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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๐Ÿ“ฐ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ!Discover highlights from our community โ€” from commemorations and awards to member stories and new initiatives.๐Ÿ“– Read it online: mailchi.mp/905a330b725e/rcmsa-newsletter-bulletin-de-lassrc------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“ฐ๐‹๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž!Dรฉcouvrez les faits saillants de notre communautรฉ : commรฉmorations, prix, nouvelles initiatives et plus encore.๐Ÿ“– Lisez-le ici : mailchi.mp/905a330b725e/rcmsa-newsletter-bulletin-de-lassrc ... See MoreSee Less

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๐•๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is conducting a study on chronic pain and healthcare experiences among Canadian Veterans. If you are interested in participating, please see the poster below for details.๐€๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž.Lโ€™Institut de recherche de lโ€™Hรดpital dโ€™Ottawa mรจne une รฉtude sur la douleur chronique et les soins de santรฉ chez les anciens combattants canadiens. Si vous souhaitez participer, consultez lโ€™affiche ci-dessous pour plus dโ€™information. ... See MoreSee Less

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Thank you to everyone who joined us on February 12, 2026, at the Kanata Legion for the RCMSA Meet & Greet โ€“ Ottawa Region! ***********Merci ร  toutes et ร  tous pour votre participation le 12 fรฉvrier 2026 ร  la Lรฉgion de Kanata lors de la Rencontre sociale de lโ€™ASSRC โ€“ rรฉgion dโ€™Ottawa! ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿงญ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ โ€“ 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ฌAs we prepare for the 2026 AGM, the RCMSA is seeking members willing to step forward and help guide the future of our Association.As the founding President and a former longtime RCMSA Board member ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž encourages members to consider nominating themselves or others to serve on the Board of Directors.๐Ÿ•’ Flexible time commitment โ€” approximately 2โ€“3 hours per month๐Ÿ“ฉ Learn more or self-nominate: vicepresident@rcmsa.ca๐Ÿ“…Nominations close February 20, 2026 โ€“ 11:59 PM EST๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘…๐ถ๐‘€๐‘†๐ด ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’.--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿงญ ๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐โ€™๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งEn vue de lโ€™AGA 2026, lโ€™ASSRC invite ses membres ร  sโ€™impliquer et ร  contribuer ร  lโ€™avenir de lโ€™Association.Lโ€™ancien prรฉsident de lโ€™ASSRC, ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž, encourage les membres ร  proposer leur candidature โ€” ou celle dโ€™un collรจgue โ€” au Conseil dโ€™administration.๐Ÿ•’ Engagement flexible โ€” environ 2 ร  3 heures par mois๐Ÿ“ฉ Information ou candidature : vicepresident@rcmsa.ca๐Ÿ“…Clรดture des candidatures : 20 fรฉvrier 2026 โ€“ 23 h 59 (HNE)๐‘‰๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘Ž ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ฬ ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘™โ€™๐ด๐‘†๐‘†๐‘…๐ถ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘’ฬ๐‘›๐‘’ฬ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ . ... See MoreSee Less

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