|Arran McPherson is the Assistant Deputy Minister of Ecosystems and Oceans Science at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), with responsibility for science programs to support regulatory decision making and policy development in Canada’s oceans and freshwater. She represents Canada in a number of international ocean science fora and prior to assuming this role, has held a variety of executive positions within DFO including in regional operations. Arran holds a BScH in Environmental Science from Queen’s University and a PhD in Oceanography from Dalhousie University. | |Arran McPherson is the Assistant Deputy Minister of Ecosystems and Oceans Science at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), with responsibility for science programs to support regulatory decision making and policy development in Canada’s oceans and freshwater. She represents Canada in a number of international ocean science fora and prior to assuming this role, has held a variety of executive positions within DFO including in regional operations. Arran holds a BScH in Environmental Science from Queen’s University and a PhD in Oceanography from Dalhousie University. |