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Motto Truth, Duty, Valour
Established 1940
Type Military college
Chancellor MND
Principal N/A
Staff N/A
Undergraduates N/A
Location Victoria, British Columbia, BC, Canada
Campus Hatley Park
Closed 1995
Website rrmc.ca

Royal Roads Military College (RRMC) was a Canadian military college (1940 to 1995) located in Hatley Park, Colwood, British Columbia near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The facility is currently being used as the campus for Royal Roads University, a public university that offers applied and professional academic programs. The centrepiece of the campus is Hatley Castle, constructed in the early part of the 20th century by B.C. coal baron James Dunsmuir for his wife, Laura. For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy, François Lemoyne, 1737 For other uses, see Truth (disambiguation). ... Duty is a term loosely appliedDuty to any action (or course of action) whichDutyDuty is regarded as morally incumbent, apart from personal likes and dislikes or any external compulsion. ... Courage is the ability to confront fear in the face of pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A military academy is a military educational institution. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... The Minister of National Defence (French: Ministre de la Défense nationale) is the Canadian politician within the Cabinet of Canada responsible for the Department of National Defence which oversees the Canadian Forces. ... The Principal is the chief executive and the chief academic officer of a University in Scotland and at certains institutions in Canada and other parts of the Commonwealth. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... This article is about the city of Victoria. ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... Hatley Park is a park and neighbourhood located in Colwood, British Columbia near its border with the municipality of Metchosin. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Hatley Park is a park and neighbourhood located in Colwood, British Columbia near its border with the municipality of Metchosin. ... Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. ... This article is about the city of Victoria. ... Royal Roads University (RRU) is a public university located in Colwood, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ... Hatley Castle Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia in Greater Victoria. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... James Dunsmuir (b July 8, 1851, Fort Vancouver – d June 6, 1920, Cowichan Bay, British Columbia) was a British Columbian industrialist and politician. ...


The gentlemen cadets of RRMC were not only required to excel in their respective academic fields, but to achieve the standard in the three other components as well, the Second Language Training component, Physical Fitness component and the Military component. Failure in any of these four components resulted in the officer cadet not being awarded the coveted RRMC degree. Physical fitness is an attribute required for service in virtually all military forces. ... Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers. ...


In February of 1994, after the end of the Cold War and under the pressure of massive spending cuts from the Government of Canada, the Department of National Defence announced that it was would be closing Royal Roads Military College, along with the Le collège militaire royal (CMR) in St-Jean Sur Richelieu. CMR however was retained as an educational institution for lady and gentlemen cadets, as a preparatory college for certain cadets before proceeding to the Royal Military College Kingston. The final graduating class of RRMC proudly marched off the parade square in May of 1995, signifying the historical close and the end of many years of proud college tradition at Hatley Park. For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... The Department of National Defence, frequently referred to by its acronym DND, is the department within the government of Canada with responsibility for Canadas military, the Canadian Armed Forces. ... CMR Saint-Jean Crest Arms (© Department of National Defence) Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR) was a Canadian military academy located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec. ... The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), is the military academy of the Canadian Forces and is a full degree-granting university. ...


Hatley Park / Former Royal Roads Military College was declared a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995 in order to commemorate the Dunsmuir family (1908-1937) and RRMC (1940-1995). The site was plaqued in 2000 as a superb Canadian example of an Edwardian park, with gardens, which remains practically intact. National Historic Site is a designation for a protected area of historic significance. ...


On June 21, 1995, after negotiations with the Department of National Defence and the Government of British Columbia, the British Columbian Government passed the Royal Roads University Act, creating Royal Roads University. The campus is currently leased from the federal government under a $1, 50-year lease agreement with Royal Roads University which was announced in 2001. The Department of National Defence leases approximately 55 hectares of land for the campus to Royal Roads University, and has entered into a five-year Renewable Management Agreement with the University for the maintenance of the remaining 175 hectares of property owned by the Department of National Defence. Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... Royal Roads University (RRU) is a public university located in Colwood, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ... This article or section should include material from Tenancy agreement A lease is a contract conveying from one person (the lessor) to another person (the lessee) the right to use and control some article of property for a specified period of time (the term), without conveying ownership, in exchange for... Royal Roads University (RRU) is a public university located in Colwood, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ...

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History

Year Significance
1917 The Royal Canadian Naval College in Halifax, Nova Scotia was badly damaged in the Halifax Explosion.
1921 The Royal Canadian Naval College in Halifax was closed in 1921.
1921 The Canadian Government purchased the land for Royal Roads to reestablish the Naval college
1940
  • The Naval Training Establishment at Royal Roads was changed and commissioned to HMCS Royal Roads.
  • Auxiliary buildings on the Hatley estate such as the Mews stables and garage were converted into classroom space.
  • A new building called the Grant Building located behind Hatley Castle was built in order to provide a mess hall and dormitories, as well as classrooms and laboratories.
1942 The Royal Canadian Naval College was established to train marine and naval officers.
1946 The Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force College offered the first two years of university-level programs to Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy officers
1947 The Canadian Services College Royal Roads offered the first two years of university- level programs to army, navy and air force officers.
1949 The RMC Club commemorated the fallen from the Second World War on two bronze plaques located on the flanking plinths of the Memorial Arch in Kingston, Ontario. 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.
1956 Red tunics reintroduced
1968 Royal Roads Military College (RRMC) offered the first two years of university-level programs to Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy officers.
1975 The Royal Roads Military College Degrees Act was passed by the Government of British Columbia, allowing the Royal Roads Military College to grant degrees.
1984 The first female cadet enrolled at RRMC creating a slight shift culturally in the Canadian Military Colleges, as well as in the CF as a whole.
1995

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Facilities

Building Year Significance
Hatley Castle 1908
  • administrative centre of Royal Roads University. From 1941 until 1943 when Grant Block was completed, the Castle served as dormitory and mess hall for cadets and staff officers at RRMC.
Mews Conference Centre 1912 stables and garage later converted to classrooms, dormitory, social centre and conference centre
Cedar Building 1900s The original Tudor-style dairy and cattle barns were converted into laboratories and classrooms for physics and oceanography. The building was refurbished in 1998 into research and computer laboratories
Arbutus Building academic classrooms, administrative offices, a computer lab, and a canteen
Gate House (or White House) an administrative centre
Millward Building 1991 Offices, dormitories, named for former Commandant Millward (Air Force) of Royal Roads Military College.
Nixon Building 1955 classrooms, dormitories named after the former Commanding Officer Nixon of the Royal Naval College of Canada.
Grant Building 1943 main academic building, laboratories, cafeteria, and offices named for first Commanding Officer of HMCS Royal Roads, Captain John Moreau Grant
Boat House 1989 boat house
dock 1990 dock
sports complex 1942 - 1957 gymnasium, weight room, fitness studio, squash courts, outdoor tennis courts

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Royal Roads Military College Museum

Hatley Castle
Hatley Castle

Hatley Castle is home to the Royal Roads Military College Museum. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1500 × 1000 pixel, file size: 446 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Hatley Castle, in Hatley Park. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1500 × 1000 pixel, file size: 446 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Hatley Castle, in Hatley Park. ...


The museum is located in Hatley Castle, on the campus of the Royal Roads University and former campus of the Royal Roads Military College of Canada. The Museum mandate is to collect, conserve, research and display material relating to the history of the Royal Roads Military College, its former cadets and its site. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Hatley Castle Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia in Greater Victoria. ... Royal Roads University (RRU) is a public university located in Colwood, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ... This article is about the concept. ... This article is about the study of the past in human terms. ...


The Royal Roads Military College Museum is a member of the Canadian Museums Association and the Organization of Military Museums of Canada Inc. The Royal Roads Museum is an accredited museum within the Canadian Forces Museum System. [3] The museum has formed a cooperating association of friends of the museum to assist with projects. [4] The Canadian Museums Association is a national organization for the promotion of museums in Canada. ... The Canadian Forces (CF) (French: Forces canadiennes (FC)) are the unified armed forces of Canada, governed by the National Defence Act, which states: The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces. ...


Traditions

Tradition Significance
blanket toss blanket toss of senior class members after the last waltz at the Graduation Ball
ceremonial mace Symbolizes the authority of the college, as granted in the name of the Sovereign (currently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). When carried into the ceremony and placed on stage, the mace signals the opening of the convocation.
'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.
college Toast (honor) RRMC club toast to absent comrades meaning those who have fallen in action or who had died
colours After the last parade of RRMC in spring 1995, the Colours were deposited into the care of Christ Church Cathedral in [[Victoria, British Columbia" where they are on display with several other retired colours including "Royal Canadian Navy" and "Royal Canadian Air Force".
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 RRMC, 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:
Jacket exchange RRMC Director of Cadets exchanges tunics with I Year Officer Cadet at RRMC Christmas Dinner.
Just Passing By When a graduate of the RRMC pilots an aircraft in the vicinity of Victoria, British Columbia he or she conducts an impromptu airshow over the College.
March Hatley Park; Going Home
obstacle course race gruelling course for recruits set up by the cadets' immediate predecessors, memorialized by a sculpture
Old 18 First year cadets memorize the names of the first class in the order of their college numbers.[5]
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.
shouldering professors at closing exercises, cadets carried professors around the room
skylarks annual class practical joke or prank
sweetheart broach officer cadets gave their dates an enamel brooch in lieu of a corsage for formal dances at Christmas, and Graduation.

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Commandants

# Name Year Significance
6440 Captain (N) Tony AJ Goode ((College Militaire Royal/RMC 1965) 1984-87 Commandant, RRMC
RRA18 Colonel Kenneth E. Lewis (RRMC ‘47) 1968-70 11th Commandant, RRMC
2576 Commodore (Ret'd) William P Hayes 1937 (RMC 1937) 1963-65 Commandant, RRMC
2444 R.Adm (Ret'd) John A. Charles, C.M.M (RMC 1935) 1955-1958 Commandant, RRMC
3912 Colonel George L. Logan (RRMC/RMC ‘57) 14th Commandant, RRMC
8241 LGen (Ret'd) Michael V Caines (College Militaire Royal/RMC 1970) C.M.M., CD 1995 Commandant, RRMC

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Notable alumni of the Royal Roads Military College

Royal Roads Military College is prestigious and has had many notable alumni (Shown with college numbers).

Chris Hadfield
Alex Trebek
# Name Grad Significance
6593 Reg Bird RRMC/RMC 1965 chairperson, SaskTel
3184 Leonard L.F. Bolger, deceased RRMC/RMC 1953 earned Alberta Centennial medal, Vice-president at Shell Canada, Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Back Door, Alberta Research Council and Alberta Energy Research Institute
11052 Glenn Bucholtz RRMC RMC 1976 Businessperson, General Manager, Geimar
16073 Mr Stephen J Brown RRMC RMC 1987 Partner with Deloitte
7344 Robert Brown RRMC RMC 1967 Businessperson, philanthropist
5541 Richard Bryant RRMC RMC 1963 President, Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia
8889 Major (Ret) David N Caddey RRMC RMC 1971 retired President, Space Missions Unit, MDA Corporation; served on numerous Boards of profit and not-for-profit organizations
13752 Captain Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh RRMC RMC 1982 RMC Professor; Irish-Canadian advocate
9758 Captain (Ret) Shawn Coyle CD RRMC RMC 1973 pilot, author
14008 Alan Cumyn RRMC 1983 author, freelance writer.
7736 Captain (Ret) Reg DeLong CD RRMC/RMC 1968 businessperson, director, 3e Training
15622 Jason Donville RRMC/RMC 1986 businessperson, CIO, Home Capital Group Inc.
16955 Captain (Ret) Pat SP Dray MID RRMC/RMC 1989 military officer
16537 Trevor Espenant RRMC/RMC 1988 businessperson, president, Kestrel Projects Technical Consulting Services
M0189 Captain (ret) Martin JAM Gagné CD RRMC/RMC 1984 Vice President, CAE
5563 Gus Gillespie CD RRMC/RMC 1963 businessperson, President, Gillespie Consulting
6250 Major (Ret) Louis Grimshaw CD RRMC/RMC 1964 businessperson, owner Louis E. Grimshaw Military Antiques
10238 Colonel (Ret) Ronald Guidinger CD RRMC/RMC 1974 Businessperson, Vice President and General Manager, Raytheon Canada Limited,
13738 Colonel (Ret'd) Chris Hadfield CD RRMC/RMC 1982 Canadian astronaut
11896 Dave Hisdal CD RRMC/RMC 1978 businessperson, Director, Intermap Technologies
11510 Barry Kennedy RRMC 1977 comedian, actor, author of 3 books, son of Gordon Pinsent
5573 Colonel (Ret) Layne LR Larsen CD RRMC/RMC 1962 engineer, Air Navigator, artist, author of 7 books and 250 technical monographs
RCNC284 LCdr (Ret) John Edwards Leckie RRMC 1946 soldier, mining engineer, explorer
Larry Lillo RRMC 1964 Theatre & artistic director, 'Larry Lillo Award for outstanding direction' and 'John Moffat & Larry Lillo Award' for West Coast theatre artists, BC Entertainment Hall of Fame [6]
17481 Doctor Sean M Maloney RRMC 1990 historian, RMC professor, author: Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan; and Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War; Potomac Books Inc (2007)
3528 General (Ret) Paul David Manson O.C., CMM, CD, B.Sc., D.M.S. RRMC 1956 military leader, business executive and volunteer; former Chief of Defence Staff
7786 Major (Ret) Douglas Matthews RRMC RMC 1968 author, professor, businessperson: Pacific Show Productions
M0135 Colonel (Ret) Donald W McLeod CD RRMC/RMC 1979 writer, FrontLine magazine
RCNC17 The Honorable John Nichol C.M. RRMC 1942 David Simmonds Parkinson’s Leadership Award by Parkinson Society of Canada
16132 Mr Don Perrin RRMC/RMC 1987 writer, former military officer.
17000 LT(N) (ret) Ognjen (Michael) Preradovic RRMC/RMC 1989 businessperson, CTO, Constructive Media
10740 Dave Read RRMC/RMC 1975 businessperson, VP, ATCO Frontec and President, Torngait Services Inc
12711 Mr James M Reid RRMC 1980 businessperson, vice president, MDS Inc.
7809 Eric Ruff RRMC/RMC 1968 appointed Fellow of the Canadian Museum Association, Curator Emeritus, author; musician
15175 Captain (ret) Brent Seufert RRMC/RMC 1986 businessperson, founder Buckskin Systems
18951 Lieutenant (ret) Gregory Skotnicki RRMC/RMC 1993 businessperson, President Manderley Turf Products Inc.
12718 Lieutenant (ret) Daniel Simard RRMC/RMC 1980 businessperson, Managing Director, Spectrum Signal Processing UK
18042 Mr Dwight MD Stewart RRMC/RMC 1991 partner in Miller Thomson LLB
Alex Trebek Game show host on Canada's Walk of Fame and Hollywood walk of fame.
15696 Colonel Jonathan JH Vance CD, M.I.D. RRMC 1986 Soldier Croatia
19470 Major John D Vass CD M.I.D. RRMC/RMC 1994 Soldier Kabul, Afghanistan
16606 Chris Voice RRMC 1988 businessperson, Chief Technology Officer, Entrust Technologies
8602 Mr. Patrick G. Whittingham RRMC 1970 director of AZCAR Technologies Inc./Miranda Technologies Inc.
2951 General Ramsey Muir Withers RRMC/RMC 1952 Military Officer

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Quotes

# Name Quote
Mr. Kasper, 3rd Session, 35th Parliament, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  • "Be it resolved that this House strongly condemn the Government of Canada's unfair decision to close five defence installations in British Columbia, including the Royal Roads Military College, resulting in the elimination of nearly 900 civilian and military jobs; and be it further resolved that this House, noting the reputation of academic excellence offered at the Royal Roads Military College during its fifty-five year history, and in light of the recent $20 million upgrade, urge the Government of Canada to re-examine the utility of closing the only military college in Western Canada, affecting 230 civilian and military jobs." [7]

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Trivia

- The beautiful campus of Royal Roads was used as the mansion for the popular "X-Men" movies.[1] Hatley Castle Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia in Greater Victoria. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ...


- Alex Trebek of Jeopardy fame attended Royal Roads for a brief time, but left before completing his first year. Alex Trebek, with his once-iconic mustache, hosting a 1986 episode of Jeopardy! George Alexander Trebek (born as Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek [1] on July 22, 1940) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American television personality and game show host whos best known as the host of the game... This article describes the British horror/suspense television series. ...


Books

  • Peter J.S. Dunnett “Royal Roads Military College 1940-1990, A Pictorial Retrospective” (Royal Roads Military College, Victoria, BC 1990)
  • 4237 Preston, Dr. Adrian & Peter Dennis (Edited) Swords and Covenants. Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
  • H16511 Preston, Dr. Richard A. Canada's Royal Military College: A History of the Royal Military College, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
  • H1877 Smith, R. Guy C. (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
  • To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College since the Second World War, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 1991.
  • 4669 Roht, Toivo (CMR RMC 1960) "Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Royal Roads Military College and Royal Military College 1955-2006" 2007

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See also

The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), is the military academy of the Canadian Forces and is a full degree-granting university. ... Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR) is a Canadian military academy located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec. ...

References

  1. ^ http://www.cda-cdai.ca/library/klepak.htm
  2. ^ http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/campus-information/campus-map/Campus Map
  3. ^ www.rmc.ca/other/museum/index_e.html Royal Roads Museum
  4. ^ Canadian Forces Museums http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/027-05_e.asp
  5. ^ http://www.rmcclubfoundation.ca/about/old18_e.html Biographies Old 18
  6. ^ http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/whoswho_L.htm
  7. ^ http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=d278c28c-5aad-433d-950b-62ad4cbfeda8

External links

  • More comprehensive history presented by RRMC class of '94
  • Hatley Castle

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