Name Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau | Governor General David Johnston | |
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New new brunswick lieutenant governor jocelyne roy vienneau after her first role
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau ONB (born c. 1956) is the 31st and current Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. She was installed as 31st and current on October 23, 2014. Mme. Roy-Vienneau is the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of New Brunswick.
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- New new brunswick lieutenant governor jocelyne roy vienneau after her first role
- New Brunswick Heritage Fairs 2017
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
New Brunswick Heritage Fairs 2017
Early life and education
Roy-Vienneau was the first woman to occupy a secular position as Vice President of a campus at the Universite de Moncton, the first woman to direct a francophone community college in New Brunswick, and one of the first women to graduate from the Universite de Moncton’s Faculty of Engineering.
Career
Roy-Vienneau has previously held a number of successful positions in education and engineering. She is currently Vice-President at the Universite de Moncton’s Shippagan Campus, having served in that capacity since 2005. Previously to that, Ms. Roy-Vienneau was Assistant Deputy Minister, Post-Secondary Education, with New Brunswick’s Department of Education. She also held several positions at the New Brunswick Community College in Bathurst, including Director General and Dean of Education. She began her career as a Project Engineer at the Esso Imperial Oil Limited refinery in Montreal.
In August 2014, Roy-Vienneau was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, on the suggestion of Premier David Alward with support from the opposition. She is the first Acadian woman to occupy the post.