Wednesday Lunches

Wednesday Lunches

The 15th Field Artillery Regiment Officers' Mess lunches are back on a monthly basis. Next lunch will be held on 7 March 2023 as part of the Royal United Services Speaker series. Lunch starts as 1200 hrs with a presentation by Lieutenant-Colonel Carr at 1330 hrs in the lecture room.

​This lunch is open to all military personnel, veterans and their guests. Cost will be $25 per person. Reservations and payment in advance is required. Those wishing to attend must RSVP HLCol Don Foster @ dgfoster60@gmail.com
Prepayment for lunch tickets required by 1 March.
E-transfer may be made to: 15rca100th@gmail.com
If you cannot e-transfer please make payment arrangements with HLCol Don Foster.
There will be no cash or credit card option available at the door.

Regimental Museum
The 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum is open every Wednesday at 10:00 AM. Come in and browse the artifacts and talk to the curators.

Attire
The dress for Wednesday lunches is business attire.   Guests are always welcome.  

​What's for lunch?
Lunch will consist of Roast Beef (Sirloin Tip), mashed potatoes (with gravy), mixed carrots and peppers with a small selection of desserts. The bar will be open as usual. Lunch will be restricted to 30 attendees. (If there is a good response that limit may be raised to 40.) 
​For further information, contact HLCol Don Foster at (604)809-6242 or dgfoster60@gmail.com or – Colonel (Retired) Keith Maxwell at (604) 865-0612 or kdmaxwell@gmail.com

Our presenter, Lieutenant Colonel Hope Carr, headed the deployment a new Canadian Training Assistance Team (CTAT) to Ghana. The CTAT team consists of a gender-balanced task force of four CAF members currently deployed on Operation PRESENCE (Elsie) and will contribute to Ghana’s ongoing efforts to increase the meaningful participation of uniformed women in United Nations Peace Operations. The Task Force recently completed its initial engagements and is now
working closely with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on a Garrison Tour of all GAF units across the country, intended to enhance understanding of gender issues and gender barriers impacting GAF. Upon completion of this first deployment, the assessments of the Task Force Commander will drive the composition, frequency and activities of future CTAT deployments commencing
in 2023.
As bilateral partners in the Elsie Initiative since 2018, Canada and Ghana share best practices, and together develop and test innovative approaches to increase women’s meaningful participation in uniformed military roles in UN peace operations. The ongoing deployment of the task force is part of Canada’s commitment to support the GAF under this partnership.
Lieutenant Colonel Carr will provide a presentation on the activities of the CTAT and the associated activities leading to the deployment.