Foundation, Senate, and Museum

The regimental family comprises:

•all current and serving unit members

•the Senate or Board of Advisors

•the unit association

•the cadet corps

•the regimental band

•the regimental museum

Not all units will have a fully developed regimental family.  Others, like The Queen's Own Rifles in Toronto, boast a regimental museum that's housed in a castle (i.e., Casa Loma).

For a detailed history of the lineage of your unit, click here: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages.html

The purpose of the Senate is to support the CO and to preserve institutional memory.  As chair of the Senate, you get to: 

•Create policy and objectives around the process of attracting and developing a diversity of talent from your community

•Structure the Senate more like a board of directors (but without the power of a board of directors)

•Establish clear terms of reference and term limits for all members of the Senate

•Develop a skill and experience matrix that is assessed regularly

If functioning properly, future honorary nominations may come from serving Senate members

One of the first jobs of an honorary is to help find candidates to become the next honorary.  Ideally, these candidates are already involved with the regiment and bring unique skills to the role which is primarily to assist the CO and be supportive to the regimental family and a bridge to the community. Some regiments have both Honorary Colonels and Honorary Lieutenant Colonels.  Typically, each role is three years.