The Youth Peace Camp is intended to build a network for future collaboration among youths of UN allied nations in the Korean War by inviting grandchildren of UN Korean War veterans. This Program is initially designed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
Eligibility
Korean War veterans’ grandchildren who are attending universities or colleges (including graduate schools) with good academic records, no criminal records, English speaking…
The year 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Italian Campaign during the Second World War with the invasion of Sicily on 9 July 1943. Operation HUSKY was the first major engagement for the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and aimed to relieve pressure on the Eastern Front and open the Mediterranean Sea lanes for Allied merchant ships. Allied forces took the island from the enemy after six weeks of fighting.
In remembrance of the Sicilian…
CMEA Bursary 2023: Grand Total of $18,000 (nine individual bursaries of $2.000)
Applications are open to CMEA members and dependents of current or deceased CMEA members.
Applicants must have completed or be in their final year of secondary schooling and preparing to attend or continuing a program at a certified post-secondary educational institution.
The bursary program consists of nine individual educational bursaries of $2,000 to be…
As the years go by, the world situation appears to be worsening, be it from natural disasters associated with climate change, conflicts in Ukraine, tensions in the China Sea, or hostilities in the Middle East. As Canadian Military Engineers, we are expected to be ready to respond when called upon just as we always have. On 29 April 2023, we will commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Canadian Military Engineers. Our anniversary is a good opportunity to reflect on the…
The contribution of the Canadian Railway Troops to the Victory at Vimy Ridge is often forgotten. In the memory of the men killed in the leadup to the battle, see Railway to Vimy Ridge
'Lookback Friday' is an opportunity to look back at some significant past news stories. On 15 March 2010, we linked our news to a current CBC report on construction work at the Kandahar Airfield, at the time, the busiest single runway in the world.
Click here to see 'The building boom that is Canada's Afghan base' by CBC Reporter Derek Stoffel.
'Lookback Friday' is an opportunity to look back at some significant past news stories. This week, we look at how the RCE re-opened the Alaska Highway after a major bridge collapse including a comprehensive news video. See Engineers Restore the Northern Transportation Link.
27 July 2023 marks the 70th Anniversary of the end of the fighting of the Korean War when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed in 1953. See: https://cmea-agmc.ca/27-july-anniversary-end-fighting-korean-war
CMEA is increasing its efforts to locate our Korean War veterans. We have listed the names of most of these veterans at: https://cmea-agmc.ca/searching-korean-war-sapper-veterans.
Please email us at: Korea.Sapper.Vets@cmea-agmc.ca if you are…
Good day fellow green Monsters, staff and friends. Your committee is planning what is likely the last Sapper Apprentice Reunion for September 8 -10th 2023. The venue we have been able to book is the Coast Hotel in downtown Chilliwack.
Consider this a warning order and please contact as many Sapper Apprentices for whom we have no e - mail or address. You can reach me at 604-504-5969, Email jthivierge10@gmail.com or text at 778-344-8243. I will be sending…
