Mrs. Janet Gorman is a retired Officer, Chief of Operations with Canada Border Services Agency. She is a member of the Executive of the Nova Scotia Division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Veterans’ Association and sits as one of the Directors of the Support and Advocacy Committee. Mrs. Gorman was instrumental in the design and development of the Support and Advocacy Program in the Nova Scotia Division and for the RCMP Veterans’ Association nationally.
Mrs. Gorman and her husband Victor have organized and delivered information workshops on a bi-annual basis in the province for RCMP Veterans, associate members and spouses, serving and retired military personnel, along with serving RCMP members and their spouses.
Mrs. Gorman presides over monthly meetings of the Support and Advocacy Committee to improve service deliver to the membership and to explore new avenues and share experiences from challenges presented by various benefit streams. She provided current documents and information to populate the Nova Scotia RCMP Veterans’ Association website with references for the membership, including web links and items of current interest, including workshop material from all professional presentations.
The objective of the Support and Advocacy Committee is to provide awareness of the services and assistance available to those in need of a better quality of life. Mrs. Gorman has often visited a member’s residence to provide assistance with forms, referrals to medical professionals, allowances, reassessments and appeals, travel claims, hospital benefits and the process of obtaining medical, service and personal files from the RCMP.
The RCMP Veterans’ Association has now published online the 2018 edition of the Guide for Survivors and Executors, which will be a permanent feature on the Association’s website. Authored by Victor and Janet Gorman, the guide is a valuable reference tool designed to assist and inform members, spouses, executors and attorneys who have to manage the affairs and estates following the death of an RCMP Veteran.