Evaluation of Ministerial Instructions (Implementation)
Appendix E: List of interviewees
Master list of interview subjects for MI evaluation
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Strategic Policy & Planning Branch | |
| Les Linklater | Assistant Deputy Minister |
| Sandra Harder | Director General |
| James McNamee | A/Director |
| Rosanne MacKay | A/Deputy Director – Horizontal Immigration Policy Division |
| Glen Bornais | Senior Analyst |
| Immigration Branch | |
| Heidi Smith | Director – Permanent Resident Policy & Programs |
| International Region | |
| Rénald Gilbert | Director General – International Region |
| Erica Usher | Senior Director – Geographic Operations |
| James Tieman (formerly IR, currently with CPR) | Operations Manager |
| Johanne DesLauriers (*Carole Turner) | Director – Operational Coordination |
| Centralized Processing Region | |
| Paul Armstrong | Director General – Centralized Processing Region |
| Patricia Nicoll | Director – Service Innovation Projects |
| Randy Orr (*William Hawke) | Senior Project Officer |
| Denise O’Keefe | A/Manager – Central Intake Office (Sydney, N.S.) |
| OMC | |
| Claudette Deschênes | ADM Operations |
| Caroline Melis | Director General |
| Amara Amath (*Jennifer Castronero) | A/Program Advisor – Permanent Resident & In-Canada Protection Program |
| Case Management Branch | |
| Karim Virani | Analyst |
| Provincial Representatives (ON/AB/BC/NS) | |
| ON – Alice Young | Director, Immigration Policy |
| ON – Matthew Lee | A/Policy Advisor |
| AB – Percy Cummins | Executive Director, Immigration Policy & Programs |
| AB – Maryanne Everett | ADM, Employment and Immigration |
| AB – Vadim Kukushkin | Policy Analyst |
| AB – Sadiya Ansari | Policy Analyst |
| BC – Michael Newson | Senior Policy Analyst |
| NS – Lashauna Smith | Policy Advisor, P/T Immigration Secretariat |
| NS – Megan Edwards | Senior Policy Analyst |
| Missions | |
| London – Anne Arnott | Minister (Immigration) Canadian High Commission |
| London – Robert Stevenson | |
| New Delhi – David Manicom | Minister and Immigration Program Manager Area Director, South Asia Canadian High Commission, New Delhi |
| Buffalo – Burke Thornton | Consul (Immigration) Consulate General of Canada – Buffalo |
Notes:
*Carole Turner — on the Ministerial Instructions Working Group during MI1 implementation; is currently with CBSA
*William Hawke — on the Ministerial Instructions Working Group during MI1 implementation; has been assigned to the embassy in Washington
*Jennifer Castronero — on the Ministerial Instructions Working Group during MI1 implementation; as of March 14, will transfer to Refugees Branch
*Eric Stevens — on the Ministerial Instructions Working Group during MI1 implementation; is currently counsel for Refugees Branch