The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will induct 6 new members in 2023. Among those honoured this year is Dr. (Maj Ret’d) Stephen Blizzard (1928-2020). A veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, Dr. Blizzard’s accomplishments while a member of the Canadian Forces Medical Services in the 1960s, 70s and 80s as a leader in aviation medicine are among the factors cited in his nomination. This is something for the RCMS family to...

Le texte français suit LCol Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, VC, MD was commissioned into the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1912. During the Second Battle of Ypres on 25 April 1915 at Saint-Julien, Wieltje Salient, Belgium, Captain Scrimger, then serving as the medical officer of the 14th Battalion, Royal Montreal Regiment, was in charge of an advanced dressing station in a farmhouse...

On behalf of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association Board of Directors, it gives us great pleasure to announce that the Educational Bursary Selection Committee has completed their evaluation process and we are extremely happy to announce the 2022 recipients. The recipients of the three $ 1000 RCMSA Educational Bursaries are: 1.       Stephanie Simms, Ottawa Ontario...

HER EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MARY MAY SIMON, CHANCELLOR AND EXTRAORDINARY COMMANDER OF THE ORDER, HAS GIVEN ORDERS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING CANADIAN ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL TO THE ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT: TO BE OFFICERS LCOL B.D. MEUNIER, OMM, CD, MED SPEC MAJ J.W. MCDOUGALL, OMM, CD, PA AND TO BE MEMBERS CWO S.L. LAMOTHE, MMM, CD, PA CAPT PAUL TRUDEL, MMM,CD,...

TEXTE FRANCAIS SUIT ON BEHALF OF THE QUEEN, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA HAS APPROVED NATIONAL HONOURS FOR THE FOLLOWING DESERVING INDIVIDUALS: MERITORIOUS SERVICE CROSS COL S.F. MALCOLM – FOR HIS INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP, FORTITUDE, STRATEGIC ACUMEN AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AS DIRECTOR HEALTH SERVICES OPERATIONS, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY TO JUNE 2020 MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL MAJ C. CAMERON – FOR...

S.S. Nerissa, the Final Crossing By retired naval officer Bill Dziadyk The book tells “The Amazing True Story of the Loss of a Canadian Troopship in the North Atlantic”. The embarked troops included nine personnel of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (and about 30 army ambulances).  Eight of the medical personnel perished during the sinking.  The details were highly classified for almost 50 years.  The First...