6 February 2009
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service. These changes reflect the improved, more streamlined approach to managing human resources in the Public Service.
Michelle d’Auray, currently Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, becomes Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat.
Claire Dansereau, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, becomes Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
Nicole Jauvin, currently President of the Canada Public Service Agency, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office to co-ordinate the establishment of the two new regional economic development agencies, pending her next Deputy Minister assignment.
These appointments are effective March 2, 2009.
Biographical notes attached.
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MICHELLE D’AURAY
EDUCATION
Political Science, University of Ottawa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since August 2007
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
2004 - 2007
Deputy Minister, Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
2000 - 2004
Chief Information Officer for the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
1999 - 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Management, Canadian Heritage
1996 - 1999
Director General, Communications; then Executive Director, Task Force on Electronic Commerce, Industry Canada
1994 - 1996
Director of Communications, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office
1990 - 1994
Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs, National Film Board (including assignments in 1992 at the Federal/Provincial Relations Office and in 1993 at the Infrastructure Program, Privy Council Office)
1985 - 1989
Associate Director, then National Director, Canadian Conference of the Arts
1985
Officer, Special Program of Cultural Initiatives, Department of Communications
1983 - 1984
Policy Analyst, Cultural Affairs, Department of Communications; then Policy Analyst of the Secretariat (MacDonald Commission on the Economy), Royal Commission on the Economic Union
1981 - 1982
Research Assistant; Publications Coordinator; then Assistant to the Managing Editor, Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee
1979 - 1981
Assistant to the Head of the Explorations Program; then Assistant to Programs and Finance Officers, Dance Section, Canada Council for the Arts
CLAIRE DANSEREAU
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science and Microbiology, University of British Columbia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since January 2008
Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
2006 - 2008
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Socio-Economic Policy and Regional Operations, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
2005 - 2006
Vice-President and Special Advisor to the President, Canadian International Development Agency
2001 - 2005
Executive Director, CUSO
1997 - 2001
Associate Deputy Minister then Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Government of British Columbia
1994 - 1997
Vice-President, Operations, Forest Renewal BC, Government of British Columbia
1993 - 1994
Consultant to the forest industry, Dansereau Consulting and Facilitation
1989 - 1993
Director and Planner, Environment and Land-Use Department, IWA-Canada
NICOLE JAUVIN
EDUCATION
Member of the Quebec Bar
Diploma of Specialized Studies in Law, University of Ottawa
Licentiate of Laws, University of Ottawa
Diploma of International Co-operation, Institute for International Co-operation
Bachelor of Arts, Communications, University of Ottawa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since September 2006
President of the Canada Public Service Agency
2006
Associate Clerk of the Privy Council, Privy Council Office
2003 - 2006
Deputy Minister of Social Development
2000 to 2003
Deputy Solicitor General of Canada
1997 - 2000
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel, Privy Council Office
1995 - 1997
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
1992 - 1995
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office
1991 - 1992
Director, Policy and Planning Systems, Senior Personnel Secretariat, Privy Council Office
1987 - 1991
Privy Council Officer, then Senior Officer, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
1983 - 1987
Privy Council Officer, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office
