Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services :: Deputy Ministers
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Deputy Ministers
Ian Davidson
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Ian Davidson was appointed as Deputy Minister of Community Safety in the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services in September 2010. In this capacity he also serves as Ontario’s Deputy Solicitor General.
Deputy Davidson began his career as a police officer in the City of Ottawa in 1978. In 1998, he was selected as the Superintendent with the Greater Sudbury Police Service and was appointed as the Chief of Police in 2002. He was elected as the President of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police in 2008.
In May of 2009, Deputy Minister Davidson was appointed as Ontario’s Commissioner of Community Safety, with oversight of the Office of the Fire Marshal, Public Safety Division and Emergency Management Ontario.
Deputy Davidson holds a bachelor’s degree from Carleton University where he majored in law. He is a graduate of the Ontario Police College, the Canadian Police College, the FBI National Academy, and the Rotman Police Leadership Program. He is also a Certified Municipal Manager.
Deputy Davidson has received numerous public service and policing awards, including the Order of Merit presented by the Governor General of Canada in 2007. He has been very active in service organizations, charity fund raising and a variety of First Nations and youth initiatives.
Stephen Rhodes
Deputy Minister, Correctional Services
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Stephen Rhodes was appointed Deputy Minister, Correctional Services on March 23, 2012. Previously, he was the Ministry of the Attorney General’s first Associate Deputy Minister, providing strategic oversight and senior executive leadership on the Ministry’s Justice on Target (JOT) Initiative – a results-based initiative addressing a priority commitment of the government to reduce criminal court delay. As Associate Deputy Minister, Stephen was also responsible for providing support for the Deputy Attorney General in the overall strategic oversight for the ministry, the Justice Sector Security Office, and the effective management of Ministry operations and resources through the Corporate Services Management Division.
Prior to his appointment as Associate Deputy Minister, Stephen served for seven years as the Ministry’s Chief Administrative Officer and Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Corporate Services Management Division. In this senior executive role, Stephen oversaw the Division responsible for strategic support and advice to the Ministry in several key areas, including business and fiscal planning, facilities management, human resources, freedom of information, French language and audit services to the justice sector in partnership with relevant central agencies.
During this period, Stephen championed increased cross-cluster fiscal planning and strengthened controllership and business planning capacity within the Ministry. He also provided executive oversight of various complex facilities management projects including the creation of the Guns and Gangs Provincial Operations Centre and the Durham Region Courthouse – the first courthouse delivered using the Alternative Financing Procurement (AFP) model. His leadership efforts were widely recognized by his colleagues he was elected as the Chair of the Chief Administrative Officers’ Forum in 2008.
Stephen first joined the Ministry of the Attorney General in 1998 as the Manager of the Fiscal Planning Unit and served as the Director of the Business and Fiscal Planning Branch and Chief Financial Officer in 2000. Prior to joining the Ministry, Stephen held varied senior policy positions with Management Board Secretariat and what was then the Ministry of Housing. Stephen has worked within the Ontario Public Service since 1989.
Stephen holds a Master of Science in Planning from the University of Toronto, an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario Ivey School Of Business Executive Development Program.
