Manon Jeannotte is a Canadian civil servant who serves as the 30th and current lieutenant governor of Quebec.[1] She is a member of the Mi'kmaq First Nation.[2] Following her appointment, the National Assembly of Quebec unanimously voted a non-binding motion to abolish the position of Lieutenant Governor.[3] She assumed the role of Lieutenant Governor on 25 January 2024, choosing to be sworn in at her office rather than in the National Assembly as is customary.[4]
Manon Jeannotte | |
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Jeannotte in 2024 | |
| 30th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
| Assumed office January 25, 2024 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Governor General | Mary Simon |
| Premier | François Legault |
| Preceded by | J. Michel Doyon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Canada |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
Education
editJeannotte holds an EMBA from McGill University and HEC Montreal. She is a Certified Corporate Director (CCD) from Université Laval and has also completed a post-graduate microprogramme in interculturalism in Quebec at Université de Sherbrooke.[1]
Career
editPrior to her appointment as 30th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec,[5] Jeannotte was Director of the First Nations Executive Education at HEC Montréal, which she also co-initiated.
Jeannotte has made her mark with the Micmac Nation of Gespeg, first as a councillor from 2003 to 2008, then from 2011 to 2015, before taking on the role of Chief from 2015 to 2019.
Early in her career, she had the opportunity to write a memoir on the presence of the Mi'gma in the Gaspé region for submission to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. She was then recruited through a pan-Canadian competition as an Aboriginal trainee analyst at Statistics Canada.
Engagement
editShe has also been actively involved in a number of organisations and has sat on several boards of directors:
- member of Statistics Canada's Aboriginal Advisory Circle, 2001-2002
- member of the Board of Directors of the first federal Crown corporation, the First Nations Statistical Institute, where she chaired the Human Resources and Policy Committee, 2007-2013
- member of the ad-hoc committee of Art-Culture autochtone de Montréal, 2011-2012 and 2015
- Member of the Board of Directors of Terres en Vues, 2012-2023
- Member of the Board of Directors of "La Relance Fort Prevel", 2015-2016
- member of the strategic committee of Chemins de transition UDM and Espace pour la vie, 2021-2022
- member of the CNC-QC Board of Directors, 2023
Honours
editJeannotte was named the most outstanding student in the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA programme by ROB Magazine in 2017.
She also received a certificate of recognition from the Quebec Council of Senior Federal Officials for her contribution to the partnership for the "Commemoration of First Nations and Inuit History in Quebec".
She is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal (Canada).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec website - Biography page". Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. January 25, 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Manon Jeannotte from First Nation in Gaspé appointed Quebec lieutenant-governor". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. December 8, 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Bergeron, Patrice (8 December 2023). "Quebec votes in favour of abolishing role of lieutenant-governor". Montreal Gazette. La Presse Canadienne. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Marguerite Morin (January 25, 2024). "Manon Jeannotte assermentée comme lieutenante-gouverneure du Québec". Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "Prime Minister announces new Lieutenant Governor of Quebec". December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Governor General hosts inaugural presentation of King Charles III Coronation Medal". Governor General of Canada. 6 May 2024.