Jody Thomas
{{Short description|Canadian public servant}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada
| primeminister = Justin Trudeau
| termstart = January 11, 2022
| office1 = Deputy Minister for the Department of National Defence
| termstart1 = October 2017
| termend1 = January 2022
| minister1 = Harjit Sajjan (2017–2021)
Anita Anand (2021–2022)
| office2 = Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard
| termstart2 = 2015
| termend2 = 2017
| minister2 = Hunter Tootoo (2015–2016)
Dominic LeBlanc (2016–2017)
| predecessor = Vincent Rigby
}}
Jody Thomas is a Canadian public servant who was the national security advisor to the prime minister of Canada since 2022. Thomas has held a number of roles in the Public Service of Canada.
Education
Career
She has previously served as deputy minister for the Department of National Defence, commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, and chief operating officer for Passport Canada,{{Cite web|date=2022-01-04|title=Jody Thomas|url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2022/01/05/jody-thomas|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Prime Minister of Canada|language=en}} and served as an officer in the Naval Reserve.{{Cite news|last1=Fife|first1=Robert|last2=Chase|first2=Steven|date=2022-01-06|title=Trudeau's new national security adviser Jody Thomas is hawkish on China|language=en-CA|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeaus-new-national-security-adviser-is-hawkish-on-china/|access-date=2022-01-12}}
Thomas has been described as a realist on global issues, and "hawkish" towards China.{{Cite news|last1=Fife|first1=Robert|last2=Chase|first2=Steven|date=2022-01-06|title=Trudeau's new national security adviser Jody Thomas is hawkish on China|language=en-CA|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeaus-new-national-security-adviser-is-hawkish-on-china/|access-date=2022-01-12}}
In June 2023 Thomas reached into the Titan submersible implosion file, as the hysteria over the missing adventure tourists reached its peak.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-search-titan-submersible-banging-sounds-1.7290441}}