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{{Short description|Public university in Canada}}
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 | motto                  = HUĆIST TŦE S,HELI ŁTE.
 | motto_lang             = SENĆOŦEN
 | mottoeng               = "Living Our Learning"
 | established            = 1995
 | type                   = [[Public university]]
 | endowment              = $40 million
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 | faculty                = 52 full-time, plus 450 associate faculty
 | chancellor             = Nelson Chan
 | president              = Philip Steenkamp
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 | students               = 2,000 (2024-25 FTE)<ref name="Student Enrolment Statistics">{{cite web|access-date=2025-09-01|url=https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/full-time-equivalent-enrolments-at-b-c-public-post-secondary-institutions/resource/0a424d2a-c620-43a5-8b99-01d395509e5b|title=2024_25_Student_Full_Time_Equivalent_Enrolments_at BC_Public_Post_Secondary_Institutions |publisher=BC Government}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 765
 | postgrad               = 3,405
 | city                   = [[Colwood, British Columbia|Colwood]]
 | state                  = British Columbia
 | country                = Canada
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'''Royal Roads University''' (also referred to as '''RRU''' or '''Royal Roads''') is a [[public university]] with its main campus in [[Colwood, British Columbia]], Canada. The university is located at [[Hatley Park National Historic Site]] on [[Vancouver Island]] and is the successor to the [[Royal Roads Military College]] (RRMC), which was originally a training base for naval officers and later Canadian Air Force and Army personnel. After the end of the [[Cold War]], the college was decommissioned, however, it was reinstituted following negotiations between the Department of National Defence and the Government of British Columbia by which the ''Royal Roads University Act'' was passed, leading to the establishment of '''Royal Roads University''' in June 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.bc.ca/35th4th/3rd_read/gov49-3.htm |title=BCLASS-Legacy |website=Leg.bc.ca |access-date=2015-12-25}}</ref><ref name="royalroads2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/news-events/inroads-newsletter/2007-dec-jan-2008/Long_history_with_Canadian_Forces.htm |title=Royal Roads University - Long history with Canadian Forces |website=Royalroads.ca |access-date=2008-12-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209021325/http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/news-events/inroads-newsletter/2007-dec-jan-2008/Long_history_with_Canadian_Forces.htm |archive-date=2008-12-09 }}</ref> 

The campus covers approximately 260 hectares of leased property on the grounds of [[Hatley Park National Historic Site|Hatley Castle]], which was designed by architect [[Samuel Maclure]] in the early twentieth century for [[British Columbia]] politician and coal magnate [[James Dunsmuir]] and his family. Royal Roads is a small-scale university offering over 70 programs ranging from certificates and diplomas to undergraduate and graduate degrees. RRU currently has an enrolment of around 4,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as a network of over 34,000 alumni from both the current university and the former military college.

==History==
{{see also|Royal Roads Military College}}
[[File:Royal Roads Military College Stained-Glass Window.jpg|thumb|left|Royal Roads Military College stained glass window]]The university's main building, [[Hatley Castle]], is a [[Scottish baronial architecture|Scottish baronial style]] mansion that was completed in 1908 for [[James Dunsmuir]], who was then the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and previously the province's Premier from 1900 to 1902. At the outbreak of [[World War II]], plans were made for King [[George VI of the United Kingdom|George VI]], his wife Queen [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Elizabeth]], and their two daughters, Princesses [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth]] and [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Margaret]], to reside in Canada. Hatley Castle was purchased by the federal government in 1940 for use as the King's royal palace,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000928/http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/whatsnew/sp/sp_may07_2004.htm Office of the Lieutenant Governor: Speech by Iona Campolo, Retired Heads of Mission Association's Gala Dinner, Royal Roads University, Hatley Castle, Victoria, BC, February 5, 2007] at the Wayback Machine</ref> but it was decided that having the Royal Family leave the UK at a time of war would be too big a blow to morale, and the family stayed in London.[[File:Gran Pavillion Ivy 12.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Roads Military College stained-glass window]]After the death of Dunsmuir and then his widow Laura, the family sold the estate to the federal government in 1940 to be used by the Canadian military. The facility was named {{HMCS|Royal Roads}} and commissioned in December 1940 to train reserve officers for service in World War II.<ref name="royalroads.ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/campus-information/campus-map/historic-overview.htm |title=Royal Roads University - Historic Overview |website=Royalroads.ca |access-date=2008-12-28 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080530025452/http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/campus-information/campus-map/historic-overview.htm |archive-date = May 30, 2008}}</ref> The institution went through several name changes before it eventually became [[Royal Roads Military College]] in 1968 (achieving full degree-granting status in 1975). The college's name refers to an anchorage located in [[Juan de Fuca Strait]] between the city of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]] and [[Alert Bay]]. 
[[File:Hatley Castle in the Spring.jpg|thumb|Hatley Castle]]
Petty Officer First Class Gabby R. Bruner, Royal Roads bandmaster from 1979 to 1985, composed "Hatley Park" as the official quick march for RRMC and "Dunsmuir Castle" for the visit of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] to Royal Roads in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myrru.royalroads.ca/roadspiel/fyi/archives-and-band-played|title=RRMC band|access-date=17 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423110207/http://myrru.royalroads.ca/roadspiel/fyi/archives-and-band-played|archive-date=23 April 2012}}</ref>

When the military college was decommissioned, many of the academic staff stayed on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/news-events/rru-news/2006/rebirth-of-rru.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090225132542/http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/news-events/rru-news/2006/rebirth-of-rru.htm |archive-date = 2009-02-25 |title=Royal Roads University - Rebirth of Royal Roads |website=Royalroads.ca |access-date=2008-12-28}}</ref> The historic buildings of the military college, and the extensive gardens, which were part of the estate of the Dunsmuir's, continue to be a centrepiece of the campus. Hatley Castle, the former residence of the Dunsmuir family, houses a small Canadian Military museum. In 1995, Hatley Park and former Royal Roads Military College was declared a [[National Historic Site of Canada]] to commemorate the Dunsmuir family (1908–1937) and RRMC (1940–1995). The site was designated with a plaque in 2000 as an example of a well-preserved Edwardian park with gardens.

In June 1995, Royal Roads University became a public degree-granting university.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Roads University Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 409|url=http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96409_01 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> A replica of [[Horatio Nelson]]'s quote, "Duty is the great business of a sea officer: All private considerations must give way to it however painful it is", which hung over the entrance to the Grant Building, was returned to Royal Roads University's campus for Homecoming in 2011.

==Royal Roads University Museum==
[[File:Royal Roads Military College carving.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Roads Military College carving]]
The [[museum]] is located in the lower level of [[Hatley Park National Historic Site|Hatley Castle]], on the campus of the Royal Roads University and former campus of the [[Royal Roads Military College]]. The museum's mandate is to collect, conserve, research, and display material relating to the history of the Royal Roads Military College, its former cadets and its site.

The Royal Roads Military College Museum is a member of the [[Canadian Museums Association]] and the [[Organization of Military Museums of Canada]]. The Royal Roads Museum is an accredited museum within the [[Canadian Forces]] Museum System.<ref>[http://www.rmc.ca/other/museum/index_e.html Royal Roads Museum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022134208/http://www.rmc.ca/other/museum/index_e.html |date=October 22, 2008 }}</ref> The museum has formed a cooperating association of friends of the museum to assist with projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/027-05_e.asp|title=CANADIAN FORCES MUSEUMS|date=18 October 2008|access-date=17 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018184438/http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/027-05_e.asp|archive-date=18 October 2008}}</ref> The museum is not open to the public.

==Academics==
[[File:Royal Roads Military College mace @ Royal Roads University.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Roads Military College mace at Royal Roads University]]Royal Roads University offers applied and professional programs at the [[undergraduate]], [[graduate school|graduate]], and [[doctorate]] levels, focusing on graduate level career development, with some on-campus undergraduate programs being offered as full-time accelerated. General studies and continuing education classes are also offered for non-degree or diploma seeking students. The programs are generally flexible, modelled as a blended format that combines periodic in-person sessions with online courses. This format is designed to favour working professionals, who may complete the programs at a distance while maintaining their career and other personal commitments. The university offers three formats: i) on-site with 100% face-to-face learning, ii) blended, with part of the program taught in-person and the rest online; and iii) completely online or through correspondence. Residency-based programs range from one to three weeks, and are often held on campus, but select programs may host their residencies in unique locations around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/governance/rru-coat-of-arms.htm |title=Royal Roads University - Royal Roads University Coat of Arms |website=Royalroads.ca |access-date=2008-12-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102012725/http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/governance/rru-coat-of-arms.htm |archive-date=2008-11-02 }}</ref> Mature students are welcome, and assessments of prior experience are available for transfer credit in the relevant subject area. The [[Royal Roads University Student Association]] represents undergraduate students at the university. 


Royal Roads University is an active member of the [[University of the Arctic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}}</ref> UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Campus and grounds==
The campus and surrounding grounds of Royal Roads University are situated at [[Hatley Park National Historic Site]] in [[Colwood, British Columbia|Colwood]], [[British Columbia]]. Royal Roads leases the land from the Department of National Defence for $1 per year and assumes all stewardship responsibilities related to the site including the cost of site management, operations, the protection, preservation, and restoration of heritage assets, which include all buildings, gardens, and other historic and natural features on the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dfrp-rbif/pn-nb/buildings-immeubles/17452-eng.aspx?qid=9774138|title=English title / Titre en anglais|first=English name of the content author / Nom en anglais de l'auteur du|last=contenu|date=1 January 1994|access-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>

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==Other buildings==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Building (Year built)
!Significance
!Photo
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|Arbutus Building
|Academic classrooms, administrative offices, a computer lab, and a [[Canteen (place)|canteen]]
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|-
|Boat House (1989)
|Boat house
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|-
|Coronel Memorial Library
|Main library named in honour of the [[Battle of Coronel]], in which four young Canadians died.
|[[Image:Coronel Memorial Library at Royal Roads University.jpg|100px]]
|-
|Dock (1990)
|[[Dock (maritime)|dock]]
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|-
|Guard House Building 38
|Recognized Federal Heritage Building in 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/beefp-fhbro/FHB_RES_E.asp|title=Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings|access-date=17 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110814222622/http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/beefp-fhbro/FHB_RES_E.asp|archive-date=14 August 2011}}</ref>
|
|-
|Gatehouse Lodge RR8 (1912 to 1916)
|Recognized Federal Heritage Building in 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=11288|title=HistoricPlaces.ca - Recherche|website=www.historicplaces.ca|access-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>
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|-
|Hatley Park / Former Royal Roads Military College (1908–13)
|Designated National Historic Site of Canada in 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=7944|title=HistoricPlaces.ca - Recherche|website=www.historicplaces.ca|access-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>
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|-
|Learning and Innovation Centre (2010–2011)
|First building constructed on campus since the transition from military college to university.<ref>[https://sustainability.royalroads.ca/under-construction-learning-and-innovation-centre Under Construction - Learning and Innovation Centre | Sustainability | Royal Roads University | Victoria, BC Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315221823/http://sustainability.royalroads.ca/under-construction-learning-and-innovation-centre |date=2012-03-15 }}. Sustainability.royalroads.ca. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.</ref> With 33 breakout rooms, seven classrooms, five computer labs and social spaces, the building spans 5,781 square metres over four floors.<ref>[http://sustainability.royalroads.ca/learning-and-innovation-centre-lic Learning and Innovation Centre (LIC) | Sustainability | Royal Roads University | Victoria, BC Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611004345/http://sustainability.royalroads.ca/learning-and-innovation-centre-lic |date=2012-06-11 }}. Sustainability.royalroads.ca. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.</ref>
|
|-
|Sherman Jen Building, formerly Mews Conference Centre (1912)
|James Dunsmuir's stables and garage later converted to classrooms, [[dormitory]], social centre and conference centre. Registered Federal Heritage Building<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=2842|title=HistoricPlaces.ca - Recherche|website=www.historicplaces.ca|access-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>  Extensively renovated with a new wing of classrooms and laboratories added in 2017 and 2018, the building was renamed in 2018 to honour Sherman Jen, whose donation to the University of $7 million partially funded the building's transformation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalroads.ca/news-releases/heritage-building-upgrades-helping-royal-roads-students-excel|title=Heritage building upgrades helping Royal Roads students excel|website=www.royalroads.ca|access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref>
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|Millward Wing (of the Nixon Building) (1991)
|Offices, dormitories, named for former Commandant Air Vice-Marshal James Bert Millward [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] (Bar), GdG(F), CD, RCAF 1949-52 the 4th Commandant of RRMC.
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The grounds, a mix of landscaped gardens and natural woodland, still go by the name of Hatley Park that the Dunsmuir family gave their estate (although it is not a designated park). Hatley Castle and its surroundings have made appearances in numerous movies and TV series programs such as ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' where it serves as the Luthor Mansion, and the second and third ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]'' films where the university is transformed into Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Visitors to the {{convert|565|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Hatley Park]] can tour the extensive walking trails, as well as the Hatley Castle museum. The museum is free to enter, and contains historic, local memorabilia as well as a gift shop. Tours of the castle itself are available (schedule is seasonal) and access to the heritage gardens (approx 20 acres) have a visitor fee that helps offset the cost of preserving the site.

In a visit to the university in August 2009, Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] stated: "There is surely no more beautiful campus in Canada than Lord Dunsmuir’s magnificent castle and the majestic forest and gardens of the Hatley Park National Historic Site. But beneath the Edwardian grandeur of Royal Roads lies a cutting-edge modern university".<ref>[http://www.royalroads.ca/rru-news/prime-minister%E2%80%99s-speech-royal-roads-university Enhancing Canada's Knowledge Infrastructure] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121231936/http://www.royalroads.ca/rru-news/prime-minister%E2%80%99s-speech-royal-roads-university |date=2009-11-21 }} at the Wayback Machine</ref>

During the life of the college, the HMCS Royal Roads Bell was displayed in the porte-cochere of [[Hatley Castle]]. After the closing of Royal Roads Military College, the HMCS Royal Roads Bell was kept in the Museum at CFB Esquimalt. It was officially repatriated on 10 Sep 2010 during the Royal Roads University 2010 Homecoming.

==Rankings==
Based on the 2011 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Royal Roads University was ranked as the 1st public institution for an active and collaborative learning experience and for level of academic challenge.<ref>[http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/02/08/how-students-rate-professors-at-62-canadian-schools/ - Maclean's On Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123015024/http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/02/08/how-students-rate-professors-at-62-canadian-schools/ |date=2013-11-23 }}. Oncampus.macleans.ca (2012-02-08)</ref>

In 2008, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''{{'}}s Canadian University Report gave Royal Roads grades in particular categories along with 55 other universities. The grades are based on the Globe and Mail student satisfaction survey. Royal Roads was one of the 14 universities in the under 4000 students assessment pool and received a grade of B−.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/v5/content/education/CUR_charts_2009.pdf | location=Toronto |title=Canadian University Report | work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>

=== Business school ranking ===
The BCom and MBA programs at Royal Roads were ranked by Corporate Knights Magazine in July 2007. The Royal Roads BCom program placed 28th out of the 47 BCom programs in Canada. The MBA placed 20th out of 35 MBA programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corporateknights.ca/ |title=Home |publisher=Corporateknights.ca |access-date=2008-12-28}}</ref> In 2008, Corporate Knights Magazine dropped the Bcom ranking from 28th to 36th out of 47 BCom programs in the country.<ref name="corporateknights.ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/166-knight-schools-2008.html |title=Knight Schools 2008 |publisher=Corporateknights.ca |access-date=2008-12-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929102444/http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/166-knight-schools-2008.html |archive-date=September 29, 2008 }}</ref> The MBA program dropped from 20th to 31st with the assessment pool for the ranking growing from 35 to 38 MBA programs.<ref name="corporateknights.ca" /> In 2009, Corporate Knights Magazine ranked the Bcom 25th overall out of 47 universities and 4th in the Small Sized Business School category.<ref name="ReferenceA">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100127184240/http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/419-knight-schools-2009.html Knight Schools 2009] at the Wayback Machine</ref> The MBA ranked 22 overall out of 35 universities and 4th in the Small Sized Business School category. Corporate Knights magazine bases its rankings on "the integration of environmental and social issues into university and college programmes."<ref name="ReferenceA" />

==Notable alumni==
*Jean-Yves Forcier, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific, Commander Canada Command, currently Head of Program for the Master of Arts in Disaster and Emergency Management at Royal Roads
*[[Jasbir Sandhu]], former Canadian politician 
*[[Jon Reyes]], Canadian politician and member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
*Kellie Garrett, Executive Coach, Speaker and Consultant; former Senior Vice President of [[Farm Credit Canada]]; named Fellow of International Association of Business Communicators in 2015
*[[Nicole Oliver]], Canadian actress
*[[Dan Pontefract]], Canadian business writer
*David Hamilton, Deputy Minister of the Legislative Assembly and Chief Electoral Officer of the [[Northwest Territories]]
*[[Jim Kyte]], former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player and Chair of the Business School at Algonquin College
*Hugh MacDonald, former VP Strategic Alliance Management at [[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce|CIBC]]; currently owner of HR Macdonald Training and Development, Inc.
*[[Laurel Collins]], Canadian politician and Member of Parliament in Victoria, BC
*Peter Robinson, CEO of the [[David Suzuki Foundation]] and former CEO of [[Mountain Equipment Co-op]]
*[[Mitzi Dean]], Canadian politician and member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia 
*Doug Stables, President of Bluewater Technologies Corporation
*[[Jennifer Walinga]], Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion in [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]
*Kelly Williams, Director of Maritime Strategy for the Department of National Defense
*[[Charles Bordeleau|Charles Bourdeleau]], former Canadian deputy chief and [[chief of police]] for the city of [[Ottawa]]  
* [[Chris Hadfield]], Canadian astronaut
*[[Vernon White (politician)|Vernon White]], Canadian senator

==Media appearances==
The Royal Roads campus has been used as a location for filming TV shows and movies, including ''[[The Changeling (1980 film)|The Changeling]]'', the X-Men movies ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' and ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'', ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'', and ''[[The Professor (2018 film)|The Professor]]''.

==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|image = Royal Roads University Escutcheon.png
|notes = Granted 24 March 1998
|escutcheon = Azure a demi sun in splendour Argent issuant from an embattled wall Azure masoned Argent thereon a book expanded also Argent edged Gules.
|crest = Rising out of a mural crown Azure masoned Argent three maple leaves conjoined on one stem Gules.
|supporters = Upon a grassy mound rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a cougar Argent armed and langued Gules holding in the interior paw a representation of the Royal Crown proper and sinister a Chinese dragon Argent armed and langued Gules holding in the interior talons an anchor Or.
|motto = HUĆIST TŦE S,HELI ŁTE (Living Our Learning)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=732&ShowAll=1 |title=Royal Roads University |date=12 November 2020 |publisher=Canadian Heraldic Authority |accessdate=27 August 2021}}</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[Canadian Centre for Environmental Education (CCEE)]]
*[[Education in Canada]]
*[[Higher education in British Columbia]]
*[[List of universities in British Columbia]]
*[[Royal Roads Military College]]

==Books==
*{{cite book|last1= Dunnett|first1= Peter J S|last2= Rempel|first2= W Kim|title= Royal Roads Military College 1940-1990, a Pictorial Retrospective|year= 1990|location= [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria, BC]]|publisher= Royal Roads Military College|isbn= 978-0-660-13462-8|oclc= 22505897}}
*{{cite book|last1= Robinson|first1= Maurice|last2= Hall|first2= Beverley|last3= Price|first3= Paul|title= Royal Roads : a celebration|year= 1995|location= [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria, BC]]|publisher= Natural Light Productions|isbn= 978-0-9699430-0-6|oclc= 32388152}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.royalroads.ca/}}
*[http://www.hatleypark.ca/ Hatley Castle]

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