Prime Minister announces new Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development


October 21, 1998
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the appointment of Claire Morris, currently Secretary to Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council, Government of New Brunswick, as Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development.

Mrs. Morris joined the New Brunswick public service in 1970, and has held progressively more senior positions since that time. Prior to assuming her current position in 1993, Mrs. Morris was Deputy Minister of the Policy Secretariat for the New Brunswick Government. A native of Ottawa, Ontario, she studied at the University of Toronto where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts and later her Masters of Social Work.

This appointment is effective December 1, 1998.

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Biographical note attached.

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CLAIRE MORRIS

Date of Birth: May 1945

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto (St. Michael's College)
Masters of Social Work, University of Toronto

Professional Experience:

1993 to Present
Secretary to the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council, Government of New Brunswick

1988 - 1993
Deputy Minister, Policy Secretariat, Government of New Brunswick

1986 - 1988
Deputy Minister, Department of Health and Community Services, Government of New Brunswick

1983 - 1986
Deputy Minister, Department of Health, Government of New Brunswick

1981 - 1983
Assistant Deputy Minister of Personal Health Services, Department of Health, Government of New Brunswick

1979 - 1980
Director of Nursing Home Services, Department of Health, Government of New Brunswick

1970 - 1979
Various positions with the Department of Social Services, Government of New Brunswick


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