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Amongst her ongoing academic accomplishments is her foundation as a graduate of Dalhousie University’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, as well as certificates in Behavioral Insights and Public Policy (Harvard Kennedy School) and Leading Complex Systems (Royal Roads University). Ms. Church has served as a board member for the Canadian Center for Ethics in Public Affairs, Community Leadership Advisory Council to the Admiral, Alice Housing, and Research Nova Scotia.
Amongst her ongoing academic accomplishments is her foundation as a graduate of Dalhousie University’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, as well as certificates in Behavioral Insights and Public Policy (Harvard Kennedy School) and Leading Complex Systems (Royal Roads University). Ms. Church has served as a board member for the Canadian Center for Ethics in Public Affairs, Community Leadership Advisory Council to the Admiral, Alice Housing, and Research Nova Scotia.
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|Michael DeJong was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Regulatory Affairs Sector at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat in June 2024. In his current role, Mike exercises leadership on regulatory policy, modernization and cooperation on behalf of the federal system as well as oversees the challenge and support functions for regulatory proposals requiring Governor in Council approval.
|Michael DeJong was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Regulatory Affairs Sector at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat in June 2024. In his current role, Mike exercises leadership on regulatory policy, modernization and cooperation on behalf of the federal system as well as oversees the challenge and support functions for regulatory proposals requiring Governor in Council approval.
Mike previously served as Vice-President and Chief Communications Officer in the Regulatory Affairs Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commissions (CNSC). In this role, he was responsible for maintaining an effective and flexible regulatory framework for nuclear safety, leading strategic planning and engagement, and delivering modernized communications services. Before joining the CNSC, he held various leadership positions across the federal government, including Director General, Rail Safety, at Transport Canada. Michael has also held positions at Public Safety Canada, the Department of Finance Canada, the Privy Council Office (Regulatory Affairs and Orders in Council; Social Development Policy) and TBS (Program Sector).
Mike previously served as Vice-President and Chief Communications Officer in the Regulatory Affairs Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commissions (CNSC). In this role, he was responsible for maintaining an effective and flexible regulatory framework for nuclear safety, leading strategic planning and engagement, and delivering modernized communications services. Before joining the CNSC, he held various leadership positions across the federal government, including Director General, Rail Safety, at Transport Canada. Michael has also held positions at Public Safety Canada, the Department of Finance Canada, the Privy Council Office (Regulatory Affairs and Orders in Council; Social Development Policy) and TBS (Program Sector).
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|Rakhi Lad was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister in October 2022. Previously, she held various roles in the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade the including Director of Strategic Industry Intelligence Branch, Director of Trade and Investment Branch, and Director of Trade Strategy, Analytics and Partnership Branch. Across these leadership roles, she led strategic policy development, trade and investment initiatives, and industry intelligence efforts.
|Rakhi Lad was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister in October 2022. Previously, she held various roles in the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade the including Director of Strategic Industry Intelligence Branch, Director of Trade and Investment Branch, and Director of Trade Strategy, Analytics and Partnership Branch. Across these leadership roles, she led strategic policy development, trade and investment initiatives, and industry intelligence efforts.
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|As Senior Vice President, Policy, Theo leads the Council’s policy team and provides analysis and insights on a wide range of issues related to the economy and public policy. Theo has studied and written on global economic and political affairs for three decades. His journalism career began in the mid-1990s, where he reported on the developing economies of Eastern Europe as managing editor of current affairs weekly New Europe. He joined Bloomberg in 1999 to open a bureau in Athens, before moving to Ottawa six years later. Since 2005, Theo has written on just about every major story at the nexus of power and money in Canada.
|As Senior Vice President, Policy, Theo leads the Council’s policy team and provides analysis and insights on a wide range of issues related to the economy and public policy. Theo has studied and written on global economic and political affairs for three decades. His journalism career began in the mid-1990s, where he reported on the developing economies of Eastern Europe as managing editor of current affairs weekly New Europe. He joined Bloomberg in 1999 to open a bureau in Athens, before moving to Ottawa six years later. Since 2005, Theo has written on just about every major story at the nexus of power and money in Canada.
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|Kelly Acton joined the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in February 2023 as Vice-President of the Strategic Policy Branch. Her previous role was as the Assistant Deputy Minister of Digital Policy and Performance in the Office of the Chief Information Officer of Canada at the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), providing enterprise level guidance on instruments and performance linked to the digital agenda, in the fields of service, security and access to information. She was previously Assistant Secretary of Strategic Communications and Ministerial Affairs at TBS.
|Kelly Acton joined the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in February 2023 as Vice-President of the Strategic Policy Branch. Her previous role was as the Assistant Deputy Minister of Digital Policy and Performance in the Office of the Chief Information Officer of Canada at the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), providing enterprise level guidance on instruments and performance linked to the digital agenda, in the fields of service, security and access to information. She was previously Assistant Secretary of Strategic Communications and Ministerial Affairs at TBS.
Prior to her arrival at TBS, Kelly held executive positions in communications, in IM/IT, strategic policy and regulatory affairs at Innovation, Science and Industry, as well as various leadership positions at what was then Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Kelly works in an engaging, multidisciplinary way, with a broad perspective informed by work in both the public and not-for-profit sectors on a range of public policy issues. Kelly holds a degree in Journalism and Political Science from Carleton University, and an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Prior to her arrival at TBS, Kelly held executive positions in communications, in IM/IT, strategic policy and regulatory affairs at Innovation, Science and Industry, as well as various leadership positions at what was then Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Kelly works in an engaging, multidisciplinary way, with a broad perspective informed by work in both the public and not-for-profit sectors on a range of public policy issues. Kelly holds a degree in Journalism and Political Science from Carleton University, and an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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|Robert Ianiro was appointed Vice-President of the Policy and Programs Branch at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on October 16, 2023. He brings extensive leadership experience from senior roles at CFIA, Shared Services Canada, and Health Canada, where he spent over two decades in executive positions. These included Assistant Deputy Minister of the Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch and Director General of Human Resources.
|Robert Ianiro was appointed Vice-President of the Policy and Programs Branch at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on October 16, 2023. He brings extensive leadership experience from senior roles at CFIA, Shared Services Canada, and Health Canada, where he spent over two decades in executive positions. These included Assistant Deputy Minister of the Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch and Director General of Human Resources.
Robert has led major initiatives such as the development and Royal Assent of the ''Canada Consumer Product Safety Act'', the renewal of Canada’s Tobacco Strategy, and efforts to maintain a safe and secure food supply during COVID-19. He has represented Canada internationally at the United Nations, OECD, and APEC, and is recognised for his expertise in regulatory development, strategic policy, compliance programs, human resources management, and stakeholder engagement.
Robert has led major initiatives such as the development and Royal Assent of the ''Canada Consumer Product Safety Act'', the renewal of Canada’s Tobacco Strategy, and efforts to maintain a safe and secure food supply during COVID-19. He has represented Canada internationally at the United Nations, OECD, and APEC, and is recognised for his expertise in regulatory development, strategic policy, compliance programs, human resources management, and stakeholder engagement.
|Linsey Hollett is the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch at Health Canada. She is responsible for overseeing a national scientific and regulatory function, including laboratory analysis and compliance and enforcement programs for drugs and natural health products, medical devices, clinical trials, cannabis, pesticides, tobacco and vaping products, controlled substances, and consumer products; oversees national engagement and outreach programs related to environmental health; is responsible for coordination of the regulatory agenda for Health Canada and, leads the Government of Canada’s initiatives to prevent and alleviate critical, national drug and medical device shortages.
|Linsey Hollett is the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch at Health Canada. She is responsible for overseeing a national scientific and regulatory function, including laboratory analysis and compliance and enforcement programs for drugs and natural health products, medical devices, clinical trials, cannabis, pesticides, tobacco and vaping products, controlled substances, and consumer products; oversees national engagement and outreach programs related to environmental health; is responsible for coordination of the regulatory agenda for Health Canada and, leads the Government of Canada’s initiatives to prevent and alleviate critical, national drug and medical device shortages.
She is also the ADM Champion for the Community of Federal Regulators and Health Canada’s Gender and Sexual Diversity Network. Linsey has been with Health Canada for 21 years, always within regulatory organizations, working on files related to healthy environments, consumer product safety and health product compliance and enforcement. Linsey holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Memorial University and a Master of Public Administration from Dalhousie University.
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|[[File:Judy Meltzer.png|none|thumb|200x200px]]'''Judy Meltzer, AADM, Environmental Protection Branch'''
|[[File:Judy Meltzer.png|none|thumb|200x200px]]'''Judy Meltzer, AADM, Environmental Protection Branch'''
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|Judy Meltzer is the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Branch at ECCC. Previously, she was Director General of the Carbon Markets Bureau at ECCC. Prior to joining the federal government in 2009 she worked in various policy and research institutions, including the Canadian Foundation for the Americas and the International Development Research Centre. Judy holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master of Arts in International Affairs.
|Judy Meltzer is the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Branch at ECCC. Previously, she was Director General of the Carbon Markets Bureau at ECCC. Prior to joining the federal government in 2009 she worked in various policy and research institutions, including the Canadian Foundation for the Americas and the International Development Research Centre. Judy holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master of Arts in International Affairs.
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|'''Kasi McMicking, ADM, Strategic Policy'''
|'''Kasi McMicking, ADM, Strategic Policy'''
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|Kassandra (Kasi) McMicking is the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister for the Strategic Policy Sector (SPS) at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
|Kassandra (Kasi) McMicking is the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister for the Strategic Policy Sector (SPS) at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
Prior to joining ISED as ADM SPS in April 2023, Kasi held various senior roles across the Government of Canada, including as ISED’s Director General, Aerospace, Defence and Marine, and as Executive Director, Industrial Division, Treasury Board Secretariat. She has also held senior roles at the Treasury Board Secretariat Regulatory Affairs, the Privy Council Office, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Health Canada, and the Public Health Agency of Canada. In these roles she has spanned a wide variety of fields, including policy, program, regulation, communications, federal-provincial-territorial and Indigenous relations, and departmental liaison.
Prior to joining ISED as ADM SPS in April 2023, Kasi held various senior roles across the Government of Canada, including as ISED’s Director General, Aerospace, Defence and Marine, and as Executive Director, Industrial Division, Treasury Board Secretariat. She has also held senior roles at the Treasury Board Secretariat Regulatory Affairs, the Privy Council Office, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Health Canada, and the Public Health Agency of Canada. In these roles she has spanned a wide variety of fields, including policy, program, regulation, communications, federal-provincial-territorial and Indigenous relations, and departmental liaison.
|Megan Nichols was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Branch (EPB) as of July 22, 2024, and previously, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister as of January 10, 2023. She joined ECCC from Transport Canada, where she spent four years, first as the Director General of Environmental Policy, and then as Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy.
|Megan Nichols was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Branch (EPB) as of July 22, 2024, and previously, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister as of January 10, 2023. She joined ECCC from Transport Canada, where she spent four years, first as the Director General of Environmental Policy, and then as Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy.
Prior to her time at Transport Canada, Megan was Director General in the Lands and Minerals Sector at Natural Resources Canada, with responsibility for the leadership of Canada’s mining policy. From 2012-2017, Megan held a number of positions at Public Safety Canada, focused mainly on international and Canada-U.S. border and security issues. Megan spent six years designing and managing public infrastructure funding programs at Infrastructure Canada. From 1999 to 2004, she worked in the Canadian Heritage portfolio, where she developed international cultural policy initiatives, delivered programming for the Canada Council of the Arts, and supported the department’s portfolio management and corporate secretariat functions. Megan holds a master’s degree in history from Queen’s University. She lives in Chelsea, Quebec with her family and is an avid hiker, canoeist and cross-country skier.
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|'''Jenelle Power, Executive Director, Red Tape Reduction Office, Regulatory Affairs Sector'''
|'''Jenelle Power, Executive Director, Red Tape Reduction Office, Regulatory Affairs Sector'''
