Cléa Desjardins, Director

Cléa Desjardins works for the Government of the Northwest Territories, where she is associate director of Cabinet Communications and press secretary for the Premier and for the Minister Responsible for Housing and for the Status of Women. Prior to this, Cléa held communications positions with Montreal-based organizations including the Institute for Research on Public Policy, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Concordia University, and the McGill University Health Centre Foundation. Born in Vancouver and raised in New Brunswick, Cléa has called Yellowknife home since 2025. She holds English degrees from McGill University and the University of Oxford, where she was a Commonwealth Scholar.