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'''Jennie Carignan''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|CMM|MSC|MSM|CD}} (born 1968 or 1969) 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 commandment of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in 2013. When she was promoted to brigadier-general, in June 2016, she became the first Canadian female general from a combat command. She was promoted again in 2019, to major-general, and commanded NATO forces in Iraq. In 2021, she was promoted to lieutenant-general, and became CAF’s first Chief for Professional Conduct and Culture. Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] announced her appointment as the first female [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) | Chief of the Defence Staff]] and promotion to [[General (Canada) |general]] on 3 July 2024. The appointment takes effect on 18 July 2024, with the change of command ceremony.
'''Jennie Carignan''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|CMM|MSC|MSM|CD}} is a [[Lieutenant-general (Canada)|lieutenant-general]] in the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] (CAF).


== Early life, education, and family ==
== Early life, education, and family ==
Carignan was born in 1968 or 1969, and grew up in [[Asbestos, Quebec|Asbestos]], [[Quebec]], in a French-speaking household.<ref name=maclean>{{cite news | last1 = Campbell | first1 = Meagan |title=Meet the world’s first female combat general
Carignan grew up in [[Asbestos, Quebec|Asbestos]], [[Quebec]], in a French-speaking household. 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>{{cite news|title=Jennie Carignan: the 1st female general from the combat arms|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=Macleans|date=3 June 2016}}</ref> 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 web|title=Biography – Colonel Jennie Carignan – Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean)|url=http://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/com-com/bio/bjc-jcb-eng.asp|publisher=Royal Military College Saint-Jean|accessdate=26 November 2017|language=en}}</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/>
|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==
==Military career==
She served as a peacekeeper in the [[United Nations Disengagement Observer Force]] in the [[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]](citation needed).<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 was deputy commanding officer and acting commander of [[5 Combat Engineer Regiment]] from 2003 and was promoted to the rank of [[lieutenant-colonel]] in 2005.<ref name=mil/>
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 was deputy commanding officer and acting commander of [[5 Combat Engineer Regiment]] from 2003 and was promoted to the rank of [[lieutenant-colonel]] in 2005.<ref name=mil/>


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, 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 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 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, 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 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>{{cite news |title=Brigadier-General promoted to Major-General {{!}} CTV News |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/brigadier-general-promoted-to-major-general-1.4547795 |accessdate=6 October 2019 |work=CTV News Montreal |date=13 August 2019}}</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>{{Cite web|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|date = 29 April 2021}}</ref> On 28 June 2024, it was announced that LGen 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 web |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 |url-status=live |access-date=29 June 2024 |website=CBC News}}</ref>.
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 |url-status=live |access-date=29 June 2024 |work=CBC News}}</ref> The official announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office occurred on 3 July 2024, and included mention she will be promoted to full general.<ref name="Appointment to Defence Chief">{{cite news |last1=Aziz |first1=Saba |title=Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan will be Canada’s 1st female defence chief |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10601652/jennie-carignan-new-chief-of-defence-canada/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=[[Global News]] |publisher=[[Corus Entertainment]] |date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704024221/https://globalnews.ca/news/10601652/jennie-carignan-new-chief-of-defence-canada/ |archive-date=4 July 2024 |location=Toronto | url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="CDS Official Announcement">{{cite press release | author = PMO Staff |date=3 July 2024 | title = Prime Minister announces the upcoming appointment of the new Chief of the Defence Staff |url= https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/07/03/prime-minister-announces-upcoming-appointment-new-chief-defence-staff |access-date = 5 July 2024 |agency = Prime Minister’s Office| publisher = King’s Printer for Canada | location = Ottawa | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240704130400/https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/07/03/prime-minister-announces-upcoming-appointment-new-chief-defence-staff | archive-date = 4 July 2024 | url-status = live }}</ref> Her promotion takes effect on 18 July 2024, at the change-in-command ceremony.<ref name="Change-in-command date 2024">{{cite news |last1=Richie |first1=Sarah |title=Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan to take helm as first woman in Canadian military’s top job |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/07/03/lt-gen-jennie-carignan-named-canadas-newest-chief-of-the-defence-staff/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=CityNews |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=Rogers Communications |date=3 July 2024 |location=Toronto | url-status = live}}</ref>


== Honours and decorations ==
== Honours and decorations ==
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Jennie Carignan

CMM MSC MSM CD
Born1968 or 1969
AllegianceCanada Canada
Service/branch Canadian Army
Years of service1986–present
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands heldChief, Professional Conduct and Culture (2021–Present)
Commander, NATO Mission Iraq (2019-2020)
Chief of Staff of Army Operations (2016–2018)
Awards
Alma materRoyal Military College of Canada (BEng)
Université Laval (MBA)
United States Army Command and General Staff College (ILE, MMAS)
Spouse(s)Eric Lefrançois
Children4

Jennie Carignan CMM MSC MSM CD (born 1968 or 1969) is a 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 commandment of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in 2013. When she was promoted to brigadier-general, in June 2016, she became the first Canadian female general from a combat command. She was promoted again in 2019, to major-general, and commanded NATO forces in Iraq. In 2021, she was promoted to lieutenant-general, and became CAF’s first Chief for Professional Conduct and Culture. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced her appointment as the first female Chief of the Defence Staff and promotion to general on 3 July 2024. The appointment takes effect on 18 July 2024, with the change of command ceremony.

Early life, education, and family

Carignan was born in 1968 or 1969, and grew up in Asbestos, Quebec, in a French-speaking household.[1] Growing up, the only career that she considered aside from the military was dancing as she had learned ballet, lyrical and jazz dancing since the age of eight.[1] 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 Chilliwack and Valcartier.[2] Carignan married Eric Lefrançois in 1990, having met while in the same platoon at military college and taking ballroom dance classes together whilst there.[1] He later retired from the army to look after their four children.[1] Two of their children, a son and a daughter, are also serving in the CAF.[2]

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.[1] Carignan was promoted to major in 1999 and awarded a Master of Business Administration degree from Laval University.[2] 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.[2] She deployed to Bosnia in 2002 to clear explosive ordnance from farmers' fields.[1] Carignan was deputy commanding officer and acting commander of 5 Combat Engineer Regiment from 2003 and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 2005.[2]

Carignan served as an instructor at the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College in Kingston, Ontario, before she returned to 5 Combat Engineer Regiment as commanding officer in 2008.[2] Between 2009 and 2010 she commanded the Task Force Kandahar Engineer Regiment in Afghanistan, being appointed deputy commander of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group upon her return.[1][2] 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 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.[2] Carignan introduced sexual conduct training for all officer candidates and also reintroduced ballroom dance classes which had been discontinued in the 1990s.[1]

Carignan was promoted to brigadier-general on 15 June 2016 and appointed chief of staff of army operations.[1][3] She was the first female Canadian general from a combat (as opposed to technical) arm.[1] Carignan was promoted to the rank of major-general on 15 August 2019 ahead of taking command of a training mission in Iraq.[4] She was promoted to lieutenant-general in 2021 upon her appointment to the newly-created position of Chief for Professional Conduct and Culture,[5] with the responsibility of preventing sexual assault in the military.[6] On 28 June 2024, news broke that Carignan would succeed General Wayne Eyre as the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) upon his retirement in July 2024.[7] The official announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office occurred on 3 July 2024, and included mention she will be promoted to full general.[8][9] Her promotion takes effect on 18 July 2024, at the change-in-command ceremony.[10]

Honours and decorations

Carignan has received the following orders and decorations during her military career:

Ribbon Description Notes
Order of Military Merit (CMM)
  • Appointed Officer (OMM) on 1 June 2016[11]
 Meritorious Service Cross (MSC)
  • Awarded on June 16, 2021[12]
Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
  • Awarded April 26, 2011[13]
General Campaign Star - SOUTH-WEST ASIA
  • with AFGHANISTAN Clasp and Rotation bar
General Campaign Star - EXPEDITION
  • Operation IMPACT in Iraq
Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
UN Disengagement Observation Force (UNDOF)
NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services
Legion of Merit - United States
  • Officer
  • Awarded June 03, 2022

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Campbell, Meagan (3 June 2016). "Meet the world's first female combat general". Maclean’s. Toronto: Rogers Communications. Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2017. In June, 2016, Carignan, then 47, was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general (a one-star general).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h PMO Staff (3 July 2024). "Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD" (Press release). Ottawa: King’s Printer for Canada. Office of the Prime Minister. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Brigadier-General Jennie Carignan becomes highest-ranked female officer in the Combat Arms of the Canadian Army – Canada.ca". Government of Canada. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ CTV Montreal Staff (13 August 2019). "Brigadier-General promoted to Major-General". CTV News. Montreal: Bell Media. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Chief, Professional Conduct and Culture". canada.ca. Government of Canada. 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  6. ^ Turnbell, Sarah (29 April 2021). "Feds initiate independent review into sexual misconduct in the military". CTV News. Montreal: Bell Media. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ Ling, Philip (28 June 2024). "Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan chosen as next chief of the defence staff". CBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Aziz, Saba (3 July 2024). "Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan will be Canada's 1st female defence chief". Global News. Toronto: Corus Entertainment. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ PMO Staff (3 July 2024). "Prime Minister announces the upcoming appointment of the new Chief of the Defence Staff" (Press release). Ottawa: King’s Printer for Canada. Prime Minister’s Office. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ^ Richie, Sarah (3 July 2024). "Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan to take helm as first woman in Canadian military's top job". CityNews. Toronto: Rogers Communications. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 5 July 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor (1 June 2016). "Order of Military Merit Investiture Ceremony". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ^ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor (8 November 2021). "Governor General honours members of the Canadian Armed Forces". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  13. ^ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "Lieutenant-General Marie Annabelle Jennie Carignan". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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