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Shalene Curtis-Micallef
Justice Canada (JUS)
Deputy Minister
Biography
Shalene Curtis-Micallef was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada in February 2023. Previously, she had served as Associate Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice Canada since September 2021.
Over the course of her career, Ms. Curtis-Micallef has held various positions at Justice Canada including the roles of Assistant Deputy Minister Tax Law Services Portfolio, Deputy ADM for the Policy Sector and Executive Director and Senior General Counsel of Health Legal Services and of Agriculture and Food Inspection Legal Services. Her career at Justice Canada has touched on a variety of areas of law, with an emphasis on regulatory law and international law. Over the years she has had the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of significant legislative reforms including in the areas of cannabis legalisation and regulation, tobacco control, food safety modernisation and public health. She started her career with Justice in the Tax Law Services Portfolio as tax litigation counsel.
Ms. Curtis-Micallef completed her legal studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, and she is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. She also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa.
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