Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2022-03-03
Invested on: 2023-11-09
As acting director of Plans North America, in Ottawa, Ontario, from June 2020 to July 2021, Lieutenant-Colonel Connerty demonstrated outstanding performance while balancing and executing strategic, national-level support to concurrent challenges. Her impressive leadership facilitated the coordination of the Government of Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Quebec long-term care inquiry, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) vaccine roll-out, and the review of strategic documents for NORAD modernization. Despite the difficult circumstances, she excelled in a range of various roles, which had a significant positive impact on CAF strategic guidance.