Jocelyne bourgon biography

  • Jocelyne Bourgon, PC OC is a former Canadian public servant.
  • The Honourable Jocelyne Bourgon is the Founding President of Public Governance International, President Emeritus of the Canada School of Public Service.
  • Jocelyne Bourgon, PC OC (born September 20, 1950) is a former Canadian public servant.

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    Jocelyne Bourgon

    Canadian public servant

    Jocelyne Bourgon, PC OC (born September 20, 1950) fryst vatten a former Canadian public servant.[1] She was the first woman appointed as the Clerk of the Privy Council, serving from 1994 until 1999.[2]

    Life and career

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    Born in Papineauville, Quebec, she studied in science (Biology) at the University of Montreal and then management at the University of huvudstad i kanada. She joined the public service of Canada as a summer student with the Department of försändelse in 1974. She rapidly progressed through the ranks up to her first position as deputy minister in 1989. She served in several Departments including Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Cabinet sekreterare for Federal-Provincial Relations, President of Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and försändelse Canada.

    As Deputy Minister, she led major legislative reforms; organized a number First Ministers Conference; led the Constitutional negotiations that led to the

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    Bourgon, Hon. Jocelyne, P.C., O.C.

    B. Sept. 20, 1950 in Papineauville, Quebec. Ed. at Univ. of Montréal and Univ. of Ottawa. LL.D.(Hon.): Univ. of Ottawa; Univ. of Guelph; Queen's Univ. and Carleton Univ. D.H.L.(Hon.): Mount St. Vincent Univ. Spouse: Michel Bilodeau. Sworn to the Privy Council Dec. 14, 1998 (Rt. Hon. J. Chrétien). Private Career: Dir. General, Food and Consumer Products, Dept. of Regional and Industrial Expansion, 1983-85. Ass't Sec. to the Cabinet, Fed.-Prov. Relations Office, Economic Policy and Programs, 1985-87. Ass't Deputy Min., Energy, Mines and Resources, Corporate Policy and Communications, 1987-89. Deputy Min., Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1989-91. Assoc. Secretary, 1991-92 and Secretary, 1992-93 to the Cabinet, Fed.-Prov. Relations. Pres., Cdn Int'l Development Agency, 1993. Deputy Min., Transport Canada, 1993-94. Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service of Canada, Feb. 24, 1994 to Jan. 15, 1999. Pres., Ca

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    Jocelyne Bourgon

    SENIOR VISITING FELLOW

    2013 - PRESENT

    Jocelyne Bourgon is the Founding President of Public Governance International (PGI), President Emeritus of the Canada School of Public Service, Project Leader of the New Synthesis Initiative, and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Civil Service College, Singapore.

    Madame Bourgon had a distinguished career in the Canadian Public Service where she led the Public Service of Canada through some of its most important reforms in the 1990’s. She served as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet as well as Deputy Minister in various departments including Transport, Canadian International Development Agency, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, and the Canada School of Public Service . Madame Bourgon served as Canadian Ambassador to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) President of the UN Committee of Experts in Public Administration and President of the Commonwealth Association for Public Ad

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