Le texte en français suit Applications are now being accepted for the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association Educational Bursary.  The award for the 2019/20 academic year will be $1,000.00. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 30 July 2019.     Educational Bursary Eligibility  2019/20 Application Form  Selection Criteria Texte en français commence   Les demandes sont maintenant acceptées pour la bourse d’éducation de...

The RCMSA congratulations Major General Andrew Downes on promotion to his current rank/L’ASSRC félicite le major-général Andrew Downes pour sa promotion à son grade actuel

Learn about the evolution of Canada’s military medical services.

  The first CFHSTC Honorary Colonel was a member of the British Trans Arctic Expedition in 1968-69   Click here  to learn more   Le premier colonel honoraire du CTSHFC a été membre de l’expédition transarctique britannique en 1968-1969.   Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus       The origin of the motto of the Royal Canadian Medical Services / L’origine de la devise du Service de santé  royal...

Le texte en français suit   NOTE: This is a repeat of an article published in the Canadian Journal of Surgery, Vol 61, No 5. 2018.   Message in a bottle: the discovery of a young Medical Officer’s map from the 1917 Battle of Hill 70.  The map, entitled Loos 36° NW 3’ was drawn by 24-year-old Captain Alexander Edward MacDonald in fall 1917 and was found in his old surgery textbook.  MacDonald’s map depicts the positions of the Canadian...