Brigadier-General D.N. Brais, CD
Commander, Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers Group

Brigadier-General (BGen) Dominique Brais enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1991 through the Regular Officer Training Plan at the Collège militaire royal de St-Jean. Following completion of the Bachelor of Administration in 1995, she was commissioned as an Air Combat Systems Officer and completed training at the Canadian Forces Air Navigation School in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Upon receiving her Navigator's Wings in 1996, she was posted to 14 Wing's 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, where she served in CP-140 Aurora flying positions as an Acoustic Sensor Operator and Squadron Deputy Flight Commander. In 2001, she was posted to 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron as an Instructor, Simulator Operator, and Squadron Deputy Operations Officer.

Following a transfer from the Regular Force to the Supplementary Reserve in 2004, BGen Brais moved to Ottawa and returned to full-time service, this time as a reservist in 2008. She served within the Military Personnel Command's (MILPERSCOM) Director Reserve Support Management in a variety of roles supporting the administration and career management of the members of the National Defence Headquarters and MILPERSCOM Primary Reserve.

In 2014, she was selected to attend the Joint Command and Staff Programme following which she was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and selected for employment within the Directorate Force Management of the Canadian Special Operations Command (CANSOFCOM). She held three simultaneous roles, appointed as the Commanding Officer of the CANSOFCOM Primary Reserves, and responsible for both the CANSOFCOM Selection program, occupation management, and during which she led the creation of a SOF occupation.

Promoted to Colonel in 2019, BGen Brais was appointed to the position of CANSOFCOM's Director Force Management, where she assumed the wide portfolio and responsibilities for the Command's military and civilian personnel management.

BGen Brais was promoted to her current rank in 2023 upon completion of the National Security Programme at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.

BGen Brais is from Chapleau and Sudbury Ontario. She currently resides in Ottawa with her spouse where they enjoy spending time with their blended family of five adult children and two granddaughters.

Appointed to the position of Commander of the Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers Group, BGen Brais is honoured to be entrusted with the leadership of one of Canada's foremost youth programs.

BGen D.N. Brais	Ms. Linda Wall and BGen D.N. Brais
HCol Bob Vandewater, Cadet CPO1 Lilia Tseragotin and BGen D.N. Brais	Mrs. Pamala Shaw, Cadet CPO2 Jasmine Malo and BGen D.N. Brais
Mr. Ron Skelton, Cadet CPO2 Ielyzaveta Berezovska and BGen D.N. Brais	Cadet MWO Praise Jesutofunmi Oluwaseun Esther Olowoyeye and BGen D.N. Brais
HCol Albert El Tassi, Cadet MWO Kristina Zaburdyaev and BGen D.N. Brais	HCol Barry Rempel, Cadet WO1 Bryce Wallach and BGen D.N. Brais
LCol (Retd) James Popplow, Cadet WO1 Himani Bhatt and BGen D.N. Brais	Mrs. Arlene VanRuiten, Cadet WO2 Igor Telyatnikov and BGen D.N. Brais
HCol George Chapman, Cadet WO2 Levi Hendren and BGen D.N. Brais	Mr. Charles Cameron, Mr. Barry Burns, Cadet WO2 Dmitry Telyatnikov and BGen D.N. Brais
Maj (Retd) John Lawrence, Cadet FSgt Angelina Li and BGen D.N. Brais
2026 Scholarship Recipients	2026 Scholarship Recipients and Cadet Guests