โ˜•๐Ÿฅ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐€๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐ฑ) โ€“ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐กThe RCMSA Atlantic Region Chapter (Halifax) is pleased to confirm its next gathering. ๐Ÿ’ฌโœจ๐Ÿ“… Saturday, 07 February 2026 | 1100 hrs๐Ÿ“ Inn on the Lake, 3009 Highway 2, Fall River, NS(Exit Hwy 102 at Waverly Road & Lake Thomas)๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP (appreciated by Tues, 03 Feb):rod.brittain.rcmsa@gmail.comWe look forward to seeing you! ๐Ÿ‘‹--------------------------------------------------------------------โ˜•๐Ÿฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐ซ๐žฬ๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ (๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐ฑ) โ€“ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐กLe chapitre de la rรฉgion de lโ€™Atlantique de lโ€™ASSRC (Halifax) est heureux de confirmer sa prochaine rencontre. ๐Ÿ’ฌโœจ๐Ÿ“… Samedi 7 fรฉvrier 2026 | 11 h 00๐Ÿ“ Inn on the Lake, 3009, route 2, Fall River (N.-ร‰.)(Sortie de la route 102 ร  Waverly Road et Lake Thomas)๐Ÿ“ฉ Confirmation de prรฉsence souhaitรฉe dโ€™ici le mardi 3 fรฉvrier :rod.brittain.rcmsa@gmail.comAu plaisir de vous y voir! ๐Ÿ‘‹ ... See MoreSee Less

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association is attending an event.

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๐Ÿบโ˜• ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ & ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ โ€“ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐šJoin us for a meet & greet at the Kanata Legion on February 12, 2026.A relaxed opportunity to reconnect, share a drink, and enjoy camaraderie with members of the military medical community.๐Ÿ‘ฅGuests welcome โ€” serving or retired.๐Ÿ“งPlease RSVP at secretary@rcmsa.ca-------------------------------------๐Ÿบโ˜• ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐‘๐žฬ๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐โ€™๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐šJoignez-vous ร  nous pour une rencontre sociale conviviale ร  la Lรฉgion de Kanata le 12 fรฉvrier 2026.Une belle occasion de se retrouver, dโ€™รฉchanger et de partager un moment entre membres de la communautรฉ mรฉdicale militaire.๐Ÿ‘ฅInvitรฉs bienvenus โ€” membres actifs ou retraitรฉs.๐Ÿ“งMerci de confirmer votre prรฉsence ร  secretary@rcmsa.ca ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐’๐ ๐ญ (๐‘๐ž๐ญโ€™๐) ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ (๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ) ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž, ๐‚๐ƒ๐ŸThe RCMSA extends its sincere condolences on the passing of Sergeant (Retโ€™d) Wilfred (Gregory) Currie, who passed away on December 5, 2025, at the age of 95.Sgt Currie served with dedication for many years, including a long period working at CMED, where his professionalism and commitment were well known and respected. We honour his decades of service and extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing him.Rest in peace.๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐’๐ ๐ญ (๐‘๐ž๐ญ) ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ (๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ) ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž, ๐‚๐ƒ๐ŸLโ€™ASSRC offre ses sincรจres condolรฉances ร  la suite du dรฉcรจs du sergent (retraitรฉ) Wilfred (Gregory) Currie, survenu le 5 dรฉcembre 2025, ร  lโ€™รขge de 95 ans.Le Sgt Currie a servi avec dรฉvouement pendant de nombreuses annรฉes, notamment en travaillant longuement ร  CMED, oรน son professionnalisme et son engagement รฉtaient grandement reconnus. Nous saluons son service et transmettons nos plus sincรจres sympathies ร  sa famille, ร  ses proches et ร  tous ceux qui lโ€™ont connu.Reposez en paix.memorials5.frontrunnerpro.com/memorials/wilfred--currie/5665811/index.php ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐’๐ ๐ญ (๐‘๐ž๐ญโ€™๐) ๐Œ๐ž๐ ๐€ ๐€๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž๐งThe RCMSA extends its sincere condolences on the passing of Sergeant (Retโ€™d) Alfred Payten, who passed away on December 4, 2025, at the age of 95.We honour his service and extend our heartfelt sympathies to his wife Anne, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all those who loved him. His legacy lives on through the lives he touched and the memories he leaves behind.Rest in peace.FRANร‡AIS๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐’๐ ๐ญ (๐‘๐ž๐ญ) ๐€๐๐ฃ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž๐งLโ€™ASSRC offre ses sincรจres condolรฉances ร  la suite du dรฉcรจs du sergent (retraitรฉ) Alfred Payten, survenu le 4 dรฉcembre 2025, ร  lโ€™รขge de 95 ans.Nous saluons son service et transmettons nos plus sincรจres sympathies ร  son รฉpouse Anne, ร  ses enfants, petits-enfants, arriรจre-petits-enfants ainsi quโ€™ร  tous ses proches. Son hรฉritage perdure ร  travers les vies quโ€™il a marquรฉes et les souvenirs quโ€™il laisse.Reposez en paix.www.echovita.com/ca/obituaries/ab/calgary/alfred-payten-20701511 ... See MoreSee Less

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