Canada’s most senior female military officer, Lt.-Gen. Christine Whitecross, has been named commandant of the NATO Defense College in Rome. Operation Honour was initiated after a damning report by former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps on allegations of sexual misbehaviour in the Forces. The general is highly regarded within Canada’s military community for her amiability, sharp intellect and her willingness and ability to take on complex, challenging assignments. This will be a great opportunity for her to demonstrate Canada’s value-based ethics that she epitomizes.”A chemical engineer by academic training and an airfield engineer by military training, Whitecross has been in the air force for 34 years. Her appointment comes just weeks after NATO criticized itself and its member states for not doing enough to promote female soldiers within the alliance.

Source: National Post September 13, 2016 17:37 UTC