Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada
Jo Voisin is Assistant Deputy Minister at Health Canada's Strategic Policy Branch. Jo returned to Health Canada in 2020 to support Canada's efforts to fight COVID-19 after two years working in youth employment policy. In her ten years working at Health Canada, she was instrumental in the negotiation of the Common Statement of Principles and health agreements with provinces and territories in 2017, focused on funding for home and community care, and mental health and addictions. She occupied several executive leadership positions, including in federal-provincial-territorial relations, health product regulation, horizontal policy and public health. Jo also worked in social policy at the Privy Council Office, and in economic policy at Treasury Board Secretariat and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Jo is an avid weekend and vacation cyclist, as well as an artist.
Participating in: Innovating with data to improve public health responses to crises
