Deputy Minister, Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, and Senior Associate Deputy Minister for Canadian Heritage
Gina Wilson joined Canadian Heritage on January 27, 2020.
She is also the Deputy Minister Champion for Indigenous Federal Employees.
Ms. Wilson was appointed as Deputy Minister for Women and Gender Equality, formerly Status of Women Canada, on May 23, 2017, where she led the creation of the new department and ensured that GBA+ is fully instituted in government.
In 2019, Gina was appointed as Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada and returned to the Department for the third time.
Gina Wilson is Algonquin and began her career in her First Nation community of Kitigan-Zibi as Executive Director of Health and Social Services. She joined the Federal Government in 1996 and held several senior executive positons at several departments including the Privy Council Office, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Gina is the recipient of the 2020 Indspire Award for her leadership and her life-long work on Indigenous issues and supporting Indigenous employees.
Gina has three beautiful children, Dylan, Kayla and Royce and treasures her granddaughter Charlotte.
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs
Joëlle Montminy was appointed to the position of Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs on February 22, 2021. Joëlle re-joined the PCH family in February 2020, as Assistant Deputy Minister, Sport, Major Events, Commemorations and Portfolio Affairs, after having held the position of Executive Director, Federal Secretariat of Canada 150 between 2014 and 2016.
Joëlle Montminy has been with the federal public service for over 25 years. Before returning to PCH, she was Vice-President, Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Affairs at Parks Canada since 2017. In that role, she led commemoration and heritage conservation programs and acted as Canada’s head of delegation for UNESCO World Heritage.
Before joining Parks Canada, she was Assistant Deputy Minister, Resolution and Individual Affairs at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Joëlle has extensive experience on Indigenous issues having held numerous positions at INAC in the area of policy, negotiations, litigation management and operations. She has also worked as Director of Policy for Intergovernmental Affairs in the Privy Council Office.
Joëlle began her career with the Department as a policy analyst in copyright.
Joëlle holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from Université Laval and a Master of Laws from the University of British Columbia.
Joëlle is a busy mother of two teenage girls. When she is not driving them to their sports and artistic activities, she enjoys reading, running and kayaking.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Community and Identity
Charles Slowey rejoined Canadian Heritage as Assistant Deputy Minister in September 2018. He came to the Department from the Canada Border Services Agency, where he was the Director General of Global Border Management and Data Analytics and, up until recently, the Director General of Commercial Programs. During his time at the Agency, he led the development and implementation of a data analytics strategy and the commercial programs transformation and modernization agenda.
With over 25 years of public service, Charles has a broad range of experience, including in service delivery, strategic planning, issue and project management and communications. Earlier in his career, he served as Director General of Communications at Industry Canada, Canadian Heritage, Environment Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Charles received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French Literature from Carleton University..
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Planning and Corporate Affairs
David Dendooven joined the Department of Canadian Heritage as Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Planning and Corporate Affairs on February 4, 2019.
David came to the Department from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada where he occupied the position of Director General, Strategic Policy, Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs. He held the position from January 2017 and, until December 2018, also served in the same capacity for Indigenous Services Canada.
In addition to having served as Corporate Secretary at the former Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, David served for several years at the Privy Council Office as the Director of Strategic Policy, Machinery of Government and, prior to that, in various counsel positions at the Department of Justice.
David has a Baccalaureate of Laws (L.L.B) and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours Political Science), both from the University of Ottawa. He is also a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Official Languages, Heritage and Regions
Julie Boyer joined the Public Service of Canada in 2000. She has held several senior policy research and development positions in the departments of Canadian Heritage, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.
In 2012, she delivered the International Polar Year 2012 Conference before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to advise the Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials during Canada’s Chairmanship of the Artic Council.
In 2014, Julie joined the department of Natural Resources Canada as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Minerals and Metals Sector and became Director of the International Affairs and Trade division in February 2015.
In June 2017, she became Deputy Head of the Canada-US Horizontal Task Group at Natural Resources Canada and coordinated the department’s participation in NAFTA negotiations. While at Natural Resources Canada, Julie was the Departmental Co-Champion for Official Languages and secured support and funding to launch a Change Leadership Office.
In May 2018, Julie joined the Department of Canadian Heritage as Director General of Trade and launched the Creative Export Strategy.
Julie was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Official Languages, Heritage and Regions in January 2021.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Sport, Major Events and Commemorations
Emmanuelle Sajous became Assistant Deputy Minister of Sport, Major Events and Commemorations on February 22, 2021. Emmanuelle joined PCH in August 2018 as Director General of Major Events, Commemorations and Capital Experience.
Emmanuelle, born in France and having grown in Moncton, New Brunswick, holds a master's degree in public administration and a certificate in law. She also undertook doctoral studies in political sciences at l'Université Laval before being recruited as a management trainee in the public service in 1992.
After working for a number of federal institutions including the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Public Service Commission and the Privy Council Office, she joined the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General where she was appointed Deputy Secretary of Honours and Deputy Herald Chancellor in 2005. Emmanuelle was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, the insignia of Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite from the French government in 2015 for distinguished services as well as the Vice-Regal’s Commendation in 2017.
Chief Financial Officer
Éric Doiron has been Chief Financial Officer and Director General, Financial Management for the Department of Canadian Heritage since August 2019. Prior to his appointment, Éric was the Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer since January 2018.
Before that, he was Director, Governance, Reporting and Resource Management, at the Federal Secretariat Canada 150 at the Department of Canadian Heritage, from 2014 to 2018. In his 20 years of experience with the public service, Éric has gained a wide variety of experience in the field of corporate financial services.
Éric has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Moncton and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Quebec in Outaouais. He also holds the titles of Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Director General of Communications
Chantal Reinert became Director General of Communications at Canadian Heritage on May 7, 2018.
Chantal has over nineteen years of experience in the federal government, where she has managed large teams and complex files. Before taking on her current duties, Chantal held a number of executive positions in ECCC’s Communications Branch, including Acting Director General; Executive Director, Strategic Communications; and Director, Ministerial Services.
Before joining ECCC, Chantal held a number of positions with increasing levels of responsibility in the field of communications, including with the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency and Health Canada. She began her career as a radio and television journalist for Radio-Canada and RDI in Edmonton, Windsor and Ottawa.
Chantal holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Université de Montréal. She is a proud basketball mom of a teenage boy and a young adult.
Director General of Human Resources and Workplace Management Branch
France Guèvremont will become Director General of Human Resources and Workplace Management at Canadian Heritage on April 19, 2021.
France joined the public service in 1991 and has taken on increasing and varied human resources responsibilities over the course of her career, which included positions at Employment and Social Development, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Department of Finance, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Canada Border Services Agency.
France graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Social Science with a Double Major in Political Science and Sociology in 1991. She has completed the Strategic Human Resource Leadership Program for heads of HR at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (2020) and completed a certification in Character Leadership from the Ivey Business School, Western University (2021).
France is originally from the Ottawa region. She is dedicated to her family and is especially proud of her daughter.
Executive Director and General Counsel of the Canadian Heritage Legal Services unit
Pierre-Paul Trottier was appointed as Executive Director and General Counsel of the Canadian Heritage Legal Services Unit on February 8, 2021.
Pierre-Paul joined the Business and Regulatory Law Portfolio (BRLP) in November 2017 as Director and General Counsel at ESDC-VAC Legal Services. In this capacity, he saw to the delivery of legal Services in respect of a wide range of ESDC business lines, such as the Labour Program, the Employment Insurance Program, the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, the Canada Summer Jobs Program, the Office for Disability Issues, and litigation related to the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Pension.
Pierre-Paul holds both a Civil Law degree and a Common Law degree, and is a member of both the Quebec and Ontario Bars. He spent most of his career as a tax law litigator in the Quebec Regional Office (Ottawa), where he appeared before all levels of court in Quebec and Ontario, as well as before the Tax Court, the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. In addition to personally arguing cases before the Courts, Pierre-Paul managed a team of litigators and support staff in the 9 years prior to him joining BRLP.
Corporate Secretary
In April 2016, Jenny Ratansi-Rodrigues became Corporate Secretary at Canadian Heritage.
Jenny joined Canadian Heritage in 1999, holding a variety of positions including Director of Regional Affairs—working with Canadian Heritage regional offices—and Director of Community Engagement Programs, after having worked in Ontario Region. The majority of her career was spent in the voluntary sector for non-profit organizations.
Jenny holds a degree in Early Childhood Education.
Chief Audit Executive
In August 2018, Bimal Sandhu was appointed as Chief Audit Executive.
Prior to that, Bimal had been working at Canada Revenue Agency since 2001. She has been an executive since 2015 and has over 15 years of experience in internal audit.
Bimal is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a recipient of the 2013 William S. Smith CIA – Certificate of Honors Award from the Institute of Internal Auditors. She holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto, and an Honours Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University.
Ombudsman and Director of the Office of Values and Ethics
In November 2019, Lise Laneville was appointed as Ombudsman and Director of the Office of Values and Ethics.
Prior to that, Lise served as Director, Arts Policy, in the Cultural Affairs Sector. In this role, she was responsible for managing the public policy development process and socio-economic research projects in support of the development and analysis of cultural sector policies and programs.
Lise has been working in the Department since 2000. She has held various positions in the Cultural Affairs Sector. Prior to joining the public service, Lise worked as an administrator in the not-for-profit sector and at the University of Ottawa.
Lise has a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Sociology) and Certificate in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa.
