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|'''<big>Sarah Lawley</big>'''
|'''<big>Sarah Lawley</big>'''[[File:Sarah L..png|left|186x186px]]
|Assistant Deputy Minister
|Assistant Deputy Minister
|Finance Canada, Consultations and Communications Branch
|Finance Canada, Consultations and Communications Branch
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|In her current role since 2019, Ms. Lawley is responsible for the public affairs of the Department of Finance Canada. She leads a diverse branch to deliver on a wide range of functions. From cross-country Pre-Budget Consultations and the delivery of the annual Budget and Economic Update, to daily issues management, to Ministerial events, to public opinion research and public engagement, to the management of advertising campaigns and web and social media channels, to parliamentary affairs, to public correspondence, to managing access to information and privacy. Most recently, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, she has led the public communications in support of the Economic Response Plan – the most significant undertaking in the history of the Department of Finance.
Ms. Lawley has previously held executive level positions in the Government of Canada within both international affairs and communications functions.
As the Director General, Office of International Affairs for the Health Portfolio from 2015 to 2019, Ms. Lawley was responsible for setting and advancing the federal Health Portfolio’s international priorities to support both domestic health interests and foreign policy objectives. She was the Portfolio’s chief negotiator on global health issues. She led the Health Portfolio’s bilateral engagement with foreign governments and was responsible for health engagement at the G7 and G20. Ms. Lawley served as Canada’s representative to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Executive Committee. She was Canada’s senior official to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Health Working Group, serving as co-chair for 2 years. Lastly, she was a member of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Technical Advisory Committee helping to build public health capacity in the region.
Previously, Ms. Lawley was the Director General of Strategic Communications at Health Canada and led comprehensive strategic communications agenda for the department. In this role she was also responsible for the development of the Department’s first ''Regulatory Transparency and Openness Framework'', a significant step forward in Health Canada’s commitment to share more regulatory health and safety information proactively with Canadians.
As the Director, Bilateral and Regional Relations in the Office of International Affairs for the Health Portfolio, and prior to that, as the Director of International Affairs at the Public Health Agency of Canada, Ms. Lawley led a robust engagement strategy with both multilateral and bilateral partners, and implemented a number of major policy milestones, including the development of the Agency's first ''Global Health Framework''.
During her tenure as a Director within the Agency’s Communications Directorate, Ms. Lawley implemented the Agency's ''Strategic Risk Communications Framework'', which included a significant training component, and led the development of the Agency's first-ever ''Public Involvement Framework''. She led crisis communications responses during the Listeriosis outbreak in 2008 and the H1N1 pandemic of 2009.
Prior to her work with the Health Portfolio, Ms. Lawley worked at Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation and the Ottawa Economic Development Corporation.
Ms. Lawley holds a B.A. with Highest Honours in Journalism from Carleton University.
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