Quadra Alumni Podcast
by Matt Waterman
Society & CultureE · Explicit
Latest episode
Dennis Shepp - 2026 Quadra Alumni Weekend
Dennis Shepp - 2026 Quadra Alumni Weekend
About this podcast
A podcast where the members of the Quadra Alumni Association tell their stories.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 40 episodes
- Dennis Shepp - 2026 Quadra Alumni Weekend · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail This year was Dennis Shepp’s first Quadra Alumni event, thankfully we found time to sit down and record an episode. Dennis is from Regina Saskatchewan, RCSCC…
- Roly Stankevicius - 2026 Quadra Alumni Weekend · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail Roly Stankevicius joined JTCVC in the Fall of 1969 at 14 years old. His first Summer at HMCS Quadra was in 1970 on the Two Week General Training Course. Roly…
- Joan Feringa · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Joan Feringa for swinging by to talk about her experiences at HMCS Quadra and to share more about her volunteer role on the Alumni Association…
- Doug Ede · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Doug Ede for stopping by the studio to chat about Quadra - mainly flotilla stuff! He happened to be working on the island for a couple of weeks so…
- Manon Mitchell - Trail Blazer · 1 h 11 min · Season 4 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail In August 2025 the Quadra Alumni Association celebrated 50 years of women at HMCS Quadra. In this episode of the podcast, it was a real pleasure hearing from…
- Rick MacDonald · 1 h 6 min · Season 4 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Rick MacDonald for stopping into the studio while visiting Victoria. Rick is originally from RCSCC Qu’Appelle in Winnipeg, he spent six weeks at…
- Former Commanding Officer (2005-2008) - Pamela Audley · 46 min · Season 4 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail Commander Pamela Audley served as Commanding Officer at Quadra from 2005-2008. As we celebrate 50 years of women at HMCS Quadra it seems appropriate to share…
- 50 Years of Women at HMCS Quadra · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail On this episode, I chat with four women who all joined the Cadet Organization in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s. Female Sea Cadets started in 1975 at HMCS…
- Darrell & Sandy Dudley · 1 h 8 min · Season 4 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail In episode 2, season 4 of the Quadra Alumni Podcast we talk to a dedicated couple that has been involved in training Sea Cadets for much of the past 50 years…
- Chris Allen · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail In the first episode of 2025, it was great to chat with Chris Allen from Powell River, BC. His training at HMCS Quadra started in the summer of 2007, however his…
- Colin Henthorne · 1 h 24 min · Season 3 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Quadra Alumni Podcast you’ll hear from Colin Henthorne, a former Sea Cadet from RCSCC Hampton Gray VC in Nelson, BC. Colin joined the…
- Andrea Kucherawy · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail We start off Season 3 of the Quadra Alumni Podcast by talking with Andrea Kucherawy, RCSCC Undaunted. Andrea has a long history at HMCS Quadra and her career at…
- Former Chief of Quadra (1974) - Lorne Palmquist · 1 h 8 min · Season 2 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail Lorne is from Winnipeg Manitoba and hails from RCSCC John Travers Cornwell, VC. He remembers first going to HMCS Quadra in 1971 as a two-weekie and then followed…
- 25th Anniversary Alumni Weekend - Former Commanding Officer (1982-1984) - Jim Cummings · 1 h 7 min · Season 2 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail Commanding Officer - HMCS Quadra 1982-1984 Audio editing done by Todd Mason. More about the Quadra Alumni Podcast: - Join the Quadra Alumni Association at…
- 25th Anniversary Alumni Weekend - Ben Whiting · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail Ben Whiting joined RCSCC Fraser in 1969 and first attended HMCS Quadra for TWGT. Ben later attend the Boatswain Course (1972) in Esquimalt and Practical…
- 25th Anniversary Alumni Weekend - Dave Yates - Weekend Wrap Up · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Dave comes on the podcast to chat about the Quadra Alumni Association 25th Anniversary Celebration that occurred 11-12 August 2023 at the 40 Knots Winery. Dave…
- Bev MacKillop & Steve Murray · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Travelling from Ottawa I was happy to have Bev MacKillop and Steve Murray visit the podcast studio and chat about their Quadra memories. Bev joined RCSCC…
- Bromley Basford · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Bromley Basford is from RCSCC Qu'appelle (Winnipeg, Man) and attended HMCS Quadra in the early 1970's. Bromley was a PL in 1974 and later served as an OJT for…
- “The Summer I Met Myself For The First Time” - A Memoir, by Bromley Basford. · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail A young 17 year old boy from Winnipeg, Manitoba travelled to HMCS Quadra in 1974 to take the 9 week Practical Leadership (PL) Course. It changed his life!…
- Dan Hurley · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail Dan Hurley first attended HMCS Quadra in 1985 as a Two Weekie, he later took the OpsCom Course and finished as Top Cadet getting his name on the Klingle Award…
