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Prime Minister Announces Senior Appointments
October 6, 1998
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following appointments:
Michel Dorais, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Operations), Privy Council Office, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, effective November 2, 1998.
Alexander Himelfarb, currently Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Board Secretariat, with responsibilities for the Social Union Task Force, becomes Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board, effective immediately.
Paul Thibault, currently Executive Director of the Immigration and Refugee Board, becomes Federal Coordinator for Year 2000 Contingency Planning, Department of National Defence, effective October 26, 1998.
Biographical notes attached.
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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
November 1996 to Present
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Operations), Privy Council Office
December 1994 - November 1996
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
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
ALEXANDER HIMELFARB
Date of Birth: July 1947
Education:
- Bachelor , Sociology, University of Toronto
- Masters, Sociology, University of Toronto
- Doctorate, Sociology, University of Toronto
Professional Experience:
July 1997 to Present
Deputy Secretary, Treasury Board Secretariat
February 1995 - July 1997
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Social Development Policy, Privy Council Office
August 1994 - February 1995
Executive Director, Planning, Review and Renewal, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
December 1993 - August 1994
Executive Director, Information Management and Renewal, Department of Justice
November 1989 - August 1994
Various positions with the National Parole Board which culminated in the position of Executive Director
July 1986 - November 1989
Director General, Planning and Systems Group and Planning and Management Branch, Department of Solicitor General
December 1981 - July 1986
Chief, Victimization Research, then Director, Statistics Division, Program Branch, Department of Solicitor General
July 1972 to December 1981
Professor, Sociology, University of New Brunswick and then Chief of Evaluation, Unified Family Courts, Department of Justice (Executive Interchange)
July 1970 to July 1972
Instructor and Researcher, University of Toronto
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:
May 1997 to Present
Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board
October 1992 - May 1997
Assistant Secretary, Government Operations and Executive Director,
Infrastructure Office, Treasury Board Secretariat
December 1985 - October 1992
Director of Operations, Priorities and Planning, and then Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office
August 1981 - December 1985
Economic Counsellor, Canadian Embassy, Paris
September 1979 - August 1981
Deputy Director, General Economic Relations and Coordinator for the Ottawa Economic Summit, Department of External Affairs
September 1978 - August 1979
First Secretary and Consul, Canadian Embassy, Tehran
January 1975 - September 1978
First Secretary, Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva
June 1968 - December 1974
Various assignments in Ottawa and abroad with the Department of External Affairs
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