Deputy Minister champions
Champions of programs and communities
Deputy Ministers play a key role in championing numerous corporate initiatives, programs or functional communities across the Public Service. Appointed by the Clerk of the Privy Council, Deputy Minister Champions are asked to provide their support and guidance to various communities or programs from a strategic level and to build awareness of and advance issues.
| Development programs | Champion |
|---|---|
| Advanced Policy Analyst Program (APAP) | Michael Vandergrift |
| Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program (RPL) | Kaili Levesque |
| Communities | Champion |
|---|---|
| Communications Community | Valerie Gideon |
| Community of Federal Regulators | Brigitte Diogo |
| Federal Youth Network | Christiane Fox |
| Financial Management, Internal Audit, Acquired Services and Assets Communities | Annie Boudreau |
| Human Resources Community | Jacqueline Bogden |
| National Managers Community | Arun Thangaraj |
| Information Management / Information Technology | Dominic Rochon |
| Official Languages | Isabelle Mondou |
| Science and Technology Community | Harpreet Kochhar |
Employment Equity champions may call upon the support of co-champions to help advance the community’s priorities.
| Employment Equity | Champion |
|---|---|
| Indigenous Federal Employees | Kevin Brosseau, Valerie Gideon, Michael Mills and Jimi Onalik |
| Federal Employees with Disabilities | Laura Lee Langley |
| Racialized Employees | Caroline Xavier |
Deputy Minister University Champions
Deputy Minister University Champions play a key role in Public Service Renewal. They are responsible for building relations between the Public Service of Canada and the various universities in order to identify shared priorities, align and promote relevant research and build awareness of career opportunities in the public service.
| University | Champion |
|---|---|
| Acadia University | Christine McDowell |
| Athabasca University / Vancouver Island University | Naina Sloan |
| Bishop's University | Scott Harris |
| Brock University | Paul Halucha |
| Carleton University | Erin O’Gorman |
| Concordia University | Ted Gallivan |
| Dalhousie University / University of King's College | Dan Rogers |
| École de technologie supérieure / École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal / École nationale d'administration publique / Institut national de la recherche scientifique / TÉLUQ | Sony Perron |
| Lakehead University | Jimi Onalik |
| MacEwan University / Mount Royal University / University of Manitoba / University of Winnipeg | Diane Gray |
| McGill University | Tushara Williams |
| McMaster University | Nancy Hamzawi |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | Paul MacKinnon |
| Mount Allison University / Université de Moncton | Brigitte Diogo |
| OCAD University / Université de Montréal |
Isabelle Mondou |
| Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences | Eric Costen |
| Polytechnique Montréal | Francis Bilodeau |
| Queen’s University | Andrew Brown |
| Royal Roads University / University of Victoria | Cindy Termorshuizen |
| Saint Mary’s University | Caroline Xavier |
| Saint Paul University | Arianne Reza |
| Simon Fraser University | Scott Jones |
| St. Francis Xavier University | Laura Lee Langley |
| St. Thomas University | Rob Wright |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | Mala Khanna |
| Trent University | Eric Costen |
| Université Laval | Samantha Maislin Dickson |
| Université de Sherbrooke | Marie-Josée Hogue |
| Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue / Université du Québec à Chicoutimi / Université du Québec à Montréal / Université du Québec en Outaouais / Université du Québec à Rimouski / Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | Jean-François Fortin |
| University of Alberta | Kevin Brosseau |
| University of British Columbia / University of Cape Breton | Lawrence Hanson |
| University of Calgary | Nick Leswick |
| University of Guelph | Harpreet Kochhar |
| University of Lethbridge | David Morrison |
| University of New Brunswick | Philip Jennings |
| University of Northern British Columbia / Yukon University | Jeff Labonté |
| University of Ottawa | Isabelle Jacques |
| University of Prince Edward Island | Nancy Gardiner |
| University of Regina / University of Saskatchewan | Michael Mills |
| University of the Fraser Valley | Francis Trudel |
| University of St-Boniface | Dominique Blanchard |
| University of Toronto | Paul Thompson |
| University of Toronto Colleges (Innis College, New College, St. Michael's College, Trinity College, University College, Victoria College, Woodsworth College) | Donnalyn McClymont |
| University of Waterloo | Kaili Levesque |
| University of Windsor / Wilfrid Laurier University | Michelle Kovacevic |
| Western University | Mollie Johnson |
| York University | Shalene Curtis-Micallef |