Marie-Hélène Brisson

Marie-Hélène Brisson

Director, Visitor Experience

Parks Canada

Marie-Hélène has been working in the field of communications, public affairs, and tourism for nearly 18 years. After working at the University of Ottawa for a few years, Marie-Hélène began her career in the federal public service in 2009 as a Communications Officer at the Department of National Defence. In 2015, she joined Parks Canada as the Manager of Ministerial Events. She has since led many teams responsible for strategic communications, brand experience and media services. Marie-Hélène is currently the Director of Visitor Experience at Parks Canada. Under her leadership, the team is responsible for maintaining national programs (standards, guidelines, tools) in areas such as camping, compliance, accommodations, trails, accessibility, exhibits and visitor centres as well as reservation systems and revenue generation.