2014 - CGG Challenge Coin presented by Honourary Colonel Fred Caron, CD, QC to the CGG Museum

Object/Artifact

Musée Canadian Grenadier Guards Museum

Name/Title

Description

2014 - CGG Honourary Colonel Alfred 'Fred' E.N. Caron, CD, QC Challenge Coin presented to the CGG Museum. CGG Honourary Colonel Alfred E.N. Caron, CD, QC who served with CGG in the 1970's prior to enrolling in the Canadian Royal Military College (College Militaire Royale). He was appointed CGG's Honourary Lieutenant Colonel from 2003-2008, and Honourary Colonel from 2008-2014. 9471 Hon. Colonel Fred Caron, CD, QC was appointed Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in June 2003 and most recently from April 2008 until January 2014 as Honorary Colonel in the Canadian Grenadier Guards (CGG). Honorary Colonel Caron attended College Militaire Royale in St. Jean, Quebec in 1968-69 and joined the CGG in 1970. He obtained his BA from Loyola College in 1972 and his LL.B. from McGill University in 1975. After his admission to the Bar of Ontario he pursued a career with the federal Department of Justice where he held various senior positions in the aboriginal law and constitutional law fields. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in January 1992. In 1996 he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Privy Council Office. In 2008 he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister in Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). He retired from INAC in June 2010.

Context

***two separate coins?***

Created By

Bertille L. Hurel

Create Date

July 11, 2022

Updated By

Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

Update Date

May 10, 2025