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EspañolROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA
The 'Royal Military College of Canada' (RMC), is the military academy of the Canadian Forces and is a full degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution with degree granting powers. The older, historic buildings, located on the 41 hectare peninsula in Kingston, Ontario, blend with the modern academic, athletic and dormitory facilities. Officer Cadets are trained in the four pillars of academics, military, athletics and bilingualism (French and English).
=Academic=
Mission Statement
Aerial view of the Royal Military College of Canada.
RMC will build on its strengths to rank among the best of national and international universities recognised for:
★ the outstanding quality of undergraduate and postgraduate students and programs in arts, engineering, science and the military profession,
★ the intellectual value of scholarship and research by faculty and students,
★ the outstanding service of Canada’s only “national university” and its graduates to the building of the nation.
Priorities
Flag of the Royal Military College of Canada
The RMC priorities are:
★ to build high quality, world-class programs in areas of importance to the Canadian Forces and to Canada,
★ to promote national and international collaborations and partnerships, and
★ to promote interdisciplinary co-operation.
Programs
RMC's Mackenzie Building at Night
Today, the RMC mission is to educate, train and develop Officer Cadets for leadership careers of effective service in the Canadian Forces. For most students, education is free and a monthly salary is paid which meets incidentals. The courses are offered both on site and by distance learning in both official languages: English and French.
The RMC offers 20 undergraduate degrees, and 34 graduate opportunities, including 14 doctorates. In addition to the Faculty (university) of Arts, Engineering, and Science, the Division of Continuing Studies offers undergraduate and graduate level programs including the “Officer Professional Military Education Program” (OPME).
RMC was the first college in Canada to train engineers.[2]
RMC is renowned for the high calibre of its engineering curriculum, and cadets can choose to specialize in the following disciplines: Aeronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering (Hardware or Software streams), Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Other areas of study include Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Space Science offered by the Faculty of Science as well as English, French, Economics, Political Science, History, Business Administration, Military theory, and Military strategy studies offered by the Faculty of Arts.
Admission Requirements
To be eligible to enter RMC, candidates must meet the course requirements for one of the undergraduate programs in Kingston, Ontario or the preparatory year in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. In addition, they must meet the Canadian Forces' general admission conditions:
★ be a Canadian citizen
★ be 16 years old on January 1 of the year of enrollment
★ pass the medical
★ pass the pre-enrollment tests
★ pass the enhanced reliability check
★ pass the Basic Officer Training Course
RMC recruits well rounded students in the areas which correspond to the four pillars. In addition, RMC gives extra weight to those applicants with second-language skills, although this is not a requirement.
Continuing Studies
The mandate of the RMC Division of Continuing Studies is to make university education available to all members of the Canadian Forces, spouses and DND civilian employees. CF and other professional training is recognized for credit towards undergraduate or advanced degrees. Continuing studies courses are available via:
★ classroom delivery,
★ paper-based correspondence course,
★ Internet or
★ on Compact Disk.
Unique degree programs, specially tailored for CF members, include:
★ Bachelor of Military Arts & Science,
★ Master of Defence Management and Policy, and
★ Master of Arts in War Studies.
Research and Partnerships
In the Engineering and Science Divisions, RMC pursues the following principal thematic areas of research:
★ Information Technology, Communications, Microelectronics and Chip Technology,
★ Environment,
★ Energy and Energy development,
★ Advanced Materials engineering,
★ Geotechnical Engineering, and
★ Fluid Mechanics and Engineering.
In the Social Sciences and Humanities Divisions, RMC pursues research and activities in:
★ Military history,
★ Political science and international security,
★ Peacekeeping and peacemaking,
★ Comparative government, international relations and ethical code of conduct in conflict,
★ Leadership, and
★ Economics.
The RMC Green Team [3] provides internal consultants on environmental issues:
★ water,
★ wastewater, and stormwater management,
★ composting,
★ renewable energy and
★ energy reduction.
RMC is a partner in:
★ Canada’s Strategic Defence Forum,
★ Canadian Virtual University,
★ Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing,
★ Centres for International Relations at Canadian Universities,
★ Council of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) [4]
★ Eastern Ontario High Performance Computing Consortium,
★ Fuel Cell Research Centre at Queen's and RMC [5]
★ GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s and RMC,
★ Institutes for Strategic Studies,
★ Leadership Institute,
★ North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defence Academics, and
★ Pearson Peacekeeping Centre,
=Military=
==Military education and training ==
88mm gun monument at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Students are referred to as Officer Cadets (OCdt) in English and as Élève-officier (élof) in French, or for those in the Navy, Naval Cadet (NCdt) and Aspirant de marine (aspm). As an RMC cadet, military training begins with Phase I with the Initial Assessment Period (IAP) at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School Saint-Jean. During this nine-week period prior to the first academic year, the cadets take the first half of the Basic Officer Training Course (BOTC). The second half of BOTC, called the Basic Officer Training Period (BOTP), is a six week course held during the summer period between first and second years. After the completion of BOTP, those cadets who are not yet bilingual are usually enrolled in a seven week period of Second Language Training (SLT) at Canadian Forces Language School Detachment Saint-Jean. The remaining summers are spent completing Phase II, which are environmental training courses (depending on whether the cadet is Army, Navy or Air force).
On the job training courses are also available to a number of cadets during the summer periods. During Phases III and IV, students take trade specific training courses.
Army training relates to, for example, combat engineering and logistics. Naval training covers naval tactics, and naval engineering. Various military science courses and programs stress doctrine, campaigning, strategy, weapons systems and military law.
First Year Orientation Period
First Year Orientation Period, (FYOP) is the most demanding experience for many cadet's RMC, if not military career. FYOP takes place during the first month of the academic year. It can be compared to Frosh week at civilian universities. FYOP begins with the Arch parade where the entire First Year class is marched onto College grounds by their FYOP staff consisting of Third and Fourth Years.
During the course of FYOP, First Year cadets are required to keep an exceptionally high standard of dress and deportment. They are required to march at all times. Physical Training is conducted, with long runs up neighbouring Fort Henry, Ontario hill a frequent occurrence. Inspections of room standards and dress are also frequent. For the duration of FYOP, First Years are not permitted to leave RMC or receive visitors. Mail and phone calls are allowed but are limited.
There are several unofficial traditions that have been developed for FYOP. First Years are always woken up by music played over loud speakers, typically with "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff because of its fearsome effects and its duration, by which First Years must have finished dressing and preparing for inspection. Prior to lights out, First Years are required to sing Billy Joel's "Goodnight Saigon" from The Nylon Curtain as loudly as possible. After dark, it is customary for Second Year cadets to help First Years by bringing comfort foods such as Tim Horton's donuts, hamburgers, or pizza. Also, another digression involves Second Years leading First Years in mischievous stunts such as painting "Brucie" the statue in Squadron colours, stealing mascots of other squadrons, or arranging roof tiles into Squadron numbers.
The culmination of the FYOP is the Obstacle Course. The Obstacle Course lasts a little over an hour, consists of ten obstacles built by each squadron located around the college grounds. Obstacles such as a 12-foot wall and truck pulling are designed to test teamwork and physical fitness of First Years. The First Year flights are judged on the time it takes to complete each obstacle. The completion of the obstacle course signals the end of FYOP. Afterwards, First Years are given a parade where they are officially welcomed into RMC and join the Cadet Wing. Cadets are then allowed to see their friends and relatives after a month, and allowed the freedom to leave college grounds under the condition that they wear their College uniform.
==Ethics==
F-86 Sabre monument at the Royal Military College of Canada.
As an Officer Cadet at RMC, the ultimate objective is to be commissioned as an Officer in the Canadian Forces, pledging to act ethically and carry out ones duties with:
★ Loyalty
★ Honesty,
★ Courage,
★ Diligence,
★ Fairness, and
★ Responsibility.
Officer cadets are educated and graded on their performance according to the four components academics, physical fitness, military and second language. The foundation of the ethical code at RMC is found in the College's motto, ''Truth, Duty, Valour.''
Language
The Ipsos-Reid Corporation inventory of post-secondary French-second-language education programs and academic supports for Anglophone students in 2006, found that at RMC:
★ it is possible to take all degree requirements in French in all departments with the exception of a few graduate programs.
★ Students have the choice of writing exams in either English or French.
★ Anglophone students are actively recruited to study in French.
The opportunities for social interaction in French include:
★ internet pen pals,
★ social audio or videoconferencing with Francophone students elsewhere, and
★ French language theatre and films.
★ The Francophone social clubs or societies are open to Anglophone students.
★ There are links to Francophone social groups outside the RMC campus.
★ Anglophone and Francophone students are assigned to be roommates.
The university:
★ provides cultural, study and work exchanges and visits to Canadian Francophone communities inside and outside Quebec and to Francophone countries other than France or Canada.
★ provides direct financial support to the exchange programs and
★ assists students to obtain financial support through other means. [6]
RMC works with the following organizations to facilitate exchanges:
★ Department of National Defense,
★ Canadian International Development Agency,
★ Foreign Affairs Canada,
★ other government departments,
★ foreign governments,
★ Alliance française and
★ local Franco-Ontarian groups.
★ The university provides internship placements, summer job placements and co-op programs at French-speaking institutions for Anglophone students to work in French.
★ As a requirement for graduation, students undergo Public Service Commission Testing at the BBB level, consisting of functionally bilingual, oral, comprehension and written skills.
★ The requirement for French language programs is for RMC students to have adequate capacity to follow the course in the view of the instructor.
★ Students always have the right to complete exams and assignments in their first official language.
★ Students also have opportunities for practicing French after graduation, for example, distance courses are accessible to all Canadian Forces members.
The other social or academic forms of assistance include:
★ Club de langue français,
★ alternating French and English weeks for official communications
★ all university documentation and activities are bilingual. [6]
Through its “language of the week” initiative, the RMC regularly alternates between both official languages. French is the language of choice for the first two weeks of the month, while English is used and spoken for the rest of the month. To ensure the highest possible participation rate, the language of the week is clearly indicated in the student cafeteria. [8]
Athletics
Main articles: RMC Paladins
The school is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the RMC Paladins.[9]
In 1995, the sport teams were renamed the RMC Paladins from the RMC Redmen in order to better reflect a bilingual and coeducational institution. Interestingly, the McGill Redmen are also the men's athletics teams at McGill University in Montreal. The varsity sports include Basketball (M/W); Fencing (M/W); Ice Hockey (M); Rugby (M); Soccer (M/W); Taekwondo (M/W) and Volleyball (M/W).
Of note, RMC plays the United States Military Academy (Army) Black Knights, in the annual West Point Weekend hockey game. This series, conceived in 1923, is the longest running international ice hockey series in the world. Currently Army leads the Series 39-29-6. The 2006 game's final score was 3-3 after a stunning return by RMC during the last minute.
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association recognizes a claim that Kingston, Ontario is the birthplace of ice hockey from a game played between Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada in 1886. This game is memorialized by the International Hockey Hall of Fame annual Historic Hockey Series.
For the third year in a row, RMC won the 2007 Sandhurst Competition. The military skills competition included an equipment inspection, boat movement, marksmanship, grenade throwing, first aid, river crossing, wall obstacle, and radio communications.
=Traditions=
| Tradition | Significance |
|---|---|
| ''blanket toss'' | ''blanket toss'' of senior class members after the last waltz at the Graduation Ball |
| ''cadet diary'' | Some cadets wrote their diary on their t-square in India ink, while others wrote on their books. The museum retains examples of diaries from the 1890s to the present day. |
| ''cake walk'' | minstrel show/stage show on St. Patrick's Day is rewarded by a cake |
| ''Casey's Grave'' | Cadets are expected to recite, on demand from seniors, RMC facts and trivia. This inscription is a favorite "Casey, for 18 years my faithful charger in peace and war. Died on duty April 2nd 1925 age 29 yrs. A.C. Macdonell" |
| ''change of command ceremony'' | The former commandant offers farewell and best wishes to the college and to the new Commandant. The new commandant accepts a first salute as the cadet wing marches past. [10] |
| ''Church parade'' and ''Copper Sunday'' | officer cadets participated in a church parade from RMC to St George's Cathedral. Back in the 1882, cadets donated copper pennies and for two Sundays, flowers for the altar. |
| ''College Cheer'' | The RMC Cheer is used at all significant sporting events between RMC Paladins and other university teams. Call: Gimme a beer! Response: Beer! Esses! Emma! T-D-V! Who can stop old RMC! Shrapnel, cordite, NCT! R-M-C Hooah! |
| ''College Coin'' | Every new officer cadet is issued a Challenge coin upon completion of First Year Orientation Period. The Coin is engraved with the name of the College in French and English surrounding the College Crest on the obverse. The Cadet's college number and the Memorial Arch is on the reverse surrounded by the Motto in both languages. |
| ''college Toast (honor)'' | RMC club toast to ''absent comrades'' meaning those who have fallen in action or who had died |
| ''Feux de Joie'' | an honour guard perform a rifle salute with field artillery, or more commonly, rifles using blank ammunition. |
| ''Freedom of the fort'' | While in Fort Frederick (Kingston), officer cadets are equal independently of their year. They are also allowed to remove their headgear. |
| ''Graduation and Commissioning Parade'' | in honour of graduating cadets: ★ graduating students are presented with their Officer’s Commissions in the Canadian Forces. ★ Officer Cadets display their foot drill and sword movements, ★ ''Feux de Joie'' an honour guard performs a rifle salute with field artillery ★ graduates march through Memorial Arch for the last time as Officer Cadets. |
| ''Jacket exchange'' | RMC Director of Cadets exchanges tunics with I Year Officer Cadet at RMC Christmas Dinner. |
| ''Just Passing By'' | When a graduate of the RMC pilots an aircraft in the vicinity of Kingston, Ontario he or she conducts an impromptu airshow over the College. |
| ''Memorial Arch'' | New officer-cadets pass through the Commemorative Arch as a class on their first day of university and upon graduation. Other than on Remembrance Day and in the course of other special parades (i.e. Battle of Britain), church parade, officer-cadets do not pass under the Arch as a class before their graduation from college. |
| ''Memorial Arch'' Poem | Chiseled into the stone of the Memorial Arch are the opening lines of Rupert Brooke's poem, ''The Dead'': "Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead. There are none of these so lonely and poor of old, but dying has made us rarer gifts than gold." First-year cadets are required to memorize the quote. |
| ''Memorial stairway'' | Sir Archibald Macdonell had the administration building staircase lined with paintings of ex-cadets who died on military service |
| ''Memorial trees'' | The ex-cadets who died on military service during WW1 are honored by the birch trees located in the lawn at the west end of the Adminstation Building. |
| ''obstacle course race'' | gruelling course for recruits set up by the cadets' immediate predecessors, memorialized by a sculpture |
| ''Old 18'' | First year cadets are required to memorize the names of the first class in the order of their college numbers.[11] |
| ''Old 18'' | a historical drill team at RMC who perform at the "Sunset Ceremony" (a military tattoo the night before the graduation parade). Eighteen cadets, dressed in formal scarlet uniforms and wielding late 19th-century Enfield rifles fend off an attack by cadets dressed as rebels using similar rifles of smaller caliber.[12] |
| ''Old Brigade'' | Alumni who entered military college 50+ years before wear unique berets and ties, have the Right of the Line on reunion weekend memorial parades, and present the College cap badge to the First Year cadets on the First Year Badging Parade. Each class traditionally marks its 50-year anniversary and entry into the Old Brigade with a gift. |
| ''Parade Square'' | Recruits run the square at all times until they have successfuly completed their first year. |
| ''Road and area names'' | Great War names were given to all the roads and areas of RMC by Sir Archibald Macdonell. |
| ''shouldering professors'' | at closing exercises, cadets carried professors around the room |
| ''skylarks'' | annual class practical joke or prank e.g. ★ 1962 - lost rifles (minus breech blocks) 'stored' in Fort Haldimand vault ★ 1964 - lifted Beetle to Fort LaSalle landing ★ 1965 - toilet paper shot from cannons ★ 1979 - cadets used dental floss to ring Frigate bell |
| ''snowball fight'' | annual RMC snowball fight (all Sqns against #1 Sqn). |
| ''spider'' | A spider web based stained glass window, made by Stone Frigate Class of 1983 honours the squadron mascots, as spiders were common in the (pre-modernized) building. The window has a plexiglass shield to avoid damage during annual snowball fight. |
| ''sunset ceremony'' | A military tattoo held the night before the graduation parade. The 2007 performances: ★ the SkyHawks Parachute Team jumped onto the RMC Parade Square. ★ the Old 18 Historic Drill Team ★ the Sandhurst Military Skills Team, tae kwon do and fencing teams, ★ the changing of the Colour Party ★ RMC's Brass and Reed and Pipe and Drum Bands, and Highland Dancers. ★ Fireworks concluded the tattoo |
| ''sweetheart broach'' | officer cadets gave their dates an enamel brooch in lieu of a corsage for formal dances at Christmas, RMC Westpoint, and Graduation. The museum retains several examples. |
| ''War Memorial Flag'' | Flag with Union Flag on background was adorned with 1100 green maple leaves bearing name of RMC cadets who served in war. The red maple leaves in the centre memorialized cadets who were killed in action. The flag hung in St. George's Cathedral until 1934, when the flag began to disintegrate. |
| ''weathervane'' | sword-shaped weathervane on Yeo Hall points at Queen's University Chown Hall dorm. |
=Diversity=
Canada Flag at the Royal Military College of Canada.
To reflect Bilingualism in Canada RMC became institutionally bilingual in the mid 1970s, and began to offer many programs in both English and French. In 1980, the RMC became co-educational and the first females graduated from RMC in 1984.
RMC strives to recruit students from all regions of Canada and actively represents the diversity of the Canadian population. RMC recruits students from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, women and men, Francophones and Anglophones, Aboriginal peoples in Canada and visible minority. Since diversity contributes to the operational capability of the Canadian Forces, RMC aims to produce future leaders who see diversity as a source of strength and creativity.
=Campus=
RMC in 1880
RMC is located on Point Frederick(Kingston), a small peninsula at the point where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario and where the Rideau Canal system starts.
The location has been an active military base since 1789 and was an important Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard during the War of 1812. Point Frederick includes three National Historic Site Designations: the 1920s Royal Navy Dockyard, the Point Frederick Buildings and Kingston Fortifications.[13]
RMC Campus in 1920
Additional military fortifications nearby are Fort Frontenac (Kingston), established in 1673 across the Cataraqui River from Point Frederick, and Fort Henry, constructed between 1832-36. At the tip of Point Frederick is Fort Frederick (Kingston), one of Kingston's Martello tower fortifications, which houses the RMC Museum. [14]
The Stone Frigate, a large stone building completed in 1820 by Sir Robert Barrie, was designed to hold gear and rigging from British warships dismantled in compliance with the Rush-Bagot Agreement.[15] It served as a barracks briefly in 1837-38, and was refitted as a dormitory and classrooms to house RMC by 1876. The Stone Frigate, a designated heritage building, was closed for more than 18 months for major interior and exterior renovations.
The oldest portion of the commandant's house was the surgeon's (Yates) house built after 1812, not as commonly believed the 1812 naval hospital. The hospital was actually a wood frame structure to the front and north of the house.
Summer Programs
RMC Sea Cadet HMCS Ontario
The facilities are used during the summer for:
★ HMCS Ontario, a Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre, which donated $2,000 to UNICEF help educate girls in Afghanistan in 2007 [16]
★ "Can you dig it?" a week-long archeology summer camp, which excavated naval dockyard cottages built in 1822, in 2007. [17]
★ Conferences and sporting events
★ Summer athletic and fencing camps
==Features and Buildings==
 Panorama of the Royal Military College of Canada |
| Building | Date | Description | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson fieldhouse | ★ Sports Centre | Maj General WB Anderson, #359 former cadet and commandant | |
| Blacksmith's Shop | 1838 | ★ Served as College Blacksmith's Shop then gymnasium until it was demolished in 1912 | |
| Commemorative Arch | 1923 | ★ Triumphal arch monument, funded by the RMC Club | honours the Lady and Gentlemen Cadets who have died in combat or while attending the College. |
| Commandant's house | after 1812 | ★ The oldest portion is the surgeon's house, not the wood-framed 1812 naval hospital, as is commonly believed ★ Commandant's house was built from stone after 1812, | |
| Constantine hockey arena | 1960 | ★ Sports Centre | Lieutenant General CF Constantine, #621 former cadet, commandant, hockey player and coach |
| Currie building | 1922 | ★ Annex to the Mackenzie Building housing Currie Hall, the Language Centre ★ Contains administrative offices and Otter Squadron lines. | Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie, National Historic Person of Canada |
| Dockyard bell | ★ The dockyard bell, which was in front of the Stone Frigate, is now in the RMC Museum. ★ Originally mounted on a pole beside the dockyard gate, was used to ring out navy time. ★ In use up until the final shutdown of the navy yard in the 1850s. ★ The bell went to St Mark's Church in Barriefield and it came back down (to RMC) in 1976. | ||
| Fort Champlain | 1965 | ★ Dormitory, houses 8, 9 and 10 Squadrons. Formerly housed 5,6 and 7 Squadon | Samuel de Champlain, famous explorer and founder of Quebec City |
| Fort Frontenac | 1673 | ★ Site of 1673 French fort, captured by British 1758; Fort Cataraqui. | Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1923 |
| Fort Frederick (Kingston) | 1790 | ★ A fortification consisting mostly of earthworks (engineering) ★ with a North wall of stone masonry. ★ Contains one of the Martello Towers, which houses the RMC museum | Frederick, Prince of Wales |
| Fort Haldimand | 1950 | ★ Dormitory, built between 1949-50, currently closed for renovations. ★ Originally contained sports stores, swimming pool, admin offices, locker rooms, medical facilities and dormitories | Sir Frederick Haldimand, former governor of Quebec |
| Fort Lasalle | 1913 | ★ Dormitory housing 2, 3 and 4 Squadrons. ★ Originally called Fort Frederick Dormitory. ★ The 'new wing' was built in 1925 and the 'coronation wing' was built in 1937. | René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle French explorer |
| Fort Sauvé | 2001 | ★ Dormitory housing 5, 6 and 7 Squadrons. | Rt. Hon. Jeanne Sauvé, former Governor-General |
| Girouard building | 1977 | ★ Academic building housing staff and classes in the bilingual program | Sir Édouard Girouard, RMC alumnus, railway builder, governor |
| Hewett House | 1876 | ★ Commandant's house (site of Hewett House) | Edward O. Hewett, First Commandant |
| Interpretive Pavilion, funded by the RMC Club | 2006 | ★ Sits adjacent to the Memorial Arch, ★ tells the history of the Arch, and the College, ★ located on the ‘Hero’s Trail’ along the waterfront | history of the College, and Fort Frederick |
| Kingston Fortifications | 1673 | ★ Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1989. ★ Comprises: Fort Henry, Fort Frederick / Martello Tower, Murney Tower, Shoal Tower, Cathcart Tower | Protection for the Royal Naval Dockyard and the entrance to the Rideau Canal; War of 1812. [19] |
| Kingston Navy Yard | 1789 | ★ Designated in 1928 as a National Historic Site of Canada | War of 1812. |
| Mackenzie building | 1878 | ★ Centrepiece building of the college overlooking the parade square, ★ features a mansard roof, and central tower flanked by projecting end towers. ★ Designed by architect Robert Gage in a Second Empire style: elaborate and monumental. | Rt. Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, former Prime Minister |
| Massey Building | 1960 | ★ Academic building. Houses offices, classrooms, and library. ★ Since 2006, Science, Engineering & Art libraries combined to create more classrooms in Sawyer. | Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, former Governor General of Canada |
| Old Gym | 1903 | ★ The old gym is connected to the Stone Frigate by a covered walkway. ★ Current salle d'armes and home of the RMC fencing team. ★ Summer headquarters for HMCS Ontario (C53) Cadet Summer Training Centre. ★ The basement was as an indoor firing range until very recently. ★ National Defence is converting firing range space into a book storage facility in 2006/2007. ★ The project will include abatement of lead dust and asbestos. | |
| Old Hospital | 1903 | ★ Administrative building. | |
| Panet House | 1903 | ★ Houses the RMC Club, and RMC Club gift shop. Panet family members who attended RMC: ★ 179 BGen A.E. Panet, CB, CMG, DSO; ★ 255 MGen H.A. Panet, CB, CMG, DSO; ★ 499 MGen Edouard de Bellefeuille Panet, CMG, DSO, ED, LLD, D.Sc. Mil; ★ 985 Brigader Henri de Lotbiniere Panet, CBE; and ★ 1474 LCol de Lotbiniere Harwood Macdonald Panet. | ★ Lt Col. Charles-Eugène Panet (1829-98), Senator (1875), Deputy Minister of Militia (1875-98). |
| Parade square | centre of college and site of all formal parades | ||
| Playing Fields | There are 2 football fields, 5 hard surface tennis courts, 2 softball diamonds, 3 soccer fields. In addition the aquatic sports are played in Navy Bay and the St. Lawrence River. | ||
| Sawyer complex | 1977 | ★ Academic buildings containing offices, classrooms, and science and engineering labs. | 1557 Colonel William Reginald Sawyer, PhD (RMC 1924), Chemistry Professor (1935-41), Vice Commandant & director of studies (1948-1967) |
| Sir Archie Macdonell Athletic Centre | ★ athletic centre | 1518 Sir Archie Macdonell (RMC 1919) former commandant | |
| Stone Frigate | 1819-20 | ★ designed by architect Archibald Fraser as Royal Dockyard naval supply storehouse ★ Currently Dormitory housing 1 Squadron, located to East of Parade Square. | |
| Yeo Hall | 1936 | ★ A multifunctional mess and recreation building built from 1934-36 ★ Houses the Cadet Dining Hall and the Cadet Mess. ★ RMC barber and Canadian Forces Exchange System (CANEX) are located in the basement. | Sir James Lucas Yeo, commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during War of 1812 |
The Massey Library collection consists of approximately 135,000 books, 1,800 audio-visual items and 1,200 periodicals in English and French. The library possesses RMC historical materiel including cadet photographs, scrapbooks, collections, diaries, and letters. The major collections follow:
| Collection | Year | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership | 2006-present | donated by the class of 1956 |
| John W. Spurr (former RMC chief librarian) | post WWII | Military science |
| Reginald E. Watters | 1980-present | Canadian literature |
===Memorials===
Main articles: List of Royal Military College of Canada Memorials
e.g. Triumphal arch;
Trophies, Commemorative and Memorial Trees, Monuments, Plaques and Others
Royal Military College of Canada Museum
The federal government recognized the need for an officer training college in Canada in 1870-71, following the withdrawal of British forces from Canada. During Hon. Alexander Mackenzie's administration, enabling legislation was passed in 1874. The College was modelled on the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and the United States Academy at West Point. Although it is a training school for Cadets as are Woodrich and Sandhurst, graduates do not necessarily adopt the military profession as a career. The new college opened on June 1, 1876, with 18 cadets. Since 1876, over 20,000 young Canadians trained at RMC to assume leading roles in military and civilian life. [20]
It was located on the site of the former Royal Naval Dockyard, on Point Frederick under Lt.-Col. Edward O. Hewett. In 1878, the college was renamed the Royal Military College of Canada. Designed to prepare cadets for both military and civil careers, it offered academic and military training courses. In 1948 the college was reorganized as a tri-service institution. It became the first military college in the Commonwealth of Nations to achieve degree-granting status in 1959.[21]
The Fort Frederick Martello Tower is home to the RMC Museum.
Between 1922 and 1946, the RMC collections consisted merely of arms and military artefacts collections raised, built and maintained by either individuals or very small groups of veterans. Although there was a group of interesting military artefacts, there was no overall, coordinated story to tell.
The museum, which was reestablished in 1962, is located in Fort Frederick on the campus of the Royal Military College of Canada. The Museum mandate is to collect, conserve, research and display material relating to the history of the RMC, its former cadets and its site, the Point Frederick Dockyard. The museum contains collections of military memorabilia and military artefacts. The Museum holds, for example, the Douglas Arms Collection[23] which was presented to RMC by Walter Douglas (RMC 1890) and the Leinster Plate[24]
Although 16 Martello towers were built in Canada, only 11 are still standing, being preserved as historic monuments. Two of the towers, Fort Frederick and Murney Tower are open to the public and contain museums. Fort Frederick houses the Royal Military College Museum. Murney Tower is managed by Parks Canada.
Fort Frederick is unusual because it has 3 stories while most Martello Towers only have 2. The Shoal Martello Tower was built between 1846-47. The RMC Museum is a member of the Canadian Museums Association and the Organization of Military Museums of Canada Inc. The RMC Museum is an accredited museum within the Canadian Forces Museum System.[25] The museum has formed a cooperating association of friends of the
museum to assist with projects.[26]
Preliminary testing at the site of a new dormitory at RMC on Point Frederick in Kingston indicated the existence of significant cultural resources. The Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation undertook an excavation of the development site in 2004 which
revealed evidence of prehistoric and historic occupations. Numerous features and artifacts relating to the early British occupation of the site were discovered.
=History=
The Royal Military College of Canada "was the first military college to be established in a colonial dependency and it had a double function, the preparation of cadets for civilian careers as well as for military commissions." Richard A Preston, ''Canada's RMC''
| Year | Significance |
|---|---|
| May 26 1874 | 'Military College of Canada' was established by an Act of the Canadian Parliament "for the purpose of providing a complete education in all branches of military tactics, fortification, engineering, and general scientific knowledge in subjects connected with and necessary to thorough knowledge of the military profession"'' in one of the Garrison Towns of Canada [27] |
| June 1 1876 | 'Military College of Canada' in Kingston, Ontario opened its doors to the first class of eighteen officer cadets. The names of these "Old Eighteen" are memorized by all cadets today. |
| 1878 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria, granted the college the right to use the prefix "Royal." |
| 1878 | The first Commandant, Major Edward Osborne Hewett, chose the college motto, "Truth, Duty, Valour". The full dress uniform of an officer cadet has remained essentially the same; however, the Pillbox hat has replaced the shako. The pith helmet remains in use for Parade (military) only.[28] |
| 1878 | Private schools were established to prepare boys for entrance to RMC, including the Rothesay Netherwood School and the Hillfield Strathallan College. |
| 1884 | The first recorded First Aid class taught in Ontario was held at the RMC. |
| 1885 | The RMC alumni association (RMC Club) was inaugurated |
| 1886 | The first annual RMC alumni dinner was held in Ottawa |
| 1889 | Leo the Royal Cadet is an opera composed by Oscar Telgmann and George Cameron |
| 1891 | The RMC Club ''Proceedings'', the predecessor of ''The Review'', the ''Log of HMS Stone Frigate'', the ''Club Newsletter'', and current ''Veritas'' was published |
| 1894 | Can You Tell Me The Reason Why?, a song about life at the Royal Military College of Canada, was written by #282 A.H.N. Kennedy (1888) & #287 B.H.O. Armstrong (1889) [29] |
| 1898 | The RMC Club was incorporated under the Statutes of Ontario |
| 1906 | The tradition of the Roll Call, which continues today in the Old Brigade, began |
| 1919 | The RMC club decided to erect “a suitable memorial gateway” in memory of those ex cadets who have laid down their lives….” |
| 1932 | The RMC March (music), Precision (march) was composed by Madame Denise Chabot,[30] the wife of a RMC staff member, Major C.A. Chabot. She was inspired by the sound of the cadets marching past married quarters. The College March for bagpipe is Alexander Mackenzie[31] |
| 1942 | The last class at RMC for the duration of hostilities graduated, a final parade was held and the college colours were laid up in Saint George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario. For the remainder of the war the College served as a wartime training area, offering courses such as the Company Commanders Course, Military Intelligence Course, and the War Staff Course. |
| 1948 | ★ RMC reopened with the "New One Hundred" cadets. Since World War II, RMC has broadened to cover a wide range of disciplines however RMC was originally oriented very heavily towards science and engineering. ★ In the Post-War re-organisation of the Canadian Forces, the Canadian Military Colleges Circle (CMC) was formed with RMC, ''Royal Roads Military College'' (RRMC) and ''Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean''(CMR) |
| 1949 | The RMC Club commemorated the fallen from the Second World War on two bronze plaques located on the flanking plinths of the Arch. Names of cadets lost in Korea, through peacekeeping and other operations were added as required. |
| 1950 | The Old Brigade, alumni celebrating 50 + years since they entered one of the military colleges, are inducted. |
| 1952 | CMR was established in order to conduct tri-service cadet training within the Canadian Forces. |
| 1953 | The RMC Band was founded. It includes the pipes and drums section, the brass and reed section, the choir, and a Scottish highland dance troupe. |
| 1959 | The province of Ontario granted a university charter to RMC by passing "The Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act" enabling RMC to offer degrees in Arts, Science, and Engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. |
| 1959 | The Canadian historian, #4393 Doctor Desmond Morton O.C., was the first graduate to receive his RMC degree.[32] |
| 1965 | The RMC Flag inspired Dr. George F.G. Stanley, in his design for the new Canadian flag which was adopted in 1965. [33] |
| 1966 | [34] - a registered Canadian charity - was founded as an alumni charitable organization to perform fundraising in support of RMC. |
| 1974 | RMC celebrates its' centennial celebrations |
| 1976 | ★ Commemorative Centennial Canada Post stamps depict a Wing Parade in front of the Mackenzie Building and a Colour Party with the Memorial Arch in the background[35] ★ 490 Brigadier F. H. Maynard, (RMC 1901) unveiled the RMC Club’s centennial gift, the statue now known as ‘Brucie.’ Maynard had served in France, Mesopotamia and India. |
| 1995 | ★ following the end of the Cold War and massive government cutbacks on defence spending, the Department of National Defence closed Royal Roads Military College (RRMC) and Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR). ★ CMR now operates as part of ASU Saint-Jean as Campus St-Jean where preparatory year ("Prep year") cadets acquire the necessary academic standard needed to attend RMC. ★ RRMC Royal Roads Military College is no longer a military institution, and is now maintained by the Government of British Columbia as Royal Roads University. ★ The loss of CMR and RRMC along with their many traditions and history as military colleges still remains a bitter event for many cadets and alumni.[36] |
| 2000 | ★ Canadian Defence Academy (CDA), which oversees RMC, was established |
| 2001 | To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the founding of RMC, the RMC Foundation refurbished the Memorial Arch and the Royal Canadian Mint issued a 5 cent coin. |
| 2003 | The RMC celebrated the 125 year history of the college with a National Film Board of Canada Documentary, ''The Royal Military College of Canada - A History''[37] |
| 2007 | For every 2.5 undergraduate degrees, RMC now produces one graduate degree. The average civilian faculty member at RMC currently attracts over $121,000 annually in extramural research funding. |
== Militaria Collectibles ==
★ ''Royal Military College of Canada Officer Cadet action figure'', made for 2006 Great Canadian Action Figure Convention in Kingston, Ont. The male model figure can wear a 1st year scarlet dress uniform jacket with academic achievement badges or a 4th year senior cadet's #4s patrol jacket with academic and sports badges, plus belt with a dress navy trousers with red piping. In addition, the figure wears leather ankle boots with Vibrom soles, leather gaiters, leather belt with metal RMC buckle, and a leather bayonet frog. The arms include a metal C7 rifle and metal bayonet with metal scabbard. The box features RMC landmarks and a description of the College in English and French. [38]
★ ''Royal Military College of Canada Officer Cadet 54mm pewter Toy Soldiers'' include: Cadet Squadron Leader with sword and four first year cadets with FNC1 rifle. The female and male cadets are dressed in Scarlet Ceremonial uniforms with white belts, pill box hats, dark trousers with red piping, gaiters and black boots. [39]
★ ''Royal Military College of Canada officer cadet'' 'Gentlemen Cadet' 80mm Metal figure No.53 c. 1980 by Chas C. Stadden Studios. [40]
= Notable faculty, alumni, and senior officers =
Main articles: List of Royal Military College of Canada people
Old Eighteen
The term "Old Eighteen" refers to the first class of cadets accepted into the Royal Military College of Canada.
| AGG Wurtele | HC Freer | HE Wise | WM Davis | TL Reed | SJA Denison | LH Irving | F Davis | CA DesBrisay |
| VS Rivers | J Spelman | CO Fairbank | AB Perry | JB Cochrane | FJ Dixon | GE Perley | HW Keefer | D MacPherson |
=Quotes=
| # | Name | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| General Maurice Baril (RMC 2007) | ★ "Thousands of young officers have marched off its [RMC's] parade square and gone on to great achievements in politics, business and most importantly, on the battlefield" | |
| 7269 | Robert E. Brown (RMC 1968) interviewed by Konrad Yakabuski | ★ "A well-aged dankness in the Stone Frigate, the oldest dormitory at Kingston's Royal Military College, is reputed to be ideally suited to the cultivation of spiders, the common cold and a strong character. Residents of the 180-year-old former naval warehouse, which is separated from the other dorms by Parade Square, have long seen the ability to endure their barracks' inhospitable clime as a mark of fortitude." [41] |
| Sir Andrew Clarke, British inspector-general of fortifications, deceased | ★ [RMC is] "one of the best of its class in the world. . . . And the Americans themselves, I understand, say better than at West Point.” In 1893 Clarke commented that RMC graduates were better than those from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[42] | |
| H22982 | Twenty-sixth Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. | ★ "You will be called upon to take your place in modern Canada and in the modern world.... You will also be called upon to lead...and a leader must stand for something. You must not only be aware of who you are. You must also be defined by what you do." |
| Brooke Claxton, former Defence Minister, deceased | ★ "The role of the officer in modern war can only be properly discharged if they have education and standing in the community comparable to that of any of the other professions as well as high qualities of character and physique.” In 1947, Claxton reopened RMC as a 3 service cadet college offering a 4-year academic degree. | |
| H24263 | Dr. John Scott Cowan | ★ "[T]his is an exercise in Nation Building: In the way that water transforms into ice by building around a single crystal, perhaps the new Canada could do worse than to build around the experiences and values of the new RMC."..."We educate those who pass through this place Royal Military College of Canada exactly so that they will fully understand and be a part of the culture they are called upon to defend."[43] |
| 749 | General Harry Crerar CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD, deceased | ★ "I am confident that The RMC Battalion of Gentlemen Cadets, which will be re-born after this war is over will typify in the future all the best College tradition we have known in the past" |
| Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie, deceased | ★ the "spirit" of the Royal Military College of Canada's graduates, "no less than their military attainments, exercised a potent influence in fashioning a force which, in fighting efficiency, has never been excelled." | |
| Captain A.G. Douglas, deceased | ★ Suggested, in 1816, the establishment of a Canadian military college in Trois Rivieres, Ontario to unify the population, "to begin to work upon young minds of different... parties and persuasions" so "old prejudices would vanish not only among the students, but even among their relations, and a common interest would ensue" | |
| Henry Charles Fletcher[44]deceased | ★ suggested, in a 1874 report to Governor-General Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, the establishment of 3 permanent officer training schools (Halifax, Nova Scotia Quebec, Quebec Saint John, New Brunswick) to serve all arms "the great contribution West Point had made could be duplicated in Canada by a similar institution in which officers of all arms would be trained together". | |
| S140 | Robert J. Giroux C.M., M.Sc. | ★ "A degree from the Royal Military College is a living testament to the value of service and dedication." |
| S147 | Hon. Bill Graham, Defence Minister | ★ “RMC has a proud history of excellence and is fundamental in training future leaders of the Canadian Forces,” |
| S148 | General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) | ★ "[At] the Royal Military College where a bulk of our new officers start their career, start their education, we have 200 spots open for August [2007]. We have 1,500 people who have applied and completed the application process to go to those 200 spots. That is a 7½ to one ratio and we get the opportunity to select the very best from it. As a result, our quality of applicants and the quality of the recruits, the level of fitness and the imagination and the success in completing the courses has skyrocketed in a way that we couldn't even dream about before." 2007 Speech at the National Managers' Forum [45] |
| Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, deceased | ★ wrote Governor-General Dufferin, in 1878 "This belief led me to propose the establishment of a Military College modelled on existing similar institutions in England and the United States, with the expectation that when the first batch of Graduates were leaving the College. means would be found to employ the Graduates in the Canadian Military Service" | |
| 490 | Brigadier F. H. Maynard (RMC 1901), deceased | ★ “I have always remembered with pride that I was a graduate of the RMC. What I learned there carried me through many dangers and difficulties and I wish to record here my gratitude to all who taught me and with whom I served at the RMC, Canada.” |
| Twentieth Governor-General Roland Michener, P.C., C.C., C.M.M., C.D., LL.D. deceased | ★ "RMC, which is only nine years younger than Confederation, has been a powerful factor in the growth and security of the country" | |
| Colonel Sir Frederick Dobson Middleton[46] deceased | ★ “there are very few institutions of a similar character equal to it [Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston] in Europe and none that are better.” | |
| S149 | Hon Peter Milliken, Member of Parliament 2001 | ★ The motto of the Royal Military College is (as you well know), "Truth, Duty, Valour". Your admission to the ranks of this institution, whether it occurred this year or two decades ago, as cadets or as staff, presupposes that you are already possessed of these qualities. That having been said, there is always room for improvement, and the College's role in this regard is to inculcate in its cadets a sense of integrity, responsibility, self-discipline, teamwork, and leadership.[47] |
| S157 | Honourable Gordon O'Connor | ★ "RMC is one of the best military colleges in the world, and it takes motivation and discipline to succeed here." |
| 13511 | Bernard JG Ouellette (CMR ‘78), RMC’s Director of Cadets | ★ "I’m very proud of these young men and women. They put in months of rigorous training on top of an already demanding schedule, and today, their dedication, fitness and teamwork paid off" |
| H16511 | Dr. Richard A. Preston (former professor), deceased | ★ "The supreme test of a military college is the success of its graduates in war...There were some who believed that the stronger academic program must inevitably have weakened the old military spirit and efficiency. But the success of the graduates who went directly to Korea quickly disabused them." |
| Dr. Michael Sullivan (former Kingston mayor), deceased | ★ 1872 petition recommended the military college for Kingston "remarkable healthfulness...not without historical fame in the annals of the country which would render it the more proper site for a military college" | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper (1886), deceased | ★ "I regard the Canadian Military College as one of the best of its class in the world. The training and results are in every way of a high order, and the Americans themselves, I understand, say better than at West Point." | |
| 2951 | General (Ret'd) Ramsey Muir Withers | ★ "...The College must also promote a common vision of the profession of arms, the common military ethos underpinning leadership in the CF and the increasingly joint nature of all foreseeable operations." |
| Unknown | ★ By 1900, hardly a Canadian "bridge, road, or railway line was built without the assistance of an engineering graduate of RMC."[48] |
= External links =
★ The Official RMC Website
★ Joining Instructions - First Year Officer Cadets
★ A video about the first weeks of a Cadet at RMC
★ The Division of Continuing Studies at RMC
★ RMC's Alumni Website
★ Unofficial Homepage of the RMC Paladins Varsity Hockey Program
★ Royal Military College of Canada-Institutional Virtual Campus
★ RMC Profile
★ RMC Museum
★ RMC Strategic Research Plan
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★ Truth, Duty, Valour: Canada Connects
★ A Brief History of the Royal Military College Club
★ Historical Sketch of the Royal Military College of Canada
★ H16511 Preston, Dr. Richard A. Royal Military College of Canada profile in Canadian Encyclopedia
★ Royal Military College Of Canada: 1876 to Present, Dr. Cameron Pulsifer
★ The Socialization of Cadets at the Royal Military College of Canada: A Conceptual Overview Phyllis P Browne (2004)
★ RMC and the Profession of Arms: Looking Ahead at Canada's Military Universary H24263 Dr. John Scott Cowan
★ 5992 Doctor A.J. Barrett Uneasy Partners, Hopeful Future-The Royal Military College Of Canada And The Canadian Defence Academy
★ Across the bridge and over the wall: Queen’s and the Royal Military College Heather Grace
★ Military Knowledge and Scientific Pursuits Royal Military College of Canada
★ Dr. Cameron Pulsifer "The Royal Military College of Canada: 1876 to the Present" Dispatches: Backgrounders in Canadian Military History
Books
★ Walter S. Avis: "Essays and articles selected from a quarter century of scholarship at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston" (Occasional papers of the Department of English, R.M.C.) 1978
★ 2141 Thomas T. L Brock (RMC 1930) “Fight the good fight: Looking in on the recruit class at the Royal Military College of Canada during a week in February 1931” 1964
★ 19828 John-James Ford, (RMC 1995) wrote Bonk on the head, a novel that describes a fictional officer-cadet's life at RMC
★ G1397 Doctor Andrew A.B. Godefroy "Professional training put to the test: the Royal Military College of Canada and Army Leadership in the South African War 1899-1902" The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin 2005
★ 6647 Major (Ret) Mitchell Kryzanowski (RMC 1965), wrote Currie Hall: Memorial to the Canadian Corps (Kingston: Hewson and White, 1989), a description of the decoration of Currie Hall
★ S125 Major (Ret) William WJ Oliver, and S134 Mrs Rolande Oliver, "RMC Hockey History Digest" Eds. Red & White Books, Kingston, 2003
★ 4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
★ H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
★ H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
★ H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968
★ H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. Royal Military College. [Kingston]. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984
★ A.G.G. Wurtele "Not In Cooke. - Account of a tour by the first graduating class of the Royal Military College", Kingston, 1880.
★ "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College since the Second World War", Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 1991.
★ 4669 Toivo Roht, (CMR RMC 1960) "Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Royal Roads Military College and Royal Military College 1955-2006" 2007
★ "RMC Cadet Handbook" Kingston, ON: RMC, 2004
★ "Royal Military College of Canada: The Canadian Services Colleges" 1962
★ "The Royal Military College of Canada 1876 to 1919"
See also
★ Royal Military College of Canada
★ Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
★ Royal Roads Military College
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