Meghan Brown Deschamps is director of policy and issues management at Transport Canada, a job she took in May 2024. She has spent more than 16 years in the federal public service and advises the department’s deputy ministers on transportation policy.
Where she worked before
Before Transport Canada she worked at Passport Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The file has included intelligence collection, litigation, international information sharing, and digital projects. That mix is what the issues-management job draws on, because a transport file often crosses security, legal, and operations questions at once.
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The Transport Canada job
The director’s office is the filter for advice that reaches the deputy ministers. Brown Deschamps has to rank competing transport priorities and keep the department’s response current when a rule or an incident changes the file. Her earlier work on litigation and on sharing information with other countries is the part of the résumé the department uses when a policy question also carries a legal or security risk.
Education and outside work
She has a B.A. in law and English and an M.A. in legal studies from Carleton University, plus a master’s certificate in operational risk management from the Sprott School of Business. Outside the department she sits on the board of a non-profit centre for child development and mentors students.
What the file covers
- Policy advice on federal transportation initiatives.
- Issue management and risk.
- Digital projects inside government departments.
- International information sharing.
- Mentoring newer public servants.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is her current role?
Director of policy and issues management at Transport Canada, since May 2024.
What is her education?
A B.A. in law and English and an M.A. in legal studies from Carleton University, and a master’s certificate in operational risk management from the Sprott School of Business.
Where did she work before Transport Canada?
Passport Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
