Senior Management Biographies

Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage

Isabelle Mondou joined the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH) on October 22, 2018, as Associate Deputy Minister and, after being on assignment at the Privy Council Office as Deputy Minister for the COVID-19 Response (Communications) from April 2020 to April 2021, became Deputy Minister of PCH on May 3, 2021.
On September 19, 2016, Isabelle was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning) at the Privy Council Office. Prior to that, she was legal counsel to the Clerk of the Privy Council and Assistant Secretary (Democratic Reform).
Isabelle joined Canada’s public service in 1994 as an employee of the Department of Revenue. She has held a wide range of positions, including in the Intergovernmental Affairs, Machinery of Government and Senior Personnel sections at the Privy Council Office.
Isabelle has a Bachelor of Law degree (1989) and a Master of Law degree (1994) from the Université de Montréal. She was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1990. She practised law in the private sector, with a focus on administrative, environmental, and municipal law.
Isabelle is originally from the Laurentian region and has lived in Ottawa since 1996.
She is the mother of two children.

Andrew Brown joined the Department of Canadian Heritage on May 6, 2024, as Associate Deputy Minister.
Prior to this appointment, he was an Associate Deputy Minister at Employment and Social Development (ESDC). Andrew contributed to Canada’s commitments on Early Learning and Child Care and to the United Nations Decade for People of African Descent, such as the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative. Since 2014.
He held several senior positions at ESDC, where he worked on initiatives spanning its mandate.
Earlier in his career, Andrew worked as an Advisor at the Privy Council Office on files related to the Canada-United States border from 2012 until 2014; and at Citizenship and Immigration Canada on citizenship, immigration and refugee programs in Canada and abroad.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) degree from Queen’s University (Kingston) and a doctorate in Physics from the University of Alberta.
Andrew is originally from Kingston, Ontario and lives with his partner in Ottawa.

Julie Boyer was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Official Languages, Heritage and Regions in January 2021.
In May 2018, Julie joined PCH as Director General of Trade and launched the Creative Export Strategy.
In June 2017, she became Deputy Head of the Canada-US Horizontal Task Group at Natural Resources Canada and coordinated the department’s participation in NAFTA negotiations. While at Natural Resources Canada, Julie was the Departmental Co-Champion for Official Languages and secured support and funding to launch a Change Leadership Office.
In 2014, Julie joined Natural Resources Canada as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Minerals and Metals Sector and became Director of the International Affairs and Trade division in February 2015.
In 2012, she delivered the International Polar Year 2012 Conference before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to advise the Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials during Canada’s Chairmanship of the Artic Council. She joined the Public Service of Canada in 2000. She has held several senior policy research and development positions at PCH, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.

Biographies of other members of senior management to follow.