Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

Royal Canadian Medical Service Association website.

 

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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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CFHS Appointments 2026

The RCMSA is pleased to share highlights from CANFORGEN 054/26, announcing key Canadian Forces Health Services appointments for the Active Posting Season 2026. Congratulations to all members assuming new appointments ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ / ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐...
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Ottawa Cohort Brunch

R๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž You are invited to join fellow members of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association for a casual brunch gathering in Ottawa. Date/Time: Thursday 16 April 2026 10:00 AM Location: Pur & Simple 970...
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AGM 2026 AGA

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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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๐Ÿ“š ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  | ๐€ฬ€ ๐๐žฬ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ข๐ซ๐ท๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐ท๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘ โ€“ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘— (๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ก'๐‘‘) ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘What is life really like for a Canadian military medical officer on deployment?In Diary of a Deployed Doc, Major (Retired) Dr. Darrell Menard shares his experiences during a six-month deployment to Bosnia, where he served as Medical Advisor to the Commander of the Canadian Contingent of NATO's Stabilization Force.Through humour, challenges, friendships, and moments of reflection, his memoir offers a personal look at military life overseas and the human side of deployment.A story of service, resilience, and camaraderie that may resonate with many members of the Royal Canadian Medical Service community.--------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“š ๐€ฬ€ ๐๐žฬ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ข๐ซ | ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐ท๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘ โ€“ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘— (๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ก'๐‘‘) ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ร€ quoi ressemble rรฉellement la vie d'un mรฉdecin militaire canadien en dรฉploiement?Dans son livre Diary of a Deployed Doc, le major (retraitรฉ) Dr Darrell Menard raconte son expรฉrience lors d'un dรฉploiement de six mois en Bosnie, oรน il a occupรฉ les fonctions de conseiller mรฉdical auprรจs du commandant du contingent canadien de la Force de stabilisation de l'OTAN.Entre humour, dรฉfis, amitiรฉs et moments de rรฉflexion, ce rรฉcit offre un regard personnel sur la vie militaire ร  l'รฉtranger et la dimension humaine des dรฉploiements.Une histoire de service, de rรฉsilience et de camaraderie qui saura certainement interpeller plusieurs membres de la communautรฉ du Service de santรฉ royal canadien. ...

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association
๐Ÿƒ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆOn September 20, 2026, many of our RCMSA members took part in the Canada Army Run in Ottawa, joining military members, veterans, families, and supporters for this annual event celebrating the Canadian Armed Forces community.Whether running, walking, or cheering from the sidelines, it was wonderful to see our members come together in a spirit of camaraderie, determination, and community.๐Ÿ‘ Congratulations to everyone who participated!------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿƒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆLe 20 septembre 2026, plusieurs membres de lโ€™ASSRC ont participรฉ ร  la Course de lโ€™Armรฉe du Canada, ร  Ottawa, aux cรดtรฉs de militaires, de vรฉtรฉrans, de familles et de sympathisants rรฉunis pour cet รฉvรฉnement annuel cรฉlรฉbrant la communautรฉ des Forces armรฉes canadiennes.Que ce soit ร  la course, ร  la marche ou pour encourager les participants, ce fut un plaisir de voir nos membres rรฉunis dans un esprit de camaraderie, de dรฉtermination et de solidaritรฉ.๐Ÿ‘ Fรฉlicitations ร  toutes les personnes qui ont participรฉ!------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‘…๐ถ๐‘€๐‘†๐ด ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 2026 ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘Ž ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘…๐‘ข๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘‚๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž. | ๐ท๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘™โ€™๐ด๐‘†๐‘†๐‘…๐ถ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘™โ€™๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’ฬ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘ข ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘Ž 2026, ๐‘Žฬ€ ๐‘‚๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž. ...

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