A Message from the Chairman
More than 120,000 Canadian men and women serving in the Canadian and Allied armed forces have made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that future generations of Canadians live in a free and democratic country. These courageous individuals are buried in cemeteries in Canada, Europe, Russia, South Africa, North Africa, India, Burma, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Many have no marked grave, and many were lost at sea.
Our mission is to provide one place of Remembrance, both physical and virtual, as an enduring tribute to these brave souls.
Together, with your support, we raised sufficient funding to erect the National Memorial to the Fallen in the city of Kingston, Ontario, rich with Canada’s military history. The virtual component is already alive at www.canadianfallen.ca. We encourage you to visit the virtual site and search for relatives, submit photos and documents relevant to a profile. Or just take some time to read a story in Remembrance / Souvenir Magazine about our Fallen and remember them.
Now that the Memorial is erected, we still need to continue to solicit funds to ensure the long-term sustainability of both the memorial and the virtual spaces, as well as our secondary objectives. These secondary objectives include: assisting communities across Canada to build or renovate their own local memorials through our Community Memorials Programme; helping to educate Canadian Youth through our Education Outreach Programme and Scholarship Programme; and our Flag Programme. More information on each of these programmes is available elsewhere in our website.
Together we can make this happen.
Gary Coulter, RCMP/CSIS Inspector (ret’d)
Our mission is to provide one place of Remembrance, both physical and virtual, as an enduring tribute to these brave souls.
Together, with your support, we raised sufficient funding to erect the National Memorial to the Fallen in the city of Kingston, Ontario, rich with Canada’s military history. The virtual component is already alive at www.canadianfallen.ca. We encourage you to visit the virtual site and search for relatives, submit photos and documents relevant to a profile. Or just take some time to read a story in Remembrance / Souvenir Magazine about our Fallen and remember them.
Now that the Memorial is erected, we still need to continue to solicit funds to ensure the long-term sustainability of both the memorial and the virtual spaces, as well as our secondary objectives. These secondary objectives include: assisting communities across Canada to build or renovate their own local memorials through our Community Memorials Programme; helping to educate Canadian Youth through our Education Outreach Programme and Scholarship Programme; and our Flag Programme. More information on each of these programmes is available elsewhere in our website.
Together we can make this happen.
Gary Coulter, RCMP/CSIS Inspector (ret’d)
Executive Board
Executive Board / Conseil exécutif
Chairman: RCMP Inspector (retd) Gary Coulter
Vice-Chairman: Colonel (retd) Bruce Ewing – OMM, MA
Secretary/Treasurer: Lieutenant-Colonel (retd) Louis Cyr – CID, CD
Vice-Chairman: Colonel (retd) Bruce Ewing – OMM, MA
Secretary/Treasurer: Lieutenant-Colonel (retd) Louis Cyr – CID, CD
Board of Directors / Conseil d’administration
CSIS Director General (retd) Larry Brooks
Lieutenant-Colonel (retd) William Cummings – MDS, MA
Cassandra de Bartok – BA, MA
Bart Loria – BA, OCT
Captain (retd) Debra St-Gelais – CD
Joel Watson – HBA, LLB
Lieutenant-Colonel (retd) William Cummings – MDS, MA
Cassandra de Bartok – BA, MA
Bart Loria – BA, OCT
Captain (retd) Debra St-Gelais – CD
Joel Watson – HBA, LLB
Patrons / Mécènes
Current
The Honourable Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons (retd) – O.C., P.C.
General (retd) Walt Natynczyk, former Chief of the Defence Staff - O.C., C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D.
Past
Honorary Colonel (retd) A. Britton Smith, Chairman, Homestead Land Holdings ̶ M.C. Q.C. (who passed away on 28 October 2023 at the age of 103)
The Honourable Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons (retd) – O.C., P.C.
General (retd) Walt Natynczyk, former Chief of the Defence Staff - O.C., C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D.
Past
Honorary Colonel (retd) A. Britton Smith, Chairman, Homestead Land Holdings ̶ M.C. Q.C. (who passed away on 28 October 2023 at the age of 103)