Don Head

Don Head was appointed Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada on June 27, 2008.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Head held the position of Senior Deputy Commissioner since 2002. As Senior Deputy Commissioner, he had direct responsibility for a number of key initiatives, including leading the CSC Transformation Team, established in spring 2008. He was also responsible for the Aboriginal Initiatives Directorate, the Incident Investigation Branch, the Information Management Services Branch, the Performance Assurance, and the Management Structures and Deployment Standards.

In 1995, he joined the Yukon Justice Department as Superintendent of the Whitehorse Correctional Centre and then as the Director of Territorial Probation and Correctional Services. In 1998, he moved to the Saskatchewan Department of Corrections and Public Safety as Assistant Deputy Minister, responsible for their probation and correctional services.

Mr. Head returned to CSC from the Saskatchewan provincial government in 2002.