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'''Jennie Carignan''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|CMM|MSC|MSM|CD}} (born 1968) is a [[Lieutenant-general (Canada)|lieutenant-general]] in the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] (CAF). Born in Quebec, she is bilingual and graduated as a military engineer from CAF’s [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]]. She served as an officer in combat engineering regiments in various Canadian military actions in the 1990s and 2000s including: the Golan Heights; Bosnia; and Afghanistan. As a full colonel, Carignan became the
== Early life, education, and family ==
Carignan was born in 1968, and grew up in [[Asbestos, Quebec|Asbestos]], [[Quebec]], in a French-speaking household
|url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/jennie-carignan-will-be-the-first-female-general-from-the-combat-arms-trades/|accessdate=26 November 2017|work=[[Maclean’s]]| location = [[Toronto]]| publisher = [[Rogers Communications]]|date=3 June 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240306062211/https://macleans.ca/news/canada/jennie-carignan-will-be-the-first-female-general-from-the-combat-arms-trades/ | archive-date = 6 March 2024 | url-status = live | quote = In June, 2016, Carignan, then 47, was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general (a one-star general).}}</ref> Growing up, the only career that she considered aside from the military was dancing as she had learned [[ballet]], [[Lyrical dance|lyrical]] and [[Jazz dance|jazz dancing]] since the age of eight.<ref name=maclean/> She joined the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] (CAF) in 1986 and studied for a degree in fuels and materials engineering from the [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]]. She received a commission in 1990 and served at the Canadian Forces Bases of [[CFB Chilliwack|Chilliwack]] and [[CFB Valcartier|Valcartier]].<ref name="mil">{{cite press release | author = PMO Staff |date=3 July 2024 |title=Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2024/07/03/lieutenant-general-jennie-carignan-cmm-msc-msm-cd |accessdate=5 July 2024 |agency = Office of the Prime Minister | publisher = [[King's Printer | King’s Printer for Canada]] | location = Ottawa | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240705114242/https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2024/07/03/lieutenant-general-jennie-carignan-cmm-msc-msm-cd | archive-date = 5 July 2024 | url-status = live }}</ref> Carignan married Eric Lefrançois in 1990, having met while in the same platoon at military college and taking ballroom dance classes together whilst there.<ref name=maclean/> He later retired from the army to look after their four children.<ref name=maclean/> Two of their children, a son and a daughter, are also serving in the CAF.<ref name=mil/>
==Military career==
She served as a peacekeeper in the [[United Nations Disengagement Observer Force]] in [[Golan Heights]] in 1993. She was to be posted to the [[United Nations Protection Force]] in Bosnia in 1995 but had to withdraw after becoming pregnant.<ref name=maclean/> Carignan was promoted to major in 1999 and awarded a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Laval University]].<ref name="mil" /> She has also completed the Intermediate Learning Education (ILE) programme at the [[United States Army Command and General Staff College]] and holds the degree of Master of Military Art and Science (MMAS) from the college's [[School of Advanced Military Studies]].<ref name=mil/> She deployed to Bosnia in 2002 to clear explosive ordnance from farmers' fields.<ref name=maclean/> Carignan
Carignan served as an instructor at the [[Canadian Army Command and Staff College|Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College]] in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Ontario]], before she returned to 5 Combat Engineer Regiment as commanding officer in 2008.<ref name=mil/> Between 2009 and 2010 she commanded the [[Task Force Kandahar]] Engineer Regiment in Afghanistan,<ref name="Commander 2009">{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Matthew |title=Canadian advised U.S. on women in combat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-canadian-advised-us-on/151057977/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |publisher=Postmedia |date=28 January 2013 |location=Calgary, Alberta |page=A9}}</ref> being appointed deputy commander of [[5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] upon her return.<ref name="maclean" /><ref name=mil/> Carignan was promoted to colonel in June 2011 and appointed chief of staff of [[Joint Task Force Central]]. She was named one of Canada's 100 most powerful women by the Women's Executive Network in 2011. She also received the Major-General Hans Schlup Award for excellence in international relations. In May 2012, she and a few other female members of the Canadian Armed Forces, toured Australia giving talks about their combat experiences in an effort to help promote women in combat positions, something Australia was still contemplating at the time.<ref name="Tour of Australia">{{cite news |last1=Ditchburn |first1=Jennifer |title=Canadian women share combat experiences |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/waterloo-region-record-canadian-woment-s/151056772/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=[[Waterloo Region Record]] |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=[[Metroland Media]] |date=26 May 2012 |location=Waterloo, Ontario |page=A13}}</ref> In July 2013, Carignan became commandant of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean and in the same year received the Hermès Award for excellence in administration.<ref name=mil/> Carignan introduced sexual conduct training for all officer candidates and also reintroduced ballroom dance classes which had been discontinued in the 1990s.<ref name="maclean" />
Carignan was promoted to brigadier-general on 15 June 2016 and appointed chief of staff of army operations.<ref name=maclean/><ref>{{cite web|title=Brigadier-General Jennie Carignan becomes highest-ranked female officer in the Combat Arms of the Canadian Army – Canada.ca|date = 16 June 2016|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2016/06/brigadier-general-jennie-carignan-becomes-highest-ranked-female-officer-in-the-combat-arms-of-the-canadian-army.html?wbdisable=true|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=26 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> She was the first female Canadian general from a combat (as opposed to technical) arm.<ref name=maclean/> Carignan was promoted to the rank of major-general on 15 August 2019 ahead of taking command of a training mission in Iraq.<ref name = "Major-General Promotion">{{cite news | author = CTV Montreal Staff |title=Brigadier-General promoted to Major-General |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/brigadier-general-promoted-to-major-general-1.4547795 |accessdate= 5 July 2024 |work=CTV News | location = Montreal | publisher = [[Bell Media]]| date=13 August 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201108034430/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/brigadier-general-promoted-to-major-general-1.4547795 | archive-date = 8 November 2020 | url-status = live}}</ref> She was promoted to lieutenant-general in 2021 upon her appointment to the newly-created position of Chief for Professional Conduct and Culture,<ref>{{cite web |title=Chief, Professional Conduct and Culture |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/chief-professional-conduct-culture.html |website=canada.ca |date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Government of Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430092110/https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/chief-professional-conduct-culture.html |access-date=30 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021 }}</ref> with the responsibility of preventing sexual assault in the military.<ref name = "Professional Conduct General">{{Cite news|last1 = Turnbell | first1 = Sarah | url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-initiate-independent-review-into-sexual-misconduct-in-the-military-1.5407336|title = Feds initiate independent review into sexual misconduct in the military| work=CTV News | location = Montreal | publisher = Bell Media | date = 29 April 2021 | access-date = 5 July 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230208213948/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-initiate-independent-review-into-sexual-misconduct-in-the-military-1.5407336 | archive-date = 8 February 2023| url-status = live }}</ref> On 28 June 2024, news broke that Carignan would succeed [[Wayne Eyre|General Wayne Eyre]] as the [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS)]] upon his retirement in July 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ling |first=Philip |date=28 June 2024 |title=Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan chosen as next chief of the defence staff |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carignan-new-chief-defence-1.7249581
== Honours and decorations ==
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