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|'''Gerard Etienne'''

|Gérard Étienne is a renowned Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) strategist. He has worked with world-class organizations in the public, not-for�profit and private sectors that needed to maximize the convergence and collaboration of individuals of diverse identities, experiences, and ideas. He specializes in readiness assessment, intercultural development for executives, ED&I strategic planning, leadership, human resources renewal, and organization development. He is an author and lecturer at l’Université du Québec en Outaouais. Mr. Étienne is a Senior Associate with DiversiPro Inc. He is a former Vice-president at TD Bank Financial Group, Vice-president of Operations at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Vice�president Human Resources at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Vice President Diversity Initiatives at the Institute on Governance. He is the Vice-Chair of the Community Equity Council for the Ottawa Police Service. Mr. Étienne is a passionate advocate for Human Rights and Employment Equity. He consistently demonstrates strong leadership on issues pertaining to diversity within and outside the public service, as a means of improving innovation, leadership, technical excellence and employee engagement. Mr. Étienne was the leading organizer for the first symposium in 2019 of the Federal Black Employee Caucus (FBEC). He has developed curricula and programs to meet the ED&I leadership and governance challenges of organizations. Participants in his ED&I leadership programs benefit from a world of leadership experience. Mr. Étienne has created and delivered several offerings to assist senior officers and managers in taking on greater leadership roles successfully in the changing environment of the private sector and public service. These include a year-long Executive Leadership Program, two-day leadership Boot Camps, roundtable, learning events and finally, coaching to executives and officers at all levels. Mr. Étienne is currently finishing his thesis for a PhD in Industrial Relations from Laval University. He holds a Masters’ degree in Industrial Relations from l'Université du Québec à Hull; an MBA from l’Université du Québec à Montréal; a Masters’ degree in Education from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Bachelor of Administration from the University of Ottawa. He was conferred the designation “Fellow” by the Institute of Canadian Bankers with Honours. Most recently, Gérard graduated from the University of Ottawa Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Governance and was named Valedictorian of his class. Gerard’s experience in and across many different sectors and settings has made him flexible, broadly based and extremely useful to those with whom he works. He has partnered with diverse teams, bringing together former senior public servants, not-for-profit executives, private sector leaders and academics.

|Gérard Étienne is a renowned Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) strategist. He has worked with world-class organizations in the public, not-for profit and private sectors that needed to maximize the convergence and collaboration of individuals of diverse identities, experiences, and ideas. He specializes in readiness assessment, intercultural development for executives, ED&I strategic planning, leadership, human resources renewal, and organization development. He is an author and lecturer at l’Université du Québec en Outaouais. Mr. Étienne is a Senior Associate with DiversiPro Inc. He is a former Vice-president at TD Bank Financial Group, Vice-president of Operations at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Vice President Human Resources at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Vice President Diversity Initiatives at the Institute on Governance. He is the Vice-Chair of the Community Equity Council for the Ottawa Police Service. Mr. Étienne is a passionate advocate for Human Rights and Employment Equity. He consistently demonstrates strong leadership on issues pertaining to diversity within and outside the public service, as a means of improving innovation, leadership, technical excellence and employee engagement. Mr. Étienne was the leading organizer for the first symposium in 2019 of the Federal Black Employee Caucus (FBEC). He has developed curricula and programs to meet the ED&I leadership and governance challenges of organizations. Participants in his ED&I leadership programs benefit from a world of leadership experience. Mr. Étienne has created and delivered several offerings to assist senior officers and managers in taking on greater leadership roles successfully in the changing environment of the private sector and public service. These include a year-long Executive Leadership Program, two-day leadership Boot Camps, roundtable, learning events and finally, coaching to executives and officers at all levels. Mr. Étienne is currently finishing his thesis for a PhD in Industrial Relations from Laval University. He holds a Masters’ degree in Industrial Relations from l'Université du Québec à Hull; an MBA from l’Université du Québec à Montréal; a Masters’ degree in Education from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Bachelor of Administration from the University of Ottawa. He was conferred the designation “Fellow” by the Institute of Canadian Bankers with Honours. Most recently, Gérard graduated from the University of Ottawa Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Governance and was named Valedictorian of his class. Gerard’s experience in and across many different sectors and settings has made him flexible, broadly based and extremely useful to those with whom he works. He has partnered with diverse teams, bringing together former senior public servants, not-for-profit executives, private sector leaders and academics.

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