| Previously, he assumed progressively greater management and executive roles at Service Canada, the Canada School of Public Service, the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development, and most recently in the Digital Services Branch of Public Services and Procurement Canada. Philip holds a DCS in Commerce from John Abbott College, a B.A. in Social Sciences from the Université de Montréal and an M.A. in History from the Université du Québec à Montréal, where he conducted research prior to joining the federal public service through an accelerated management development program. He is also a founding member of the Federal Youth Network, a graduate of the University of Ottawa Odell House`s Leading people for Results Executive Certificate Program, and an alumni of the Governor General`s Canadian Leadership Conference. Last, but certainly not least, he is a husband and father who is active in his community as a volunteer on and off the soccer field, and is happy to have been the 2020 CRA charitable campaign champion for the CRA`s Service, Innovation and Integration Branch. | | Previously, he assumed progressively greater management and executive roles at Service Canada, the Canada School of Public Service, the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development, and most recently in the Digital Services Branch of Public Services and Procurement Canada. Philip holds a DCS in Commerce from John Abbott College, a B.A. in Social Sciences from the Université de Montréal and an M.A. in History from the Université du Québec à Montréal, where he conducted research prior to joining the federal public service through an accelerated management development program. He is also a founding member of the Federal Youth Network, a graduate of the University of Ottawa Odell House`s Leading people for Results Executive Certificate Program, and an alumni of the Governor General`s Canadian Leadership Conference. Last, but certainly not least, he is a husband and father who is active in his community as a volunteer on and off the soccer field, and is happy to have been the 2020 CRA charitable campaign champion for the CRA`s Service, Innovation and Integration Branch. |
− | |Sylvain is currently Director General, Departmental Planning and Management Practices with Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). His main mandate is to ensure, through a digital-by-design vision, informed Department priority-setting and resource allocation based on best practices relating to integrated business planning, investment planning, results and risk management, and performance measurement and reporting. During his career, Sylvain has held several important leadership roles, notably at Transport Canada as Director General of Transformation where he was responsible for modernizing legislation, advancing digital services delivery and comprehensive corporate planning for transformation. He has also been a leader within the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada, organizations in which he has been able to make his mark in modernizing policies and procedures. People management practices as well as in the improvement of value-added human resources services. He continues to promote and lead several government initiatives related to horizontal talent management and inclusive workplaces.
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