TRU’s ceremony to honour those who have served and are serving in Canada’s military is scheduled for Nov. 10 in Student Street. Ceremony runs 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Th guest speaker is Lt.-Col. Kevin Tyler, who retired from the Canadian military in 2014 after a 35-year career. See below for more of his army biography.

Schedule

Master of ceremonies — Chaplain Jane Gingrich
Singing of O Canada
Welcome and prayer — Chaplain Narayan Mitra
Comments — Christine Bovis-Cnossen, TRU provost and vice-president academic
Reflection — Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin Tyler
Prayer — Chaplain Jane Gingrich
Reading of the poem In Flanders Fields — Amelia Galuska, fourth-year natural resource sciences
Playing of Last Post and Reveille — Devon Udsen, TRU alumnus
Minute of Silence

Lt.-Col. Tyler’s military biography

Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin Tyler retired from a full 35-year regular army career in 2014. He continues to serve part-time as a reservist with 39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG – BC’s Army reserves), planning the 2016 reserve concentration exercise. His background is infantry, regimental affiliations being the Rocky Mountain Rangers and prior to that the Royal Canadian Regiment.

Lt.-Col. Tyler grew up in Western Canada, completing high school in Grande Prairie. With the Canadian Armed Forces he has served throughout Canada and overseas. His postings have alternated between regimental, training and staff.

Lt.-Col. Tyler’s Notable postings

Commanding Officer of the Rocky Mountain Rangers, Kamloops 2011-14
Senior Staff Officer Afghan Police Reform, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2008- 09
Operations Officer for the Canadian Forces in the Arctic, Yellowknife 2005-08
Exchange instructor at the Australian Army Tactics School, south of Brisbane 2002-05
Command of a mechanized rifle company, Bosnia 1998.