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 Summit of the Americas 2001

PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN THE SENIOR RANKS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE

April 11, 2003
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:

Robert A. Wright, currently Commissioner of Customs and Revenue, becomes Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Deputy Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister and Security and Intelligence Coordinator, Privy Council Office. Mr. Wright succeeds Ronald Bilodeau who is retiring from the Public Service after a distinguished career of 36 years to pursue new challenges in the private sector. This appointment is effective June 2, 2003.

Alan Nymark, currently Deputy Minister of the Environment, becomes Commissioner of Customs and Revenue, effective June 2, 2003.

Suzanne Hurtubise, currently Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, becomes Deputy Minister of the Environment, effective June 2, 2003.

Gaëtan Lavertu, currently Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be leaving his position, effective June 16, 2003, prior to his undertaking an international assignment.

Peter Harder, currently Deputy Minister of Industry, becomes Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, effective June 16, 2003.

Jean-Claude Villiard, currently President, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, becomes Deputy Minister of Industry, effective June 16, 2003.

Jocelyne Bourgon, P.C., O.C., currently President, Canadian Centre for Management Development, becomes Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, effective June 16, 2003, prior to her undertaking an international assignment. She has also been named President Emeritus of the Canadian Centre for Management Development, which it is proposed would become the Canada School of Public Service.

Janice Cochrane, currently Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Deputy Receiver General of Canada, becomes President of the Canadian Centre for Management Development, effective June 16, 2003.

David Marshall, formerly Vice-Chairman, Retail Products Technology and Operations, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, becomes Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Deputy Receiver General of Canada, effective June 16, 2003.

Marc Lafrenière, currently Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, becomes Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. He succeeds André Gladu who has retired from the Public Service after 35 years of dedicated service. This appointment is effective April 14, 2003.

Leonard Good, currently President of the Canadian International Development Agency, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, effective May 5, 2003.

Paul J. Thibault, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, becomes President of the Canadian International Development Agency, effective May 5, 2003.

Jonathan Fried, currently Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and G-7 Deputy, Finance Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, effective June 16, 2003.

Hélène Gosselin, currently Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Policy, Privy Council Office, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, effective April 22, 2003. She will assume the responsibilities of Margaret Purdy who will be pursuing a sabbatical with the University of British Columbia during which she will, among other things, undertake independent, comprehensive and strategic research analysis of the implications of the post-September 11 security environment on Canadian public policy and public administration.

Peter Harrison, currently Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has been appointed to the new Deputy Minister level position of Senior Research Fellow, Department of Industry, effective April 22, 2003, and will be serving as Senior Research Fellow (Oceans) at the National Research Council. Details of Dr. Harrison's mandate are attached.

Larry Murray, currently Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, becomes Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, effective April 22, 2003.

Jack Stagg, currently Executive Director and Deputy Head of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada, becomes Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, effective April 22, 2003.

Mario Dion, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Justice, becomes Executive Director and Deputy Head of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada, effective April 22, 2003.

Christiane Ouimet, currently Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services. She succeeds Michael Nurse who is retiring from the Public Service after more than 35 years of distinguished service. This appointment is effective June 16, 2003.

Nawal Kamel, currently on interchange from the World Bank as Senior Research Fellow with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, will be joining the senior ranks of the Public Service on an interchange from the World Bank as Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, effective June 23, 2003.

Michelle Chartrand, currently Commissioner of the Public Service Commission, will be named Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Management Priorities, Senior Personnel and Special Projects), Privy Council Office, effective April 14, 2003.

The Prime Minister also announced that Frank Claydon, Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, will be retiring after more than 32 years of dedicated service. During his career, Mr. Claydon held such senior positions as Secretary of the Treasury Board and Comptroller General of Canada, as well as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

The Prime Minister took the opportunity to thank Ronald Bilodeau, Frank Claydon, André Gladu and Michael Nurse for their dedication to the Public Service and to their excellence in serving Canadians over the years, and to wish them well in their future endeavours. In particular, the Prime Minister extended his appreciation to Ronald Bilodeau for his many years of excellent service and wise counsel in the Privy Council Office.

Biographical notes attached.

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PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555

 

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, OCEANS, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Canada's three oceans and related coastal and marine resources are an increasingly important part of our economic and social fabric. Their protection, use and development in a sustainable fashion for future generations are key challenges to be met. Canada is a world leader in the research and development (R&D) needed to meet these challenges, and the National Research Council is a major player in helping Canada realise its potential.

In his new position, Dr. Harrison will be responsible for reviewing and reporting on Canada's ocean and coastal zone research and development capacity. He will also be responsible for promoting the rapid and effective implementation of Canada's "Oceans Strategy", for positioning Canada's world role as a leader in sustainable ocean development (particularly within the G-8 context), and for promoting the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Dr. Harrison will work closely with government departments and agencies, aboriginal interests, academic institutions, current and future research networks and centres of excellence, international agencies and foreign governments. He will draw on his extensive experience in ocean and coastal zone affairs as Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, as well as his longstanding academic and research reputation in the field.

ROBERT A. WRIGHT

Date of Birth: October 1951

Education: B.A. (Economics), University of Western Ontario M.A. (Economics), University of Manitoba

Professional Experience

November 1999 to Present
Commissioner of Customs and Revenue

January 1997 - October 1999
Deputy Minister of National Revenue

May 1994 - January 1997
Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and then High Commissioner for Canada to New Zealand

1992 - 1994
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

1989 - 1992
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans), Privy Council Office

1987 - 1989
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning), Privy Council Office

1986 - 1987
Director, Economic Development Division, Department of Finance

1983 - 1986
Director General, Energy Strategy Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1979 - 1983
Senior Economist; Chief, Economic Analysis Division and then Director, Energy Policy Planning, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1977 - 1979
Senior Economist, Economics Branch, National Energy Board

1975 - 1977
Economic Analyst, Department of External Affairs

 

ALAN B. NYMARK

Date of Birth: July 1948

Education: B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences, Queen's University M.A., Economics, Queen's University Post-graduate studies, Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Professional Experience:

October 1999 to Present
Deputy Minister of the Environment

September 1996 - October 1999
Associate Deputy Minister of Health

August 1993 - September 1996
Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry and Science Policy, Industry Canada

May 1989 - July 1993
Executive Vice-President, Investment Canada and Assistant Chief Negotiator, North American Free Trade Agreement

December 1985 - May 1989
Assistant Chief Negotiator, Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Trade Negotiations Office

February 1983 - December 1985
Director of Policy, Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada

January 1981 - February 1983
Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Economic Policy and Programs, then Deputy Secretary, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

July 1976 - December 1980
Economic Policy Secretariat, Privy Council Office then Executive Interchange with the Royal Bank of Canada

1974 - 1976
Technical Assistant to the Executive Director for Canada, International Monetary Fund

1972 - 1974
Group Leader, International Economic Relations, Tariffs, Trade and Aid Branch, Department of Finance

1970 - 1971
Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario

 

SUZANNE HURTUBISE

Date of Birth: June 1954

Education: B.A. (Economics), Carleton University M.A. (Economics), Carleton University

Professional Experience

August 1999 to Present
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris

July 1995 - August 1999
Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage then Special Advisor to the Minister of Canadian Heritage

December 1994 - July 1995
Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

March 1993 - December 1994
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation), Privy Council Office

1991 - 1993
Deputy Secretary (Constitutional Affairs), Federal-Provincial Relations Office

1990 - 1991
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Policy and Strategic Planning, Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs

1988 - 1990
Director General, Surface Policy and Programs, Department of Transport

1986 - 1988
Director of Operations, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office

1985 - 1986
Assistant Director, Social Policy Division, Department of Finance

1982 - 1985
Chief, 6 & 5 Program, then Director, Consultations Division, Department of Finance

1981 - 1982
Economist/Assistant Secretary of the Board, Canadian Industrial Renewal Board

1976 - 1981
Economist with the Department of Finance and later with the Quebec National Assembly

 

GAËTAN LAVERTU

Date of Birth: January 1944

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Collège Saint-Jean-Eudes Bachelor of Social Sciences, Laval University Masters in Political Science, Laval University Masters in Business Administration, University of Western Ontario Masters in Public Administration, École nationale d'administration publique

Professional Experience

August 2000 to Present
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

1994 - 2000
Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and then Canadian Ambassador to Germany

1992 - 1994
Assistant Deputy Minister, Political and International Security Affairs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

1987 - 1992
Canadian Ambassador to Columbia and Ecuador and then Deputy High Commissioner, London

1983 - 1987
Director, Intelligence Analysis Division and then Director General, Foreign Intelligence Bureau, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

1982-1983
Chief of Staff, Deputy Minister's Office (Foreign Policy), External Affairs and International Trade Canada

1979 - 1982
Counsellor, Canadian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels

1976 - 1979
First Secretary and Consul, Caracas

1975 - 1976
Federal-Provincial Relations Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

1971 - 1974
Third Secretary and Vice-Consul, Madrid, Second Secretary and Vice-Consul, Rabat, and École nationale d'administration publique (Quebec)

1969 - 1971
United nations (New York); Defence Relations Section (NORAD-NATO); Assignment Section, Personnel Administration, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

1969
Joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada

 

V. PETER HARDER

Date of Birth: August 1952

Education: B.A. (Honours - Political Science), University of Waterloo M.A. (Political Studies), Queen's University

Professional Experience

March 2000 to Present
Deputy Minister of Industry

December 1995 - March 2000
Secretary of the Treasury Board and Comptroller General for Canada

November 1993 - December 1995
Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and then Special Advisor to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

February 1993 - November 1993
Deputy Solicitor General and, in June 1993, Deputy Minister designate of the Department of Public Security

1991 - 1993
Associate Deputy Minister (Immigration), Department of Employment and Immigration

1987 - 1991
Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board

1986 - 1987
Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian National Railways

1984 - 1986
Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister

1980 - 1983
Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition

1977 - 1980
Foreign Service Officer, Department of External Affairs

 

JEAN-CLAUDE VILLIARD

Date of Birth: October 1945

Education: B. Comm., École des Hautes Études Commerciales, University of Montréal M.B.A., Laval University CEI Diploma, University of Geneva

Professional Experience:

October 2000 to Present
President, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

1997 - 2000
Director, Infrastructure Development Group, Middle East and North Africa Region, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. , U.S.A.

1989 - 1997
Occupied various senior positions including President with Lavalin, SNC Lavalin International Inc., and SNC - Lavalin Capital Inc.

1987 - 1989
Associate Deputy Minister, Energy, Department of Energy and Resources; and then Deputy Minister, Department of International Affairs, Government of Quebec

1978 - 1987
Occupied various senior positions including Vice-President with Lavalin - Lavalin International Inc., and Lavalin Econosult Inc., Montréal, Quebec

1978
Graduate Student, Centre d'études industrielles (CEI), University of Geneva, Switzerland (now known as International Management Development Institute)

1970 - 1977
Chief of Staff to the Minister, Department of Highways, Public Works and Transport; Director of Contract Policies, Treasury Board; and then Director of Contracts and Special Advisor to the President, Olympic Installations Board, Government of Quebec

1969 -1971
Lecturer, Financial Management, Faculty of Education, Laval University

1967 - 1970
Assistant Trust Officer and Accounts Manager, Royal Trust Company, Montréal; and then Research Assistant to the Treasurer, Marine Industries Limited, Sorel, Quebec

 

JOCELYNE BOURGON, P.C., O.C.

Date of Birth: September 1950

Academic History: Studies in Science and Management Honorary degrees from : Mount Saint Vincent University Queen's University Ottawa University Carleton University

Professional Experience

January 1999 to Present
President, Canadian Centre for Management Development

March 1994 - January 1999
Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

June 1993 - March 1994
Deputy Minister, Department of Transport

March 1993 - June 1993
President of the Canadian International Development Agency

1992 - 1993
Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Relations

1991 - 1992
Associate Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Relations

1989 - 1991
Deputy Minister, Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs

1987 - 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Policy and Communications Sector, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1985 - 1987
Assistant Secretary, Economic Policy and Programs, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

1973- 1985
Held various positions in the Public Service, including with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion

 

JANICE COCHRANE

Date of Birth: November 1949

Education: B.A., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton LL.B., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Appointed Queen's Counsel

Professional Experience

April 2001 to Present
Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Deputy Receiver General of Canada

November 1995 - March 2001
Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

1994 - 1995
Associate Deputy Minister of the Environment

1993 - 1994
Assistant Deputy Minister, Legal Services, Department of Justice

1991 - 1993
Assistant Deputy Minister, Self Government then Intergovernmental Affairs, Indian Affairs and Northern Development

1990 - 1991
Regional Director General, B.C. Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Vancouver

1989 - 1990
Director General, Lands and Environment Branch, Lands, Revenues and Trusts, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1984 - 1989
Senior Counsel, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Department of Justice then secondment to Indian and Northern Affairs as Director General, Lands and Environment Branch

1978 - 1984
Legal Counsel, Northern Affairs Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Department of Justice

1975 - 1978
Legal Counsel, Criminal Law Section, Department of Justice

 

I. DAVID MARSHALL

Date of Birth: May 1946

Education: Certified General Accountant of Ontario (GCA)

Professional Experience

1999 - 2002
Vice-Chairman, Retail Products Technology and Operations, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

1996 - 1999
Executive Vice-President and Managing Director, Bankers Trust New York Corporation

1995 - 1996
Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

1993 - 1995
Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, Unitel Communications Inc. (an operating arm of AT&T)

1977 - 1993
Served in various senior executive roles, consecutively as Assistant Auditor General for Canada; Assistant Deputy Minister, Information Technology, Revenue Canada, Customs and Excise; Assistant Deputy Minister, Information Technology, Employment and Immigration Canada

 

MARC LAFRENIÈRE

Date of Birth: November 1947

Education: B.A., History, University of Ottawa Studies towards an M.A. in History, University of Ottawa

Professional Experience

June 2001 to Present
Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development then Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office

July 1998 - June 2001
Executive Director of Communication Canada (formerly as the Canada Information Office)

September 1996 - July 1998
Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

February 1996 - September 1996
Acting Deputy Secretary (Intergovernmental Operations), Privy Council Office

February 1995 - February 1996
Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental Operations, Privy Council Office

August 1993 - February 1995
Assistant Secretary, Aboriginal Affairs, Privy Council Office

February 1991 - August 1993
Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

April 1989 - February 1991
Director General, Constitution, Legislation and Federal Provincial Relations, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

November 1985 - 1989
Senior Advisor, Policy Co-ordination, Office of Aboriginal Constitutional Affairs, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

1980 - 1985
Acting Senior Negotiator, Western Arctic, and subsequently Senior Negotiator, Western Arctic, Office of Native Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1978 - 1980
Assistant to the Special Representative for Northern Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1971 - 1978
Various positions with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, including the position of Acting Assistant Director, Claims Office

 

DR. LEONARD M. GOOD

Date of Birth: June 1944

Education: B.A., Economics, University of Toronto M.A., Economics, University of Toronto Ph.D., Economics, University of Western Ontario

Professional Experience

October 1999 to Present
President of the Canadian International Development Agency

September 1998 - October 1999
Deputy Minister of the Environment

October 1994 - September 1998
Canadian Executive Director, World Bank

June 1993 - September 1994
Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance

1989 - 1993
Deputy Minister of the Environment

1987 - 1989
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans), Privy Council Office

1986-1987
Associate Deputy Minister, Energy, Mines and Resources

1985 - 1986
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Sector, Energy, Mines and Resources

1983 - 1985
Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Policy Analysis Sector, Energy, Mines and Resources

1978 - 1983
Director General, Energy, Mines and Resources

1976 - 1978
Group Chief, Long Range and Structural Analysis, Department of Finance

1973-1976
Policy Analyst and then Senior Policy Analyst, Treasury Board Secretariat

1968-1973
Lecturer, University of Prince Edward Island and then Instructor, University of Western Ontario

 

PAUL THIBAULT

Date of Birth: April 1945

Education: Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, University of Ottawa M.A. studies, Carleton University Diploma in Public Administration, École nationale d'administration-Paris

Professional Experience

April 2001 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

July 2000 - April 2001
Associate Deputy Minister of Industry

October 1998 - July 2000
Federal Coordinator, Y2K National Contingency Planning, Department of National Defence

May 1997 - October 1998
Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board

August 1996 - May 1997
Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Executive Director, Canada Infrastructure Works Program, Treasury Board Secretariat

March 1996 - August 1996
Acting Deputy Secretary, Program Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat

October 1992 - March 1996
Assistant Secretary, Program Branch (Government Operations, Foreign & Defence), Treasury Board Secretariat

January 1988 - October 1992
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Security & Intelligence), Privy Council Office

August 1985 - December 1987
Director of Operations, Priorities and Planning Secretariat, Privy Council Office

June 1968 - August 1985
Various assignments in Ottawa and abroad with the Department of External Affairs, including Geneva, Tehran and Paris

 

JONATHAN FRIED

Date of Birth: August 1953

Education: Masters, Law, Columbia University Bachelor, Law, University of Toronto Bachelor, Philosophy, University of Toronto

Professional Experience

November 2000 to Present
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and G-7 Deputy, Finance Canada

1997 - 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic and Environmental Policy, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1995 - 1997
Director General, General Trade Policy Bureau and Coordinator for NAFTA, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1993 - 1995
Principal Legal Counsel, Trade Law Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1991 - 1993
Principal Legal Counsel, Office of North America Free Trade Negotiations, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1987 - 1991
Counsellor, Congressional and Legal Affairs, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1983 - 1987
Counsel, Economic Law and Treaty Division, Bureau of Legal Affairs; Foreign Affairs and International Trade; and then Assistant General Counsel, Trade Negotiations Office

1981 - 1983
Second Secretary and Vice-Consul, Canadian Embassy, Brasilia, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1980 - 1981
Canadian Delegation to United Nations General Assembly, and then General Economic Relations Division/ Summit Preparations Secretariat; Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1979 - 1980
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

 

HÉLÈNE GOSSELIN

Education: Master of Public Administration, Carleton University Bachelor degree (Honours), Economics, Bishop's University Diploma in Social Studies, CÉGEP de Sherbrooke

Professional Experience

November 2002 to Present
Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Policy, Privy Council Office

2000 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Canadian Heritage

1999 - 2000
Director, Strategic Operations, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office

1997 - 1999
Director General, Trade and Operations Integration and Management Consulting, Industry Canada

1995 - 1997
Senior Departmental Assistant to the Deputy Minister, Industry Canada

1993 - 1995
Senior Policy Analyst, Strategic Policy Branch, Industry Canada

1991 - 1993
Program Analyst, Program Branch, Treasury Board Canada

1988 - 1991
Senior Policy Analyst, Framework Policy, Department of Industry, Science and Technology

1986 - 1988
Policy Analyst, Industrial Trade Policy Division, Department of Regional Industrial Expansion

1983 - 1986
Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Department of Regional Industrial Expansion

1981 - 1983
Analyst, Machine Direction, Industry Trade and Commerce

 

DR. PETER HARRISON

Date of Birth: March 1947

Education: B.A. (First Class Honours), Geography, London School of Economics (London, England) M.A., Geography, University of Victoria (British Columbia) Ph.D., Geography, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A)

Professional Experience

May 2002 to Present
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

October 1999 - April 2002
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

June 1998 - October 1999
Head, The Leadership Network

December 1995 - June 1998
Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development and Vice-Chairperson of the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (On assignment as Head of the La Relève Task Force from January 1997 until June 1998)

April 1993 - December 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources, Revenue Canada

April 1991 - April 1993
Deputy Principal, Canadian Centre for Management Development

August 1989 - April 1991
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Priorities and Planning, Privy Council Office

December 1987 - August 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

April 1984 - December 1987
Director, Social Policy Division; then General Director, Economic Development Policy Branch Department of Finance

June 1981 - April 1984
Assistant Director, Minerals, Northern Development and Special Projects, Department of Finance

1973 - 1981
Assistant, then Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Ottawa

1970 - 1973
Research Associate, Department of Economics, University of Washington

 

LARRY MURRAY

Date of Birth: June 1947

Education: B.A. (History), Carleton University

Professional Experience

August 1999 to present
Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs

November 1997 to August 1999
Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

October 1996 - September 1997
Acting Chief of the Defence Staff, National Defence Headquarters

June 1995 - April 1997
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, National Defence Headquarters

February 1993 - June 1995
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, National Defence Headquarters, then Commander, Maritime Command (Halifax)

April 1991 - February 1993
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy and Communications), National Defence Headquarters

July 1987 - June 1991
Commander, 1st Canadian Destroyer Squadron (Halifax), followed by language training; then Director General, Maritime Doctrine and Operations, National Defence Headquarters

January 1985 - July 1987
Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel and Training, Maritime Command (Halifax)

July 1981 - January 1985
Senior Staff Officer, Plans, Maritime Command, then Commanding Officer, HMCS Iroquois (Halifax)

July 1980 - July 1981
Executive Officer, HMCS Athabaskan (Halifax)

July 1976 - July 1980
Commanding Officer, HMCS Chaleur, then Commanding Officer, HMCS Miramichi (Esquimalt), then Combat Officer, HMCS Algonquin (Halifax), followed by studies at the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College

September 1968 - July 1976
Various officer positions in the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Forces

Vice-Admiral Murray joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1964 under the Regular Officer Training Plan and underwent studies at Carleton University.

 

JACK STAGG

Date of Birth: June 1947

Education: Bachelor, History, McMaster University Masters, History, McMaster University Doctorate, History, Cambridge University

Professional Experience

July 2001 to present
Executive Director and Deputy Head of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada and Special Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister

1999 to 2001
Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

1996 - 1999
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office

1993 - 1996
Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs Programs, then Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Consultation, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1987 - 1993
Director General, Constitutional Development and Strategic Planning, Northern Affairs Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1985 - 1987
Director, Constitutional Development and Aboriginal Affairs, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1984 - 1985
Director, Intergovernmental Affairs, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1982 - 1984
Assistant Negotiator, Yukon, then Acting Senior Negotiator, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1979 - 1982
Senior Research Analyst, Office of Native Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1974 - 1979
Social Science Researcher, Public Archives of Canada then Researcher, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1972 - 1974
Educational Field Representative, Prentice-Hall of Canada Ltd., Toronto

 

MARIO DION

Date of Birth: October 1956

Education: LL.L., University of Ottawa (1979)

Professional Experience

June 1997 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Justice (Civil Law and Corporate Management)

October 1996 - June 1997
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel

January 1995 - October 1996
Associate Deputy Minister of Justice

May 1993 to January 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management, Policy and Programs Sector, Department of Justice

1992 - 1993
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management, Department of Justice

1990 - 1992
Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Programs and Operations, Correctional Service of Canada

1988 - 1990
Assistant Commissioner, Communication and Corporate Development, Correctional Service of Canada

1987 - 1988
Senior Counsel, National Parole Board

1980 - 1987
Legal Counsel and Senior Counsel, Correctional Service of Canada

1980
Articling Student, Legal Services, Department of Justice

 

CHRISTIANE OUIMET

Date of Birth: March 1955

Education: LL.L, LL.B, and B.A. ès arts (Lettres françaises), University of Ottawa Member of the Bar of Upper Canada

Professional Experience:

Since September 2001
Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

January 2000 - August 2001
Chief Executive Officer, Consulting and Audit Canada, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Implementation Group, Public Works and Government Services Canada

January 1998 - December 1999
Assistant Deputy Solicitor General, Corrections and Aboriginal Policing, Solicitor General of Canada

November 1994 – December 1997
Director General, Policy Coordination and Planning, and then Director General, Aboriginal Policing, Solicitor General of Canada

March 1992 - November 1994
Senior Officer, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office

October 1987 – March 1992
Director, Legislative Affairs, and then Director, Enforcement Operations, Revenue Canada; then Project Manager, Tariffs Division, Finance Canada

January 1983 - October 1987
Acting Secretary, Executive Secretariat; Assistant Director General and Appeal Board, Appeals and Investigations, Public Service Commission of Canada

July 1982 - December 1983
Legal Drafter, Atomic Energy Control Board

1979 -1983
Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Civil Law, University of Ottawa

 

NAWAL KAMEL

Date of Birth: August 1950

Education: Engineering Management Diploma, California Institute of Technology Doctorate in Economics, University of Oxford, U.K. Masters Degree in Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal Doctorate in Mathematics, Paris VII, Sorbonne, France Masters Degree in Mathematics, Paris VII, Sorbonne, France Bachelor of Sciences, Major in Mathematics, McGill University

Professional Experience:

2001 to Present
Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, UK

1998 - 2001
Head, Secretariat of the International Task Force on Commodity Risk Management in Developing Countries, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

1997 - 1998
Director, Partnerships Group, Strategy and Resource Management, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

1996 - 1997
Head of the Debt Initiative Working Group, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

1994 - 1996
Chief, International Finance Division, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

1992 - 1994
Chief Economist, Export Development Corporation (EDC), Ottawa

1991 - 1992
Special Advisor, Department of Finance, Ottawa

1987 - 1991
Senior Economist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

1985 - 1987
Research Advisor, University of Quebec, Montréal, Quebec

1977 - 1985
Professor of Mathematics, Champlain College, Montréal, Quebec

 

MICHELLE CHARTRAND

Date of Birth: March 1948

Education: Master's degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of Quebec (UQAR) Master's degree in Education, University of Ottawa (Program courses completed) Bachelor's degree in Arts, University of Ottawa Bachelor's degree in Education, University of Montreal

Professional Experience:

July 2000 to Present
Commissioner of the Public Service Commission

June 1997 to July 2000
Regional Director General, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1995 - 1997
Regional Director, Canadian Coast Guard, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1994 - 1995
Responsible for the Development of the Oceans Act, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1992 - 1994
Director General, Policy and Strategy, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1990 - 1992
Director, Scientific Liaison and Coordination, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, than Director, Oceans Development, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1989 - 1990
Educational leave, Masters's degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of Quebec, Rimouski

1988 - 1989
Director, Staff Relations and Compensation, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1986 - 1988
Director, Human Resources, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1985 - 1986
Responsible for the workforce adjustment program in Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1981 - 1985
Director, Official languages and Employment Equity programs, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1975 - 1981
Language Teacher and then Coordinator, Employment Equity Programs, Ottawa, Public Service Commission

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