Mission

The mission of the Association is to:

Increase public awareness by promoting the contributions made by the men and women of Canada’s military medical services through public education and information sharing initiatives.
Preserve the RCMS heritage by working with military and civilian museums and other such organizations across the country to bring Canada’s remarkable military medical history and accomplishments to public attention, while at the same time contributing to the preservation of military medical services artifacts.
Fostering esprit de corps through sharing information of mutual interest and thus ensuring both serving and former members of Canada’s military medical services enjoy the spirit, comradeship and sense of belonging derived from their service in the Canadian Armed Forces.

It’s that time of year when ask members to renew their RCMSA membership for another year. As I’m sure you appreciate, annual membership dues ($20/year) are the association’s primary source of income to fund current programs and undertake new initiatives.

Physician Assistants

November 27th is National Physician Assistant Day in Canada, an opportunity to recognize the critical contributions that Physician Assistants (PAs) make in the world of healthcare. PAs work as an extension of a practicing physician, enabling healthcare teams to...

cours Jessie Chenevert Walk

In honour of Veterans’ Week, Councillor Steve Desroches, representing Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, hosted a commemorative street naming ceremony at City Hall November 6, 2024. in honour of LCol (Ret'd) Jessie Chenevert. The ceremony was made possible through the City’s...

Stories from a Churchyard

It's always uplifting when you discover a good story in own churchyard and that yard being St Luke Cedar Hill in Victoria, BC. The story centers on two WWI CAMC Nursing Sister dubbed "The Heavenly Twins". Click here to learn more.

The UK Government has announced a major structural change within the British Army, with the amalgamation of three key healthcare corps into the newly established Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS). The change, part of the ongoing Future Soldier modernisation...

Today we celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Luke our Patron Saint ,the author of one of the four gospels in the New Testament (the one that includes the parable of the Good Samaritan). Identified in one of Saint Paul’s epistles as a physician, Luke is believed to have...

After what turned out to be a much more involved process then expected we’re please to finally launch a refreshed and technically updated website. We won’t guarantee everything is 100% but will assure you that as the need for edits are identified they will be...

2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

The RCMSA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the three recipients of a 2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

104 Year Old Medic

In February of 2020 RCMS CWO Lucie Alain asked if RCMSA would donate an RCMSA Commemorative Coin that she could present to a 104 year Canadian Medic Cpl (Ret'd) John Pauls during her visit to Winnipeg later in the month. On behalf of the Association CWO Alain was...