Marie-Claude Champoux

Deputy Minister of Culture and Communications
Québec

Marie-Claude Champoux is Deputy Minister of Culture and Communications of the Québec Government. She holds a bachelor’s degree in public communications from Université Laval. She has held strategic posts in the cabinets of former premiers Robert Bourassa, Daniel Johnson, and Jean Charest. As a civil servant, her numerous positions have included Assistant Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, and Assistant Deputy Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports. Before joining the Minister of Culture and Communications, she was Deputy Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research and also served as Deputy Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities and as interim President and CEO of Québec’s Labour Standards Board. She sat on many boards including the YMCA, École nationale d’administration publique, and Motivaction jeunesse.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

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Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

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Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

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Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

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Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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