Catrina Tapley had a distinguished career in the Government of Canada. She retired in May 2022 after holding several key positions in the Canadian Public Service.
In 2019, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and prior to this, she was the Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office. Before joining the Privy Council Office, Ms. Tapley was with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada from 2010-2016, serving as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic and Program Policy and as Associate Assistant Deputy Minister where she was responsible for leading Canada’s immigration and citizenship policies.
In 2011, Ms. Tapley played a senior role in the creation and negotiation of the Beyond the Border Action Plan as a part of the Beyond the Border Working Group. The Beyond the Border Action Plan is a Canada-United States agreement on economic competitiveness and perimeter security.
Before joining Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Ms. Tapley held numerous executive positions at the Treasury Board of Canada’s Secretariat, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Currently, she is the vice-chair of the board of directors of the Institute on Governance, the chair of the board of directors of the Association of Canadian Studies and Metropolis Institute, a member of the advisory board on the Information Integrity Lab at the University of Ottawa which focuses on disinformation, and a warden at All Saints Anglican Church (Westboro).