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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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ญ(๐) ๐–๐ž๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‚๐ƒAfter more than 20 years of dedicated service to Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces, Lieutenant (Navy) Wendy Heagle, CD will retire from the Regular Force on 12 February 2026.Lt(N) Heagle enrolled in the CAF in 2005 as a Gunner with the 42nd Field Regiment, RCA, before transferring to the Regular Force as a Nursing Officer through the Regular Officer Training Plan. Throughout her career as a Registered Nurse, she served with exceptional compassion, professionalism, and people-centred leadership, later specializing as a Perioperative Nurse.Demonstrating a strong commitment to professional growth and institutional excellence, she later completed an occupational transfer to Personnel Selection Officer, where her expertise and mentorship positively impacted CAF members across multiple environments.๐Ÿ‘ Bravo Zulu, Wendy โ€” thank you for your remarkable service, and best wishes in your 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ญ๐ฏ ๐–๐ž๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‚.๐ƒ.Aprรจs plus de 20 annรฉes de service loyal et dรฉvouรฉ au Canada et aux Forces armรฉes canadiennes, la lieutenante de vaisseau Wendy Heagle, C.D. prendra sa retraite de la Force rรฉguliรจre le 12 fรฉvrier 2026.La Ltv Heagle sโ€™est enrรดlรฉe dans les FAC en 2005 comme artilleuse au 42e Rรฉgiment de campagne, avant dโ€™effectuer un transfert vers la Force rรฉguliรจre ร  titre dโ€™officiรจre en soins infirmiers dans le cadre du Plan de formation des officiers. Tout au long de sa carriรจre dโ€™infirmiรจre, elle a fait preuve dโ€™une compassion remarquable, dโ€™un grand professionnalisme et dโ€™un leadership axรฉ sur les personnes, se spรฉcialisant par la suite comme infirmiรจre pรฉriopรฉratoire.Animรฉe par un fort engagement envers le perfectionnement professionnel, elle a ensuite changรฉ de mรฉtier pour devenir officier de sรฉlection du personnel, oรน son expertise et son mentorat ont eu un impact durable sur de nombreux membres des FAC.๐Ÿ‘ Bravo Zulu, Wendy โ€” merci pour ton service exceptionnel et tous nos vล“ux de succรจs pour la suite. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ (๐‘๐ž๐ญโ€™๐) ๐‘๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ, ๐‚๐ƒ, ๐‡๐‚๐€ It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Mr. Roger Roy, who passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at the age of 87.Roger dedicated his life to serving his country and his community. A proud veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, he was the first medic to attain the rank of Base Chief Warrant Officer, later commissioning as a Health Care Administrator and retiring after 30 years of distinguished service. He also served as Career Manager for non-commissioned members, mentoring and supporting countless personnel throughout his career.Beyond his service, Roger was known for his warmth, professionalism, and love of storytelling โ€” leaving behind memories that will be cherished by family, friends, and colleagues alike.Our sincere condolences to his wife Mona, his children Linda and Robert, his grandchildren, and all those who had the privilege of knowing him.๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Rest in peace, Roger. You will be remembered.๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ ๐€ฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ, ๐‚๐ƒ, ๐€๐’๐’Cโ€™est avec une grande tristesse que nous annonรงons le dรฉcรจs de M. Roger Roy, survenu paisiblement le mercredi 21 janvier 2026, ร  lโ€™รขge de 87 ans.Roger a consacrรฉ sa vie au service de son pays et de sa communautรฉ. Fier vรฉtรฉran des Forces armรฉes canadiennes, il a รฉtรฉ le premier Adjoint mรฉdical ร  atteindre le grade dโ€™Adjudant-chef de base, avant dโ€™obtenir sa commission d'officier comme gestionnaire des services de santรฉ et de prendre sa retraite aprรจs 30 annรฉes de service exemplaire. Il a รฉgalement occupรฉ le poste de gรฉrant de carriรจre pour le personnel du rang, marquant positivement de nombreuses carriรจres.Reconnu pour son professionnalisme, sa gentillesse et son amour des histoires, Roger laisse derriรจre lui des souvenirs prรฉcieux pour tous ceux qui lโ€™ont connu.Nous offrons nos plus sincรจres condolรฉances ร  son รฉpouse Mona, ร  ses enfants Linda et Robert, ร  ses petits-enfants ainsi quโ€™ร  lโ€™ensemble de ses proches et collรจgues.๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Repose en paix, Roger. Ton hรฉritage perdurera. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌThe RCMSA Board of Directors is currently seeking two new volunteer Directors to join our team for a three-year term. Candidates must be members in good standing.Interested members are invited to submit:โ€ข A brief biographyโ€ข A short response to the question:โ€œWhy would you make a good Director of the RCMSA?โ€๐Ÿ“ฉ Submit by email to: Secretary@rcmsa.ca ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ— ๐ก๐ซ๐ฌ ๐„๐’๐“ (๐๐‹๐“)--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ 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งLe Conseil dโ€™administration de lโ€™ASSRC est ร  la recherche de deux nouveaux directeurs bรฉnรฉvoles pour un mandat de trois ans. Les candidats doivent รชtre membres en rรจgle.Les personnes intรฉressรฉes sont invitรฉes ร  soumettre :โ€ข Une brรจve biographieโ€ข Une courte rรฉponse ร  la question :ยซ Pourquoi feriez-vous un bon directeur ou une bonne directrice de lโ€™ASSRC? ยป๐Ÿ“ฉ ร€ envoyer ร  : Secretary@rcmsa.ca๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž : ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐žฬ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐šฬ€ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ก ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ— (๐‡๐๐„) ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ“…๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐€๐†๐Œ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซThe 2026 RCMSA AGM will be conducted between 5โ€“8 March 2026.Members will receive and review:โ€ข Presidentโ€™s Reportโ€ข Financial Reportโ€ข Operating Budgetโ€ข New initiatives and proposalsMembers will also vote on:โ€ข Board of Director nominationsโ€ข AGM motions๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ15 February 2026 (NLT)Submit discussion points to: Secretary@rcmsa.ca20 February 2026 โ€“ 2359 hrs EST (NLT)Deadline for Director nominations (self-nominations welcome)24 February 2026 (NLT)Distribution of motions, documents, and voting link8 March 2026 (NLT)Online voting closes11 March 2026Votes counted15 April 2026 (NLT)Summary of Proceedings released ... See MoreSee Less

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