Heritage

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History of Canadian Forces Medical Service The heritage and traditions that underlie the Royal Canadian Medical Service (RCMS) and its predecessor, the Canadian Forces Medical Service (CFMS), are its lifeblood. They embody certain ideals of service and provide a framework for members to work together as part of a highly disciplined and cohesive team. The continuing observance of military and medical traditions handed down by earlier generations will empower the RCMS to live up to its longstanding reputation of excellence.

To learn more about the history and heritage of the RCMS/CFMS click here.

After what turned out to be a much more involved process then expected we’re please to finally launch a refreshed and technically updated website. We won’t guarantee everything is 100% but will assure you that as the need for edits are identified they will be...

2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

The RCMSA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the three recipients of a 2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

104 Year Old Medic

In February of 2020 RCMS CWO Lucie Alain asked if RCMSA would donate an RCMSA Commemorative Coin that she could present to a 104 year Canadian Medic Cpl (Ret'd) John Pauls during her visit to Winnipeg later in the month. On behalf of the Association CWO Alain was...

A Soldier’s Diary

16 July 2020 - Today we were witness to a historic moment for 2 Fd Amb, the Petawawa Garrison, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Units, formations and museums across the CAF are home to numerous historical documents from the First World War, but unique among them is The...

Field Medicine

LE TEXTE EN FRANÇAIS SUITE MEDICAL SPECIALIST GROWTH IN THE FIELD By Haifa Al-Aryan, Canadian Forces Health Services Group The Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CFHSG) is continuously making strides to optimize and modernize their ability to support...

Book Review

You may remember Alex Barris. He was a journalist (had the Barris Beat column for the Toronto Star) and he was a panel participant in the old TV series Front Page Challenge, as well as being an actor. Well, his son Ted Barris is also a journalist & has written a...

Canada’s Aviation Medicine Pioneers

Le texte en français suit That according to Peter Allen, a former commercial airline pilot who wrote a paper on the early years of Canadian aviation medicine for the Canadian Aviation Historical Society Journal (CAHS), much of the credit for getting Banting involved...

RCMS Trivia

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...

Fingertip Facts

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