Stephen Lucas

Fellow

Stephen Lucas is an accomplished public servant who retired from the government of Canada in 2024. He was appointed CEO of Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that connects Canadian businesses and researchers with talent to support research and innovation, later that year.

Stephen’s public service career spanned more than 35 years, including 10 years as a Deputy Minister. He has extensive public policy leadership experience in health, research and innovation, environment and climate change, energy and federal-provincial-territorial relations.

He served as Deputy Minister of Health Canada between 2019 and 2024. He was previously Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Deputy Secretary of Plans, Consultations and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Privy Council Office (PCO). Prior to that, he was Assistant Secretary for Economic and Regional Development Policy at PCO, and Assistant Deputy Minister for Science and Policy and for Minerals and Metals at Natural Resources Canada. He started his career as a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada.

Stephen has a bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from Queen’s University and a doctorate in structural geology and tectonics from Brown University.

Stephen joined PPF as a Fellow in 2024.