Dr. Alis B. Kennedy is a Métis Veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, serving from 1970 to 1983 with the Royal Canadian Navy.
Dr. Kennedy was the first woman and Veteran as Chair and President of the Board of Directors of the International Knightly Order of St. George Foundation. The aim of this organization is to help support by financial means personnel, Veterans and families of the Canadian Armed Forces. She is also a member of the Warriors’ Day Parade Council and is the Métis Veterans liaison officer across Canada; since 2017 she is also one of the judges at the Parade. She is an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 165, a member of the Aboriginal Veterans Autochtones and a former Senator for the Métis Nation of Ontario Veterans Council. In 2017, she was elected as the founding Leader of the Warriors and Veterans Society of the Métis Nation of Canada.
In 2011, Dr. Kennedy was one of the two Knowledge Keepers of the Black Bear Aboriginal Youth Program Culture Camp of the Canadian Armed Forces at Canadian Forces Base Borden. In 2013, she was selected as the first francophone and Métis Counsellor of the Black Bear Aboriginal Youth Program Culture Camp and the Army Reserve recruit course held at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, where she also participated in progress review boards to determine if recruits should be kept or released after inappropriate behavior.
She represents Métis Veterans annually at the Queen’s Park Remembrance Day.
She was also one of the 150 selected flagbearers from across Canada at the Invictus Games Toronto 2017.