15 September 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was pleased to announce today the appointment of Ms. Sheila-Marie Cook as Secretary to the Governor General of Canada. She replaces Barbara Uteck who is moving on to new challenges within the Public Service of Canada.
Ms. Cook has many years of experience working in the federal public service and in para-public organizations, most recently as Executive Director and Commission Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182. Prior to that, she held the same position at the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities.
This appointment is effective September 18 2006.
Biographical information attached.
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SHEILA-MARIE COOK
Education
B.A. (History) Carleton University
Professional Experience
Since 2006
Executive Director and Commission Secretary to the Commission into the Investigation of Inquiry of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182
2004 - 2006
Executive Director and Commission Secretary, Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities
1999 - 2004
Committee Secretary and Communications Advisor, Parliamentary Precinct Oversight Advisory Committee and Special Advisor, Canada’s Ambassador for the Environment, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
1997 - 2002
Executive Director, National Defence Monitoring Committee on Change (Department of National Defence)
1998 - 2002
Senior Advisor, Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
1996 - 1997
Senior Advisor to the Minister for International Trade and to the Chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 1997 Council Secretary, Prime Minister’s Council on Asia Pacific (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
1995 - 1996
Executive Director and Senior Advisor, Commission of inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston (Solicitor General of Canada)
1994 - 1995
Executive Director, Fraser River Sockeye Public Review Board (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
1993 - 1994
Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning and Communications, Commission to Review Allowances of Members of Parliament (Privy Council Office) and Senior Advisor/Director of Operations and Strategic Planning, Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act Review Commission (Privy Council Office)
1990 - 1992
Senior Advisor/Director of Administration and Finance, National Transportation Act Review Commission; Special Advisor, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples; and Senior Advisor/Director of Administration and Finance, Citizen’s Forum on Canada’s Future (Privy Council Office)
1981 - 1990
Various positions in the federal public service.
