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.

 

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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AGM 2026 AGA

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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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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)The RCMSA is saddened to learn of the passing of Sgt Martin Lapierre, who served with 5 Field Ambulance from 2009 to 2012.During his time in uniform, Martin deployed to Afghanistan and later continued his career as a Preventive Medicine Technician, notably in Saint-Jean. He was known for his dedication, professionalism, and commitment to those he served alongside.He leaves behind his wife, children, and loved ones, to whom we extend our sincere condolences.๐Ÿ”— Obituary and service details:๐Ÿ‘‰ complexefuneraire.ca/necro.../249661-martin-lapierre๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)Lโ€™ASSRC a appris avec tristesse le dรฉcรจs de Sgt Martin Lapierre, qui a servi au sein de la 5e Ambulance de campagne de 2009 ร  2012.Au cours de sa carriรจre, Martin a รฉtรฉ dรฉployรฉ en Afghanistan, avant de poursuivre son service comme technicien en mรฉdecine prรฉventive, notamment ร  Saint-Jean. Il รฉtait reconnu pour son professionnalisme, son dรฉvouement et son engagement envers ses collรจgues.Il laisse dans le deuil son รฉpouse, ses enfants et ses proches, ร  qui nous adressons nos plus sincรจres condolรฉances.๐Ÿ”— Avis de dรฉcรจs et dรฉtails :๐Ÿ‘‰ complexefuneraire.ca/necro.../249661-martin-lapierre ... See MoreSee Less

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๐ŸŽ–๏ธ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€“ ๐‹๐‚๐จ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ซAfter more than 26 years of dedicated service in the Canadian Armed Forces, LCol Christopher Mercer will retire on 15 April 2026.Throughout his career, LCol Mercer served in a wide range of roles across the Canadian Forces Health Services, including operational deployments, leadership positions, and key advisory roles. His contributionsโ€”from Afghanistan to CJOC, and most recently with the Canadian Armed Forces Transition Groupโ€”reflect a career marked by professionalism, resilience, and commitment to service.LCol Mercer will continue to serve the military community in retirement through a Family Medicine practice supporting CAF and RCMP veterans in Ottawa.๐Ÿ“… A Depart with Dignity ceremony will be held on:9 April 2026 | 13:00Royal Ottawa Golf Club๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP / messages: dwdmercer@gmail.comThe RCMSA extends its sincere appreciation for his service and wishes him and his family all the best in this next chapter.-----------------------------------------------------------------------๐ŸŽ–๏ธ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐‹๐‚๐จ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ซAprรจs plus de 26 annรฉes de service dรฉvouรฉ au sein des Forces armรฉes canadiennes, le LCol Christopher Mercer prendra sa retraite le 15 avril 2026.Au cours de sa carriรจre, le LCol Mercer a occupรฉ divers postes au sein des Services de santรฉ des Forces canadiennes, incluant des dรฉploiements opรฉrationnels, des postes de leadership et des rรดles de conseiller. De lโ€™Afghanistan au COIC, jusquโ€™ร  son rรดle rรฉcent au sein du Groupe de transition des FAC, son parcours tรฉmoigne dโ€™un engagement exemplaire, de rรฉsilience et de professionnalisme.ร€ la retraite, il continuera de servir la communautรฉ militaire en offrant des soins en mรฉdecine familiale aux vรฉtรฉrans des FAC et de la GRC ร  Ottawa.๐Ÿ“… Une cรฉrรฉmonie de Dรฉpart dans la dignitรฉ aura lieu :9 avril 2026 | 13 hClub de golf Royal dโ€™Ottawa๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP / messages : dwdmercer@gmail.comLโ€™ASSRC tient ร  souligner son service remarquable et lui souhaite, ainsi quโ€™ร  sa famille, le meilleur pour la suite. ... See MoreSee Less

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โœ… ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .We appreciate the time you took to review the documents and submit your vote. Your participation helps guide the work and future direction of the Association.The Record of Decisions is currently being finalized and will be shared with the membership shortly.Additional information regarding the Board of Directorsโ€™ governance structure and responsibilities will be shared following the Board meeting scheduled for 25 March.Thank you for your continued support of the RCMSA community.โ€”โœ… ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข ๐šฬ€ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ž๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐žฬ ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐žฬ๐ž ๐ ๐žฬ๐ง๐žฬ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚.Merci dโ€™avoir pris le temps de consulter les documents et de soumettre votre vote. Votre participation contribue directement ร  orienter les travaux et lโ€™avenir de lโ€™Association.Le compte rendu des dรฉcisions est actuellement en cours de finalisation et sera partagรฉ avec les membres sous peu.Des informations supplรฉmentaires concernant la structure de gouvernance et les responsabilitรฉs des membres du conseil dโ€™administration seront communiquรฉes ร  la suite de la rรฉunion prรฉvue le 25 mars.Merci encore pour votre engagement envers la communautรฉ de lโ€™ASSRC. ... See MoreSee Less

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