Activities in the National Capital Region

 

Monthly lunches

RHOMA holds monthly luncheons for members on the third Wednesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Speakers invited deal with, primarily but not exclusively, current issues in international affairs.

Annual Events

RHOMA has two main annual events; a reception, usually on the ninth floor of the Pearson Building in Ottawa to which members and spouses or companions are invited, and a luncheon at which the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs is invited to give us a tour d'horizon of Departmental affairs and foreign policy issues.

Newsletter

We issue, normally twice a year, a newsletter reporting to members on RHOMA activities and on matters of general interest, along with an updated membership list recording mailing addresses, phone, e-mail and fax addresses. The newsletters are also available online on this web site. Click here to proceed to the newsletter section of our web site.

Maryon Pearson / RHOMA Scholarship

This scholarship, held at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, was the object of a successful campaign within RHOMA. The RHOMA contribution is linked with a bequest from Maryon Pearson. Members have donated $90,000 as the RHOMA share of the scholarship fund, which totals $150,000.

Project Grants

The Directing Group of RHOMA has at its disposal a small sum of money for grants to deserving projects. We provide a $500.00 prize annually for the best article by an FS1 or FS2 to appear in the PAFSO quarterly bout de papier. We also give annually a $1,000.00 prize in the master's degree program in international relations at Laval University, in honour of Senator Raoul Dandurand. This prize serves to help support a student working for the summer at a Canadian Mission.