Networking Luncheon featured:
Susanna Laaksonen-Craig
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Electrification
It was held on Friday, September 27, 2024
at the Westin Harbour Castle
Biography
Susanna Laaksonen-Craig
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Electrification
Susanna Laaksonen-Craig became Deputy Minister of Energy and Electrification in August 2024.
Susanna previously served as Deputy Minister of Mines since October 2023.
Susanna is a seasoned executive leader with over 25 years of experience in government, and research and development across Canada and abroad, with significant professional experience in energy and natural resources.
Prior to joining the Ontario Public Service, Susanna served as Deputy Minister of Energy and Resources with the Government of Saskatchewan from March 2021, and before that as Director General for the National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre. Before joining the NRC in 2018, Susanna held several executive positions within the Government of British Columbia at the Assistant Deputy Minister and Executive Director level.
On an academic front, she worked as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Forestry, and since 2007 she has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty’s Forestry.
Susanna holds a master’s degree in forestry from the University of Helsinki and a PhD in Wildland Resource Science from the University of California at Berkeley.