Commandant of the Chief Warrant Officer Robert Osside Profession of Arms Institute

Lieutenant-Colonel Boisvert-Novak joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2001 as an infantry officer. With the Royal 22^e Régiment, he served with the 2^nd and 3^rd Battalions, holding several key positions including platoon commander and company commander. He also assumed command of a training company at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School.

At the operational level, his service includes several international deployments, namely to Afghanistan with Operation ATHENA, first as part of the Kandahar Battle Group in 2007, then as a Liaison Officer with the British Gurkha, and in 2009, as a Battle Captain in a combat team. In 2010, he joined the Operational Mentor and Liaison Team as a Company Mentor. In 2016, he took part in Operation IMPACT as an Operations Officer during the fight against the Islamic State.

As a staff officer, he has gathered experience in positions at the Chief of Military Personnel Headquarters, the Office of the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, and most recently, at the Canadian Army Headquarters, where he served as the Army G5.

Lieutenant-Colonel Boisvert-Novak is a graduate of the Université de Montréal and the Canadian Forces College. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a master's degree in Defence Studies.

He was promoted to his current rank in 2022 and appointed as the first Commandant of the Chief Warrant Officer Robert Osside Profession of Arms Institute in the summer of 2023.