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Profiles of RPL Recruits
Catherine Chevrier is a 2005 Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL) program
candidate. She is presently working as legal advisor for the Human Rights Section,
Justice Canada. In this quality, she is notably responsible for providing legal
advice on the Canadian Charter of Human Rights as well as on international human
rights legislation. She has previously worked as Policy Officer for the Human
Rights Section, External Affairs and International Trade Canada.
Catherine studied political science and law. She holds degrees from the University
of Montréal (Major in Political Science, LL.B.) and the University of Cambridge (LL.M.).
She also studied comparative law in Paris at the Université Panthéon-Assas. Catherine
was the 2004 recipient of the Canadian Bar Association's Viscount Bennett Fellowship
and was also awarded scholarships for graduate studies from the University of Cambridge
and the Government of Quebec.
Before completing her master's in public international law, Catherine worked for McCarthy
Tétrault, LLP, on the litigation team, and had previously worked as a law clerk to the
Honourable Madam Justice Deschamps at the Supreme Court of Canada. Catherine is from
Montreal, Quebec.
Richard Hoshino is a Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL) Program candidate from 2005.
He is currently a senior policy analyst in the Corporate Planning, Research and Evaluation
Directorate of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). At CBSA, Richard uses his knowledge
of mathematics to help make our Canada-USA border systems more secure and more trade-efficient.
He holds degrees from the University of Waterloo (B.Math), Queen's University (B.Ed), and Dalhousie
University (MSc and PhD). Richard received the Natural Resources and Engineering Research Council
(NSERC) and Killam scholarships and also won a silver medal for Canada at the International Mathematical
Olympiad in his last year of high school.
While at Dalhousie, Richard founded the Nova Scotia High School Math League,
as well as a professional development program for high school teachers across
Atlantic Canada. He has given presentations at over thirty provincial and
national conferences, and has taught several undergraduate courses, winning two
university-wide teaching awards. In 2003, Richard was selected as a Fellow of
the new Action Canada program, an initiative designed to identify and develop
future leaders of Canada. He spends his free time reading, running, and
volunteering in the community. Richard is from Toronto.
Samuel Millar is a Recruitment of
Policy Leaders (RPL) Program candidate from 2005. He is currently the Director of
Special Projects in the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises at Public Works and
Government Services Canada (PWGSC). At PWGSC, Sam is leading the policy team with
responsibility for developing the government's small business procurement strategy.
Samuel's academic training focussed on economics, business and organisational
governance. He holds degrees from Mount Allison University (BA), Insead (MBA)
and Harvard University (MPA).
Sam has work experience in the for-profit, government and social enterprise
sectors. Sam began his career at the management consultancy Bain & Company,
working in the Toronto and New York offices with clients primarily in the
financial services industry. Subsequently, he spent a year in Zimbabwe building
a disaster relief system for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies. His previous experience with Canadian government includes
stints at the Treasury Board Secretariat and Foreign Affairs Canada. Sam is
originally from North Vancouver, BC.
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