Guest Speaker John Goheen TOPIC: In the Footsteps of Heroes:The Royal Canadian Legion As Mark Connley states in his recent Postcards from the Western Front: the term ‘pilgrimage’ had emerged from its religious roots and was increasingly being applied to secular journeys that were deemed to share similar characteristics. When ‘pilgrimage’ is used to describe those traveling to see war cemeteries, memorials, and other places of commemoration the blurring between the religious and the secular is…
Presentation in English. TOPIC: “Into the Dragon’s Jaws”A Canadian Combat Surgeon in the Vietnam WarSPEAKER: Dr. Garry L. Willard “Into The Dragon’s Jaws” details the exciting adventures and experiences of a young Canadian Red Cross combat casualty surgeonwho volunteered to assist Vietnamese-war wounded following the TetOffensive in South Vietnam in 1968.The intensity and drama of this book are enhanced by manyphotographs illustrating surgical care in oft-times dangerous andvolatile circumstances. Dr. Willard describes his role as…
Guest Speaker Dr. Stacey BarkerHistorian for the Arts and Military History Canadian War Museum. TOPIC: “THE CANADIAN FORCES ARTISTS PROGRAM – GROUP 9 “ The Canadian Forces Artist Program – Group 9 exhibition, currently on display at the Canadian War Museum, sits within a rich tradition of official Canadian War Art, going back over a century.How did official war art get its start in Canada, and how did it get to where it is today? What links the…
To Register, email the Friends [email protected] Mark Zuehlke is an award-winning author and generally considered to be one of Canada’s foremost popular military historians. Mark’s Canadian Battle Series is an exhaustive recounting of the campaigns fought by Canadian troops during the Second World War. In 2014, Mark was awarded the Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media in recognition of his role in popularizing Canadian history. The Friends are very pleased and honoured to have Mark…
Thursday, June 22nd, 20231:30 – 3:00 pmCWM Ateliers Rooms C&D Presentation in English Guest Speaker Dr. Andrew BurtchHistorian, Canadian War Museum Topic: “War Games Exhibit The Curators Perspective “ Dr. Andrew Burtch is the Canadian War Museum’s post-1945 Historian. As curator of Gallery 4, he is responsible for all questions relating to conflicts from the beginning of the Cold War to the present day. He has worked to develop temporary and ongoing exhibitions about the Afghanistan war,…
Thursday, May 25th, 20237:00-8:00 PM Presentation in English In his second instalment of the history of the Chaussegros de Léry family, Jean-Pierre Raymond will continue the journey and elaborate on how the son of a Polish Count, influenced by Chaussegros de Léry would become an engineer, arrive in Canada as a immigrant and assist in the founding of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. Jean-Pierre will also describe the engineering legacy of…
In Person Thursday, April 20th, 2023 1:30 – 3:00 pm CWM Ateliers Rooms C&D Presentation in English This event will also be Live Streamed via Zoom From Canada’s top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable…
ean-Pierre Raymond’s presentation will focus on the extraordinary legacy of one family of engineers in Canada, the Chaussegros de Léry Family. This family lineage includes 16 descendants that were military engineers that served in the First World War of which four became generals. A two-part presentation, Part 1 will focus on the King’s Engineer Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, born in Québec City 300 years ago in 1723. He was the son-in-law of the Chief Engineer…
Dr. Sean M. Maloney is a Professor of History at Royal Military College of Canada and served as the Historical Advisor to the Chief of the Land Staff during the war in Afghanistan. He previously served as the historian for 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade, the Canadian Army’s primary Cold War NATO commitment. Dr. Maloney has extensive field experience in the Balkans, particularly in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia from 1995 to 2001. His work on…
Canadian Military Intelligence Operations and Evolution from the October Crisis to the War in Afghanistan by Dr. David Charters. Dr. David Charters draws upon original source documents and many interviews to provide a very comprehensive history of Canadian military intelligence over the past 60 years. The book illustrates how a middle power, like Canada, can make a significant contribution to the intelligence community. Dr. Charters provides many insights on how Canadian intelligence has evolved over…
EMail: [email protected] for Zoom link. Register before Oct 25th Dr. Sean M. Maloney is a Professor of History at Royal Military College of Canada and served as the Historical Advisor to the Chief of the Land Staff during the war in Afghanistan. He previously served as the historian for 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade, the Canadian Army’s primary Cold War NATO commitment. Dr. Maloney has extensive field experience in the Balkans, particularly in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo…
