Senior appointments announced
November 13, 1996
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following
changes in the Public Service:
1. Michel Dorais, currently President of the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Agency, becomes Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental
Operations), Privy Council Office.
2. Sid Gershberg, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs
and Divesture, Department of Transport, becomes President of the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
These changes are effective immediately.
PMO Press Office (613) 957-5555
(Biographical notes attached)
MICHEL A. DORAIS
Date of Birth: March 1952
Education:
- Diploma of Collegial Studies
(Health Sciences), Valleyfield CÉGEP
- B.Sc.(Biology/Ecology), University of Ottawa
- Diploma, environmental studies and land management, UNESCO,
Paris, Toulouse and Montpellier, France
Professional Experience
December 1994 to present
President, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
May 1991 - December 1994
Executive Chairman, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office
1989 - 1991
Vice-Chairman, then Chairman, Environmental Public Hearings Bureau
(BAPE), Government of Quebec, then Special Advisor to the Deputy
Minister on Environmental Assessment and Review, Environment Canada
1988 - 1989
Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Communications, Minister
responsible for Technology and Minister of Supply and Services,
Government of Quebec
1986 - 1988
Director, Investment Promotion, Investment Canada
1984 - 1986
Director General, Policy and Liaison, Labour Canada
1980 - 1984
Officer, then Senior Officer, Organization and Machinery of Government,
Privy Council Office
1979 - 1980
Team Leader, Working Group on Architectural Heritage Conservation;
Secretary, Interdepartmental Committee on Heritage Conservation;
Team Leader, Zero-base Budgeting Project, Parks Canada, Environment
Canada
1976 - 1979
Senior Analyst, Natural Resources Conservation Policies, Parks
Canada, then Ministerial Assistant, Office of the Minister responsible
for Parks Canada, Environment Canada
SID GERSHBERG
Date of Birth: April 1942
Education:
- B.A., Economics, McGill University
- M.A., Political Science, McGill University
Professional Experience
September 1996 to Present
Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs and Divestiture, Department
of Transport
1987 - 1996
Assistant Secretary, Economic Programs Sector, Program Branch,
Treasury Board of Canada
1986 - 1987
Assistant Secretary, Social Development Sector, Program Branch,
Treasury Board of Canada
1983 - 1986
Assistant Secretary, Social Policy and Programs, Federal-Provincial
Relations Office
1980 - 1981
Executive Director, Task Force on Unemployment Insurance, Canada
Employment and Immigration Commission
1978 - 1983
Director General, Policy and Program Analysis Branch, Canada Employment
and Immigration Commission
1977 - 1978
Acting Director General, Economic Analysis and Forecasts Branch,
Employment and Immigration
1974 - 1977
Director, Social Planning and Evaluation, Unemployment Insurance
Commission
1973 - 1974
Director, Special Projects, Unemployment Insurance Commission
1966 - 1972
Research Assistant, Royal Commission on Employer-Employee Relations
in the Public Service of New Brunswick, then Assistant Director
and later Director, Policy Research Division, Liberal Party of
Canada
1965 - 1967
Teaching Assistant, then Course Administrative Head plus Teaching
duties, McGill University
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