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<html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="Corel WordPerfect 10"> <meta http-equiv="content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <style> p { margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1px } body { font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal } </style> </head> <body> June 24, 2005 (2:50 p.m. EDT) No. 116 DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS   Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew today announced the following diplomatic appointments: Yves Boulanger becomes Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Anne-Marie Bourcier becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Finland. Stephen Brereton becomes Consul General in Buffalo (United States of America). Christopher Brown becomes Consul General in Cape Town (Republic of South Africa). Robert Collette becomes Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, with concurrent accreditation to the Principality of Liechtenstein. Jean-Yves Dionne becomes Consul General in Rio de Janeiro (Federative Republic of Brazil).  Jean-Marc Duval becomes Consul General in Sao Paulo (Federative Republic of Brazil). Marcy Grossman becomes Consul General in Miami (United States of America). Margaret Huber becomes Consul General in Milan (Italian Republic). Marc LePage becomes Consul General in San Francisco/San Jose (United States of America). Matthew Levin becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia.   Claire A. Poulin becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Lithuania. Jillian Stirk becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. - 30 - Biographical notes on the appointees are attached. For further information, media representatives may contact: Sébastien Théberge Director of Communications Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (613) 995-1851 Media Relations Office Foreign Affairs Canada (613) 995-1874 <a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070220184723/http://www.international.gc.ca/">http://www.international.gc.ca</a> BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Yves Boulanger (MA [Economics], University of Sherbrooke, 1974). Before joining the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in 1981, Mr. Boulanger worked for the Canadian University Service Overseas in Burkina Faso, the International Development Studies Program at the University of Ottawa, the Ministry of Rural Development in the Niger, and a Field Support Unit in Central Africa (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo). With CIDA, Mr. Boulanger has served abroad in Rwanda and has served as Canada’s Ambassador to Mali from 1997 to 2001. In Ottawa, he has served as a specialist in rural economy, Agriculture Sector; Senior Program Manager for Niger, Francophone Africa Branch; Director of Agriculture Sector, Natural Resources Division; Country Program Director for Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma), Asia Branch; Program Director for Bangladesh, Pakistan & Afghanistan, Asia Branch; and currently serves as Director General, Performance and Knowledge Management Branch. Mr. Boulanger is married to Hélène Demers. He succeeds Rosaline Murray. Anne-Marie Bourcier (MA [Social Sciences-Sociology], University of Ottawa, 1973) joined the Canadian International Development Agency in 1976 and held a number of positions as analyst and senior manager of programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She worked abroad in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and Morocco. She joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in September 2002 as Director General, Africa Bureau. Ms. Bourcier is married to Jean-Guy Saint-Martin and they have two sons. She succeeds Ms. Adèle Dion. Stephen Brereton (BA [Honours], Queen’s University, 1978) joined the Trade Commissioner Service in the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1979 and has served abroad in Havana, Yokohama, Tokyo, and Brussels. In Ottawa he served as Trade Policy Officer, GATT Division of the Trade Policy Bureau; Deputy Director, U.S. Trade Policy Bureau; Departmental Assistant to the Minister of Industry and International Trade; Deputy Director, Investment Trade Policy Division; Director, Trade Controls Policy Division; and currently serves as Director of the Investment Trade Policy Division. Mr. Brereton is married to Carolyn and they have two sons, James and William. He succeeds Roger Marsham. Christopher Brown (MPA [Public Administration], Dalhousie University). Mr. Brown has served abroad in Cuba, Guyana, Barbados, the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, and in Vietnam as Chargé d’Affaires. In Ottawa, he has served as Deputy Director, Economic Relations with Developing Countries, and Deputy Director as well as Director, Asia-Pacific South Relations Division. On assignments outside the department, he has worked as Special Advisor (Policy), Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters with the Department of National Defence; Visiting Scholar and Director of International Relations at the University of British Columbia; and Director, Partnership for International Cooperation, with the Canadian Centre for Management Development. Mr. Brown is currently the Senior Advisor (Aviation), Office of the Chief Air Negotiator in International Trade Canada. He succeeds Nicholas Coghlan. Robert Collette (BA [Industrial Relations], Université de Laval, 1972) joined the Public Service in 1972 as a staffing officer with the Public Service Commission. He joined the Canadian International Development Agency in 1974 and served abroad in Kuala Lumpur and Yaoundé. He joined the Trade Commissioner Service of the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1986 and has since served twice in Beijing and as Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines. In Ottawa, Mr. Collette has been Head of Trade, Africa Program; Deputy Director, Western Europe Trade; Director, Africa and Middle East Trade and Investment; and Director, Investment and Science and Technology for Canada. He is currently Chief of Protocol for Canada. Mr. Collette is married to Marilyn and they have two children, Mathieu and Vanessa. He succeeds Jean-Paul Hubert. Jean-Yves Dionne (MSc [Industrial Relations], University of Montreal, 1982) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1978 and served abroad in Bonn, Abidjan, Yaoundé, and Budapest. In Ottawa, he served as Marketing Officer, East Asia Business Development Division; Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Africa and Middle East; Deputy Director, U.S. Business Development; Deputy Director, Trade and Political Stream, Personnel Division; Deputy Director General and Intergovernmental Coordinator, Organizing Secretariat of the 8th Francophone Summit; and currently serves as Counsellor (Investment) at the Canadian Embassy in Paris. Mr. Dionne is married to Lucie Tremblay. He succeeds James Hill. Jean-Marc Duval (BComm, Université de Montréal, 1973; MSc [International Affairs], University of British Columbia, 1974) joined the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1974 as a trade commissioner and served abroad in Athens, Bonn, Brussels, Dakar, Bern and as Ambassador to Turkey. He attended the Collège d’Europe in Bruges, Belgium, earning the Certificate of Advanced European Studies. In Ottawa, Mr. Duval undertook assignments in the South and Southeast Asia Divisions, the East Asia Trade Development Division and the Office of the Minister for External Relations. He has served as Director of Personnel, Trade Commissioner Service; Director of the Trade/Political Personnel Division; and Director General, European Union, North and West Europe Bureau. Since 2002, he has served as Ambassador to Colombia. Mr. Duval is married to Louise Aubin and they have one daughter. Mr. Duval succeeds Ronald Davidson. Marcy Grossman (MA [Psychology], Carleton University, 1990) joined Correctional Services Canada upon completion of her masters degree and has served as Project/Research Officer, Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministerial Liaison and Director, Federal-Provincial-Territorial Relations. Before working with the Partnership for International Cooperation at the Canadian Centre for Management Development as Senior Officer, International Programs, Ms. Grossman served at the Treasury Board Secretariat as Senior Policy Officer, Service and Innovation. She then moved to Investment Partnerships Canada as a Senior Account Executive. In 2002, she became Investment Consul at the Consulate in Dallas, United States. She presently serves at that post as Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner. Ms. Grossman and her husband, Michael Kofsky, have two sons. She succeeds Anthony Knill. Margaret Huber (BA, McGill University; MA, University of Ottawa; Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1973 and has served abroad in Washington, New York, Manila, Brussels, as Consul General in Osaka, and as Ambassador to the Czech and Slovak Republics. In Ottawa she has served with the Japan Trade Development Division; U.S. Trade Policy Division; GATT Trade Policy Division; as Director, European Community Trade and Economic Relations Division; Director General, Export and Import Controls Bureau; and Director General, North Asia and Pacific Bureau. She currently serves as Canada’s High Commissioner to Pakistan in Islamabad. Ms. Huber succeeds Peter McGovern. Marc LePage (BA [Political Science], Université de Moncton, 1976) joined the Trade Commissioner Service of the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1980 and has served abroad in Stockholm, Havana and San Diego. In 1994, Mr. LePage moved to the Medical Research Council of Canada (now the Canadian Institutes of Health Research) to serve as Director of Business Development. Upon its launch in July of 2000, he joined Genome Canada as Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development, the capacity in which he has served to date. Mr. LePage is married to Catharina Munthe-LePage and has four children. Matthew Levin (MA [International Policy], Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1984) taught at the University of Milan and worked with Amnesty International before joining the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1986. He has had postings abroad in San José, Moscow and Washington. In Ottawa, he has held positions in the Southern Africa Task Force, the Central America and Caribbean Relations Division, the International Financial and Investment Division and the Economic Relations with Developing Countries Division. He served as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and as Director, Environment and Sustainable Development Division. He currently serves as the Deputy Head of Mission in Moscow. Mr. Levin is married to Rosalba. He succeeds Jean-Marc Duval. Claire A. Poulin (DEA [French Literature & Civilization], Université de Provence, 1984). Before joining the Canadian International Development Agency in 1989 as a writer/editor, Ms. Poulin worked in various capacities including as a film professor, proofreader and editor, programming and liaison officer, audiovisual specialist in the Dominican Republic and communications officer in Tunisia. In 1991, she joined the Department of External Affairs and International Trade and has served abroad in Buenos Aires and Paris. In Ottawa, she served as a desk officer for both the Cooperation and Development, Economic Relations with Developing Countries Division and the Relations with Central America and Caribbean Division. She also served as Executive Assistant to the Director General for Middle East and Africa; Political and Trade Officer for the Iberian Peninsula, Western Europe Division; and Coordinator at the federal level of the Parliamentary Conference of the Americas, South America and Inter-American Division. Since 2001, Ms. Poulin has worked at the Parliament of Canada where she serves as Director General, International and Interparliamentary Affairs and Chief of Protocol. Her spouse is Gaston Gauvin. Ms. Poulin succeeds Robert Andrigo.  Jillian Stirk (BA [History], University of British Columbia, 1980; MA [Soviet and East European Studies], Carleton University, 1982) joined the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1982. She has served abroad in Warsaw, Vienna, and Brussels (NATO). In Ottawa, she has held positions in the UN Division and the East European Division, including that of Deputy Director. She recently served as Director of the Middle East Division and has just completed an assignment as Director of Assignments in the Human Resources Branch. Ms. Stirk is married to Patrick Meehan, also an employee of the department. They have two children, Catherine and Michael. Ms. Stirk succeeds Shirley Serafini. </body> </html>

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