PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Hi all, it has been a busy month for the Regiment as you can in the writeups below. The best news overall, is that we are coming out of this COVID19 lock downs. I am pleased to see that 6
Engr Sqn will be hosting their D Day dinner on Saturday 11 June in North Vancouver. More details on that for sure. Enjoy the articles and I hope to see many of you at the dinner.
Chimo
Bill Wenman
President
On 29 April 2022, we will commemorate the 119th Anniversary of the Canadian Military Engineers, which originated from the creation of the Canadian Engineer Corps in 1903.
Many significant events have occurred throughout those years with Canada’s involvement in the two World Wars, regional wars, peace-making and peace-keeping missions, counter-insurgency operations, and in numerous domestic operations. At all times, Canadian Military Engineers have punched above their weight…
Canada’s Ambassador-designate to South Korea, Mark Fletcher, assisted in launching a special photo exhibit in United Nations Peace Memorial Hall in Busan, South Korea on 24 March 2022. The new display illustrates some of Canada’s participation in the Koren War.
The Organization of Military Museums of Canada Course (OMMC) will be held in Sackville, NB from 12 – 18 June 2022, COVID restrictions or outbreaks notwithstanding. The host museum is the Canadian Military Engineers Museum in Gagetown, headed by Sandra Johnson Penney.
The current OMMC Bulletin is printed below and the OMMC Course is described on page 2 (English) and page 3 (francais).
Ms Yara Yara Shaath was awarded CMEA Gaspard Joseph Chassegros de Lery Memorial Bursary at 34 CER. Pictured here with (left to right), CWO Mike Golden, CD, RSM 34 CER; her father, Capt Badawy Shaath, CD; and LCol Dan A. Doran, MMM, CD, CO 34 CER.
See 2021 CMEA Memorial Bursary Winners for the full story.
Update: 19 April 2022: Scott Kyle, representing ATCO Canada, met an old friend at the Invictus Games in The Hague. Dave Malenfant wins 100 metre race.
Publishing Date: 25 Mar 22
The 5th Invictus Games, dubbed Invictus 2020 since their postponement in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 but retaining the same name, will be hosted between 16 and 22 April 2022 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The Games, presented by Jaguar Land Rover, bring together over 500…
On 16 March this year, MCpl Kyle Daniel was presented with his 2020 CMEA Bursary cheque - year late! MCpl Daniel, serving in 41 CER, was notified in the spring of 2021 that he had won the Colonel C.S. Gzowski Memorial Bursary but he never received his cheque for $1500. A new cheque was issued this year and finally awarded to this deserving soldier.
Keeping in touch with our Sapper Korean War veterans has been made more difficult after the recent wind-down of the Korean Veterans Association. The CMEA has initiated an effort to improve the contact and communications among remaining Korean War veterans and within the CME Family. We also want to improve the CME Family awareness of the actions of the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Korean War and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of our Korean War…
The CDAI Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence at the Chateau Laurier provided an ideal opportunity on 10 March for TD Insurance Meloche Monnex to present the CMEA with a cheque for $62,725.00 as part of our affinity relationship financial support for 2021. Since it was started nine years ago, TD Insurance Meloche Monnex has provided over $300,000 to the CMEA to fund many of our programs.
On hand to receive the cheque from Mr Luc Naud, TD Meloche Monnex, were CWO Louis…
