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services and guidance related to access to information, privacy and information sharing.policy leadership and strategic advice on issues and relationships with international partners and key stakeholders.The Strategic Policy Branch supports the CBSA in successfully delivering on the Agency’s mandate by providing: overseeing information sharing, access and privacy activities and policies within the Agency.managing the Agency’s international footprint.ensuring effective communication with Canadians, travellers, industry and partners.providing leadership to establish the enterprise-wide data analytics vision to support decision-making across the Agency.maintaining and building collaborative relationships with domestic and international partners.leading the CBSA’s policy agenda and aligning it with GC priorities.The Strategic Policy Branch will ensure the CBSA is a policy leader in border management by: The Strategic Policy Branch ensures the Canada Border Services Agency ( CBSA) is a leader in border management by providing evidence-based policy analysis, strategic foresight and collaborative relationships both domestically and internationally. The Strategic Policy Branch ( SPB) recently established the following Branch vision, mission and value statements, which will serve to guide SPB’s priorities and direction moving forward.
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She graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa with a Bachelor of Arts in law and psychology, with a concentration in Criminology.
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Ms. Thompson spent over ten years in the non-governmental sector including with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Prior to CSEC, Ms. Thompson was Director of Strategic and Operational Policy with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada ( FINTRAC). Previously, she occupied several positions at CSEC since joining in 2004, including Director of the Industry Program in IT Security. Prior to becoming Assistant Deputy Minister at Public Safety, Ms. Thompson was the Director General, Policy and Communications at Communications Security Establishment Canada ( CSEC) from March 2008. Ms. Thompson was also charged with providing policy advice to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness in carrying out his responsibilities and accountability for some of the Public Safety portfolio agencies, namely the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, CBSA, and Correctional Service Canada. In this position, she was responsible for developing legislation, policies and national strategies focused on policing, crime prevention, law enforcement, border strategies, corrections and community safety. In her previous role, Ms. Thompson was Assistant Deputy Minister for the Community Safety and Countering Crime Branch, Public Safety Canada from June 2013. Kathy Thompson joined the Canada Border Services Agency ( CBSA) in May 2018, as Vice-President of the Strategic Policy Branch.