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Manager of the Indigenous Career Navigators Program (ICNP)

Manager of the Indigenous Career Navigators Program (ICNP)

|Prior to joining the Public Service, Michèle was a schoolteacher for over 10 years.

|Prior to joining the Public Service, Michèle was a schoolteacher for over 10 years. She then made the move to the Federal Government as an HR assistant. Within her first year in government, Michèle successfully landed a supervisory role at First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) at Health Canada. There she worked on Indigenous files, where she could follow her passion of contributing to the career development, personal growth and better living environment of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people and communities.

 

She then made the move to the Federal Government as an HR assistant. Within her

 

first year in government, Michèle successfully landed a supervisory role at First

 

Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) at Health Canada. There she worked on

 

Indigenous files, where she could follow her passion of contributing to the career

 

development, personal growth and better living environment of First Nations,

 

Métis and Inuit people and communities.

Michèle then became the Lead of the Indigenous Development Programs. In 2019,

Michèle then became the Lead of the Indigenous Development Programs. In 2019,

following 11 years of service as the Lead for Indigenous Development Programs, Michèle assumed the role of Indigenous Navigator for FNIHB. In this new role, Michèle supported Indigenous employee recruitment, retention, and advancement within the department. She offered career advice and guidance to Indigenous employees. She helped managers who were looking to staff positions with Indigenous candidates. She assisted Indigenous employees, located across the country, with mapping out career paths, creating learning plans, providing advice on how to be successful in staffing processes, and helping them find staffing opportunities. Michèle is now at the Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion where

following 11 years of service as the Lead for Indigenous Development Programs, Michèle assumed the role of Indigenous Navigator for FNIHB. In this new role, Michèle supported Indigenous employee recruitment, retention, and advancement within the department. She offered career advice and guidance to Indigenous employees. She helped managers who were looking to staff positions with Indigenous candidates. She assisted Indigenous employees, located across the country, with mapping out career paths, creating learning plans, providing advice on how to be successful in staffing processes, and helping them find staffing opportunities. Michèle is now at the Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion where

she has developed and is currently implementing the Indigenous Career Navigators Program enterprise-wide across Canada. Her passion remains supporting Indigenous peoples and making a difference where she can.

she has developed and is currently implementing the Indigenous Career Navigators Program enterprise-wide across Canada. Her passion remains supporting Indigenous peoples and making a difference where she can.  

Michèle a Mi’kmaq woman who also has ties with the Algonquin culture. She is happily married and a proud mother of three. She has a Degree in Psychology, a Degree in Education, and an Additional Qualification Course: Teaching French as a Second Language from the University of Ottawa.

Michèle a Mi’kmaq woman who also has ties with the Algonquin culture. She is happily married and a proud mother of three. She has a Degree in Psychology, a Degree in Education, and an Additional Qualification Course: Teaching French as a Second Language from the University of Ottawa.