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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.

 

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ โ€“ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ In March 2025, Dr. Ruth J. E. Jones generously supported the RCMSA with a donation to establish a Meritorious Award recognizing members of our community. We are pleased to launch the first...
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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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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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Welcoming Nancy Roy as Director of Heritage & Traditions.She will play a key role in preserving the history and legacy of the RCMS.Learn more about our Board of Directors:๐Ÿ”— www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/about-us/3-board-of-directors/--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bienvenue ร  Nancy Roy ร  titre de directrice du patrimoine et des traditions.Elle jouera un rรดle clรฉ dans la prรฉservation de lโ€™histoire et de lโ€™hรฉritage du SSRC.Pour en savoir plus sur notre conseil dโ€™administration :๐Ÿ”— www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/about-us/3-board-of-directors/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Welcoming ร‰lise Laviolette as Board Coordinator.A new role supporting the internal functioning and governance of the RCMSA Board.Learn more about our Board of Directors:๐Ÿ”— www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/about-us/3-board-of-directors/----------------------------------------------------------------------Bienvenue ร  ร‰lise Laviolette ร  titre de coordonnatrice du conseil dโ€™administration.Un rรดle visant ร  soutenir le fonctionnement interne et la gouvernance du conseil.Pour en savoir plus sur notre conseil dโ€™administration :๐Ÿ”— www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/about-us/3-board-of-directors/ ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ (๐‘๐ž๐ญโ€™๐) ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ŽThe RCMSA is saddened to share the passing of Captain (Retโ€™d) Joy Bosse, former Pharmacy Officer, who passed away on 9 April 2026 in Comox, BC.Joy served in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1971 to 1977, including postings to the National Defence Medical Centre and CFB Chatham. Throughout her life, she remained deeply connected to her family, her community, and her many passions.She will be remembered for her service, dedication, and the impact she had on those around her.A Celebration of Life will be held on 29 May 2026 in Courtenay, BC.๐Ÿ”— Obituary: comoxvalleyrecord.com/2026/05/05/joy-dianne-boss-ne-wetzel/Our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew her.-------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ (๐ซ๐ž๐ญ.) ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ข๐žLโ€™ASSRC a le regret dโ€™annoncer le dรฉcรจs de la capitaine (ret.) Joy Bosse, officier de pharmacie, survenu le 9 avril 2026 ร  Comox, C.-B.Joy a servi au sein des Forces armรฉes canadiennes de 1971 ร  1977, notamment au Centre mรฉdical de la Dรฉfense nationale et ร  la BFC Chatham. Elle a laissรฉ une empreinte durable par son engagement, tant professionnel que personnel.Elle restera dans les mรฉmoires pour son service, son dรฉvouement et les liens quโ€™elle a su crรฉer.Une cรฉlรฉbration de vie aura lieu le 29 mai 2026 ร  Courtenay, C.-B.๐Ÿ”— Avis de dรฉcรจs : comoxvalleyrecord.com/2026/05/05/joy-dianne-boss-ne-wetzel/Nos sincรจres condolรฉances ร  sa famille, ร  ses proches et ร  tous ceux et celles qui lโ€™ont connue. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿช– ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญRCMSA members are invited to visit the Combat Medic Training Depot (CMTD) at Connaught Ranges (Ottawa).From April to August 2026, the CMTD will train 192 Regular and Reserve Force Combat Medics, supporting the growth of this new occupation and preparing for future mobilization.๐Ÿ“… Saturday, 4 July 2026โฐ 0900โ€“1200 hrs๐Ÿ“ Connaught Ranges, OttawaDuring the visit, members will observe training activities such as:โ€ข Surgical airwaysโ€ข Hemorrhage controlโ€ข Cardiac emergency managementAn overview of the new Combat Medic occupation and training will also be provided.๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP by 5 June 2026Capt Elizabeth Han: elizabeth.han@forces.gc.ca๐Ÿ“Œ RCMSA Point of Contact: Eric Roy โ€“ treasurer@rcmsa.caA great opportunity to see RCMS training in action and support the next generation of Combat Medics.--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿช– ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐โ€™๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ญLes membres de lโ€™ASSRC sont invitรฉs ร  visiter le Centre dโ€™instruction du Personnel mรฉdical au combat (CIMC) situรฉ au champ de tir Connaught (Ottawa).Entre avril et aoรปt 2026, le CIMC formera 192 membres du Personnel mรฉdical au combat de la Force rรฉguliรจre et de la Rรฉserve, contribuant au dรฉveloppement de cette nouvelle occupation et ร  la prรฉparation ร  une mobilisation future.๐Ÿ“… Samedi 4 juillet 2026โฐ 09 h ร  12 h๐Ÿ“ Champ de tir Connaught, OttawaLes participants pourront observer des activitรฉs telles que :โ€ข Voies aรฉriennes chirurgicalesโ€ข Contrรดle des hรฉmorragiesโ€ข Prise en charge des urgences cardiaquesUne prรฉsentation du mรฉtier et de la formation du Personnel mรฉdical au combat sera รฉgalement offerte.๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP avant le 5 juin 2026Capt Elizabeth Han : elizabeth.han@forces.gc.ca๐Ÿ“Œ Point de contact ASSRC : Eric Roy โ€“ treasurer@rcmsa.caUne excellente occasion de dรฉcouvrir la formation du SSRC et de soutenir la relรจve. ... See MoreSee Less

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