Director General, Workplace Development and Wellness

Assistant Commissioner Tousignant began his career with the RCMP in 1980. During his 29 year career, he has served in three provinces and the Yukon Territory. In addition to general policing duties, his experience includes service in GIS (plainclothes investigation), Executive Diplomat Protective Services, drug investigation, and facilitation in the Applied Police Science field.

In 1999, Assistant Commissioner Tousignant was promoted to the commissioned officer rank of the RCMP and transferred to National RCMP Headquarters in Ottawa . There, he worked as a review principal in the Audit and Evaluation branch and later became the Officer-in-Charge of the Very Important Persons Protective Section. In 2002, he was promoted to the rank of Superintendant as the Career Development and Resourcing Officer for Central Region. In 2005, he became Chief Superintendant of the Human Resources Officer for Headquarters. In 2008, he served as Director General for Learning & Development. Since April 1st, 2010, he has now become Director General for Workplace Development and Wellness at the Assistant Commissioner rank.

In addition to extensive human resources experience, Assistant Commissioner Tousignant has a wide range of operational policing experience within the criminal justice system at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels, including Aboriginal Communities. He has vast training and facilitating experience, working nationally at the RCMP Training Academy and internationally, most notably in dealing with police reform in Eastern Europe. He has gained expertise in restorative justice and has appeared as a keynote speaker at an international symposium on alternative justice.

Assistant Commissioner Tousignant has certificates in Adult Learning (St. Francis Xavier University), Facilitation for Community Justice Forums, Human Resources for Executives (Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto), as well as designation as a Certified Human Resources Professional.

Assistant Commissioner Tousignant comes from a strong community background and has served on a wide variety of community agencies including minor hockey and a local school board. He has led the development of community justice forums in a variety of communities and co-developed a university recognized problem-solving course for community leaders. He is currently serving on the Governor General's Canadian Decorations Advisory Committee. His commitment to the communities he serves has been recognized several times through various awards. He is married and is a devoted father to three children.