Military Services & Associations

Click here to see the Canadian Military & Veterans Transition Program outline

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Click here to see the Military Services brochure

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Click here to see the Legion Military Support message for 2006

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Project Embers

Project Embers - Mr. Dave Sinclair, Command 2nd Vice-President of BC/Yukon Command The Royal Canadian Legion presents Mr. Peter Learmonth, Chair of the Board of Directors of Mainland BC Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC) with a cheque in support of MFRC initiatives. Click here for information on this new program.

Photo by Cpl Shirley Edel

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The number one priority of The Royal Canadian Legion has been to assist our veterans and their families. This remains the priority of the Legion.

When we speak of veterans this includes any person who is serving or who has been honourably released from the Armed Forces of Canada, the Commonwealth or its wartime allies; or who has served in the Merchant Navy or Ferry Command during wartime.

WE ARE THERE FOR ALL VETERANS!

It is important that our serving servicemen and servicewomen and their families whether they are in the Regular force or the Militia know that The Royal Canadian Legion is there for them.
We are here to help all of you.

There are many ways that we can and do help our servicemen and servicewomen and their families: Here are just a few of the initiatives that BC/Yukon Command of The Royal Canadian Legion does to help.

· Provide access to professionally trained Service Officers for all Regular and Reserve Force personnel and their families. We have Terry Mills, Command Service Officer stationed at CFB Esquimalt who also makes frequent trips to CFB Comox. In Vancouver (at Command office) we have Command Service Officer Judy Richards to assist. In addition, any branch Service Officer throughout our Command will assist if called upon. All assistance given is strictly confidential.
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· We assist the Military Family Resource Centres throughout our Command by providing assistance at all of our branches to our serving personnel’s families when they are on deployment. Again, this is through our Service Officers and again all contact is strictly confidential.

· Through the Legion Foundation we provide Spinoza Bears to the Military Family Resource Centres. These are therapeutic talking bears specifically designed to assist children under stress or suffering with serious illness.

· We are currently sponsoring Dr. Westwood who has initiated a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder clinic at UBC assisting veterans and serving personnel alike. Any serving members who want this assistance are to contact our Service Officers who will make arrangements again, in the strictest of confidence.

· Currently we are attempting to sponsor a similar clinic at the University of Victoria.

· This Committee proposes to provide the Legion Magazine to the appropriate messes in all Regular and Reserve force ships, bases and regiments in the BC/Yukon Command.

· We are constantly lobbying our Federal Government through our Federal Ministers and Members of Parliament for better conditions and equipment for our Armed Forces. We are very successful in this regard and today’s military is benefiting from our efforts.

· We also are constantly pushing for better benefits for today’s veterans through Veterans Affairs Canada.

· If our Military Services and Association committee is made aware of a problem in the military we will make every effort at our disposal to solve it for our servicemen and servicewomen.

The Royal Canadian Legion has 156 Branches in BC/Yukon Command and approximately 75,000 members. If you or your family needs help, one of our branches is sure to be close by.

We would certainly like to welcome you to join our organization but please remember: We are there for you and your family whether you are a member of our organization or not!