Transport Canada has announced the appointment of Ms. Jutta Wark to the position of Director, Seaway and Domestic Shipping Policy.
Ms. Wark joined the Public Service in 1990 and has held positions at Justice Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Transport Canada.
She also spent three years overseas working for the United Nations in The Hague. Ms. Wark joined Transport Canada in 2008, as Director of Innovation Policy, and has been the departmental policy lead on horizontal initiatives in the areas of transportation innovation and technology development, Arctic/northern transportation and accessibility to transportation. Ms. Wark holds degrees from the University of Calgary, Carleton University and Johns Hopkins.