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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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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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โ„น๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐Please note that RCMSA no longer uses PayPal for memberships or payments.๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ:โ€ข Interac e-Transfer to: treasurer@rcmsa.onmicrosoft.com(Please indicate the purpose of payment, e.g. membership renewal)โ€ข Cheque payable to Royal Canadian Medical Service AssociationThank you for your patience and continued support.--------------------------------------------------------------------------โ„น๏ธ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐šฬ€ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญVeuillez noter que lโ€™ASSRC nโ€™utilise plus PayPal pour les adhรฉsions ou les paiements.๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐žฬ๐ฌ :โ€ข Virement Interac ร  : treasurer@rcmsa.onmicrosoft.com(Veuillez indiquer la raison du paiement, ex. renouvellement dโ€™adhรฉsion)โ€ข Chรจque libellรฉ ร  lโ€™ordre de lโ€™Association du Service de santรฉ royal canadienMerci de votre patience et de votre soutien continu. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ”” ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ / ๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ””Interested in giving back to the RCMS community?A call for nominations to the RCMSA Board of Directors will be coming soon, ahead of the next AGM.If youโ€™d like to learn more or have an informal conversation, feel free to reach out:๐Ÿ“ฉ vicepresident@rcmsa.caMore details to follow.๐Ÿ”” ๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐โ€™๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ””Envie de contribuer et de redonner ร  la communautรฉ du Service de santรฉ?Un appel aux candidatures pour le Conseil dโ€™administration de lโ€™ASSRC sera lancรฉ sous peu, en prรฉvision de la prochaine AGA.Pour en savoir plus ou discuter de faรงon informelle :๐Ÿ“ฉ vicepresident@rcmsa.caPlus dโ€™informations ร  venir. ... See MoreSee Less

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โœจThe 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) proudly hosted its inaugural brunch on November 22, 2025 โ€” a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, share stories, and strengthen our Medical Service community. Thank you to everyone who joined us!And this is just the beginning!๐Ÿฝ๏ธ More RCMSA brunches are coming:๐Ÿ“ Greenwood area๐Ÿ“ Halifax๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Januaryโ€“February 2026 (dates & locations to be announced)Stay tuned โ€” we look forward to seeing you at our next gathering!-------------------------------------------------------------------------โœจ ๐‹๐ž ๐œ๐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) a tenu avec fiertรฉ son brunch inaugural le 22 novembre 2025 โ€” un beau moment pour se retrouver, รฉchanger et renforcer notre communautรฉ du Service de santรฉ. Merci ร  toutes les personnes prรฉsentes!Et ce nโ€™est que le dรฉbut!๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Dโ€™autres brunchs ASSRC sont ร  venir :๐Ÿ“ Rรฉgion de Greenwood๐Ÿ“ Halifax๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Janvierโ€“fรฉvrier 2026 (dates et lieux ร  confirmer)Restez ร  lโ€™affรปt โ€” au plaisir de vous retrouver lors des prochaines rencontres! ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‚๐€๐… ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€“ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒThe RCMSA wishes to recognize the members of the Canadian Forces Health Services highlighted in CANFORGEN 182/25 for their recent promotions, appointments, and retirement.๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌCapt(N) W.F.A. Brockway โ€“ Appointed Director of Mental Health, Ottawa (replacing Col A.M. Grodecki)Capt(N) J.J.F.N. Gauthier โ€“ Appointed Director Corporate Services, CF H Svcs Gp HQ, Ottawa (replacing Col J.G. Barnes)Col (A/WSE) A.M. Grodecki โ€“ Promoted Colonel and appointed RCN Surgeon, Ottawa (replacing Col A.J. Taylor)Col A.J. Taylor โ€“ Appointed Director Health Services Operations, Ottawa (replacing BGen W.E. Rideout)LCol J.B. English โ€“ Promoted Colonel and appointed Director Health Services Reserves, CF H Svcs Gp HQ, Ottawa (replacing Col T.A. Nguyen)LCol M.R. Wionzek โ€“ Promoted Colonel and appointed Senior Advisor, CFHS Reserve Modernization, Ottawa (replacing Col R.E. Needham)๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญCol R.E. Needham โ€“ Retired in 2025The RCMSA congratulates all members on their achievements and wishes them continued success in their new responsibilities.------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐žฬ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐žฬ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐€๐‚Lโ€™ASSRC souhaite souligner les membres des Services de santรฉ des Forces armรฉes canadiennes mentionnรฉs dans le CANFORGEN 182/25 pour leurs rรฉcentes promotions, affectations et retraite.๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌCapv W.F.A. Brockway โ€“ Nommรฉ Directeur de la santรฉ mentale, Ottawa (remplaรงant Col A.M. Grodecki)Capv J.J.F.N. Gauthier โ€“ Nommรฉ Directeur des services gรฉnรฉraux, QG du Gp Svc S FC, Ottawa (remplaรงant Col J.G. Barnes)Col (Grade intรฉrimaire pendant la durรฉee de l'affectation) A.M. Grodecki โ€“ Promu Colonel et nommรฉ Mรฉdecin-chef de la MRC, Ottawa (remplaรงant Col A.J. Taylor)Col A.J. Taylor โ€“ Nommรฉ Directeur โ€“ Opรฉrations des Services de santรฉ, Ottawa (remplaรงant Bgรฉn W.E. Rideout)Lcol J.B. English โ€“ Promu Colonel et nommรฉ Directeur โ€“ Rรฉserves des Services de santรฉ, QG du Gp Svc S FC, Ottawa (remplaรงant Col T.A. Nguyen)Lcol M.R. Wionzek โ€“ Promu Colonel et nommรฉ Conseiller principal โ€“ Modernisation de la Rรฉserve des Svc S FC, Ottawa (remplaรงant Col R.E. Needham)๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐žCol R.E. Needham โ€“ A pris sa retraite en 2025Nous lui exprimons notre profonde gratitude pour son service et son dรฉvouement envers les FAC et la communautรฉ des Services de santรฉ.Lโ€™ASSRC fรฉlicite chaleureusement tous les membres pour leurs rรฉalisations et leur souhaite plein succรจs dans leurs nouvelles responsabilitรฉs. ... See MoreSee Less

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