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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.

Mission

La mission de l’Association est de:

  • Sensibiliser davantage le public – promouvoir et faire connaître les diverses contributions faites par des militaires canadiens, hommes et femmes des service de santé, par le biais de l’éducation du public en général et le partage d’information pertinente.
  • Conserver notre patrimoine – de concert avec les musées militaires et civils du pays, mieux faire connaître auprès du public, les nombreux faits historiques et accomplissements personnels reliés aux services de santé militaires canadiens. De plus on pourra faire l’acquisition et voir à la conservation d’artefacts reliés à ces mêmes services.
  • Encourager l’esprit de corps – partager de l’information d’intérêt commun et assurer ainsi que les membres actuels et les anciens militaires du service de santé puissent perpétuer l’ esprit d’appartenance et la camaraderie qu’ils ont connu lors de leur passage dans les Forces armées canadiennes.

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...

A Soldier’s Diary

16 July 2020 - Today we were witness to a historic moment for 2 Fd Amb, the Petawawa Garrison, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Units, formations and museums across the CAF are home to numerous historical documents from the First World War, but unique among them is The...

Field Medicine

LE TEXTE EN FRANÇAIS SUITE   MEDICAL SPECIALIST GROWTH IN THE FIELD By Haifa Al-Aryan, Canadian Forces Health Services Group The Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CFHSG) is continuously making strides to optimize and modernize their ability to support...

Book Review

You may remember Alex Barris. He was a journalist (had the Barris Beat column for the Toronto Star) and he was a panel participant in the old TV series Front Page Challenge, as well as being an actor. Well, his son Ted Barris is also a journalist & has written a...

Canada’s Aviation Medicine Pioneers

Le texte en français suit That according to Peter Allen, a former commercial airline pilot who wrote a paper on the early years of Canadian aviation medicine for the Canadian Aviation Historical Society Journal (CAHS), much of the credit for getting Banting involved...

RCMS Trivia

  The first CFHSTC Honorary Colonel was a member of the British Trans Arctic Expedition in 1968-69   Click here  to learn more   Le premier colonel honoraire du CTSHFC a été membre de l'expédition transarctique britannique en 1968-1969.   Cliquez...

Fingertip Facts

Learn about the evolution of Canada's military medical services.

Remembrance

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 humanitarian...

CONGRATULATIONS

Texte français suit   CONGRATULATION TO LCOL ANN ESPENANT. SHE IS HONOURED BY THE DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (USA). LCOL ESPENANT IS THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 33 FIELD AMBULANCE (HALIFAX). CANFORGEN 130/19 CMP 070/19 061753Z SEP 19 - HONOURS AND AWARDS...

2019/20 Bursary Recipent

Texte français suit   Congratulations to Lilly Lamarche of Albert Bridge NS the 2019/20 recipient of the RCMSA Educational Bursary. Lilly is the daughter of Maj Kim Lamarche (NUR) and 2Lt Pat Lamarche (HCA) 35 (Sydney) Field Ambulance and will be attending...