Biographical notes

Jacqueline DeLima Baril (BA Hons [Political Studies], Queen’s University; MSc [Global Development Management], Open University), started her international career in Belgium serving on the executive team of AIESEC International, a global non-governmental organization. This was followed by an assignment with the United Nations in Costa Rica before she joined the Canadian International Development Agency in 1998. Her career has spanned Asia, Africa and Latin America. At Headquarters, she worked in various senior officer positions on the mainland Southeast Asia program. Following the departmental amalgamation in 2013, she became the chief of staff for Southern and Eastern Africa and then the director of operations, planning and strategic coordination for Sub-Saharan Africa. Abroad, she served at Canadian missions in Vietnam, from 2007 to 2011, and in Honduras, from 2021 to 2023, as head of office, head of cooperation and consul.

Annie Dubé (BA [Business Administration], Laval University, 2001; MBA [International Business], Laval University, 2003) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2003. Her assignments at Headquarters include director of the Aerospace, Automotive, Defence and Information and Communications Technologies Practices Division from 2017 to 2018 and, most recently, director and senior departmental adviser to the minister of international trade, export promotion, small business and economic development from 2021 to 2023. She has served twice in Mumbai, including as consul general from 2018 to 2020. Other diplomatic postings include assignments as commercial counsellor in Bern and first secretary and trade commissioner in Seoul.

François Jubinville (BA [Political Science], Laval University, 1991; MA [Political Science], Laval University, 1994) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2006 after working in the Privy Council Office for over 10 years. At Headquarters, he has held positions in communications, including in the Office of the Minister of International Trade as well as in consular affairs and departmental security. As a manager in the Americas Branch since 2016, he has worked as head of North American advocacy, then as head of inter-American affairs. Overseas, he has worked in the United Kingdom as Canadian liaison to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Crisis Management Department and, since 2018, as counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the Organization of American States, in Washington, D.C.

Tracy Reynolds (BA Hons [International Studies], University of Saskatchewan, 1993; MA [History], University of Saskatchewan, 1995) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1996. During his time at Headquarters, he was the executive director of the Multi-industry Sectors Division (2017 to 2019), director of the Investor Services Division (2015 to 2016), and director, special projects (investment), at the Privy Council Office (2016 to 2017). His positions overseas include serving as trade commissioner in Moscow (1998 to 2001) and as senior trade commissioner in Damascus (2002 to 2004), Kuala Lumpur (2007 to 2010) and Jakarta (2012 to 2015). He was posted to Tokyo in 2019, where he most recently served as minister (commercial). From 1987 to 1993, he served in the Reserve Force of the Canadian Armed Forces in the North Saskatchewan Regiment (mechanized infantry).

Joshua Tabah (BA Hons [Philosophy], University of Ottawa, 1996; PhD [Philosophy], University of Toronto, 2002) joined the Canadian International Development Agency in 2003. At Headquarters, he has worked on multilateral and humanitarian issues; as director general for growth, governance and innovation partnerships; and, most recently, as director general for health and nutrition, a role that included leading Canada’s international assistance response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseas, he served as head of cooperation at the Embassy to Colombia (2008 to 2012) and as counsellor for humanitarian affairs at the Permanent Mission in Geneva (2012 to 2016).