Biography – Marie-Chantal Girard, President

Marie-Chantal Girard was appointed President of the Public Service Commission of Canada on January 2, 2024. She had previously served as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employee Relations and Total Compensation, at the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada since June 2021.

Before joining the Treasury Board Secretariat, Ms. Girard held the position of Assistant Deputy Minister for the Pensions and Benefits Sector at the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer since June 2019, and Vice-President, Policy and Communications, as well as various senior management positions at Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions and the Quebec Federal Council, where she liaised and coordinated horizontally with the federal community. During the 2000s, she worked on priority policy issues related to income security and homelessness at Human Resources Development Canada and the National Secretariat for Homelessness.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Girard has developed a regional, national and international perspective, including as Canada’s representative and Chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Regional Development Policy Committee, as well as during her years of work on labour market development and advocacy in the community and parapublic sectors.

Ms. Girard holds a PhD in labour sociology from the Université du Québec à Montréal, as well as a master’s degree in sociology and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Université Laval.