Deputy Commander (Reserve) CADTC

BRIGADIER-GENERAL G.M. BOURQUE, OMM, CD

Brigadier-General Guinevere (Gwen) Bourque enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1992. She started her military career as Medical Assistant in 16 Medical Company then became an Administration Clerk with the North Saskatchewan Regiment in Saskatoon. In 2002 she took her commission and trained as a Logistics Officer.

In 2005, she crossed trained in Civil Military Affairs. She was selected for deployment as part of the 1 PPCLI Battle Group deploying to Afghanistan on Operation Archer Roto 1 in January 2006. Brigadier-General Bourque was presented with the CEFCOM Commanders Citation for her accomplishments with advancing a more effects based approach to CIMIC operations.

In 2008, Brigadier-General Bourque transferred to the 38 Service Battalion as the Officer Commanding 16 Service Company. In 2011 she was appointed Deputy Commander of 38 Service Battalion and then assumed Command of the Battalion in 2015.

In 2017, she was appointed Commander of a Multi-National Task Force comprised of troops from 3 NATO Countries during Exercise Golden Coyote conducted in the United States.

Brigadier-General Bourque is a graduate of the Joint Command and Staff College. In addition, she has completed her Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at Royal Roads University specializing in Leadership and Digital Transformation.

Brigadier-General Bourque attended college and graduated with a Computer Systems Technology Associates Degree in 1997. After college she was hired at Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Saskatchewan in the Information Technology Services Division advancing in both responsibility and leadership positions. She is the CIO and Associate Vice President of Information Technology Service responsible for the delivery of all IT services for all campuses which comprises of over 2,000 staff and 17,000 students.

Brigadier-General Bourque has been active in the sports community throughout her life. Playing fastball and continuing to contribute in recent years coaching and acting as Commissioner for all of Saskatoon Under 19 youth fast ball.

Brigadier-General Bourque is married to Dwayne Porter and has two daughters and four grandchildren.

In May of 2019, Brigadier-General Bourque assumed command of 38 Canadian Brigade Group in Winnipeg, Manitoba overseeing the Army in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and part of Northern Ontario. In July 2022, she was appointed the Deputy Commander of 3rd Canadian Division until 25 August 2024. On 29 August 2024, Brigadier-General Bourque was appointed the Deputy Commander Reserve of the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre in Kingston, Ontario.