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<li>'''Role''': Project Management Advisor</li>

<li>'''Department''': Indigenous Services Canada</li>

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<li>'''About''': Dani Marshall is a Project Management Advisor at Indigenous Services Canada, where they manage essential IM/IT projects within the Children, Families and Learning division. With six years of federal public service experience, they specialize in Indigenous social policy reform and implementation, particularly in child and family services operations, with expertise in implementation and change management approaches.

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<li>'''About''': Dani Marshall is a First Nations (Première Nation des Pekuakamiulnuatsh) Project Management Advisor at Indigenous Services Canada, where they manage essential IM/IT projects within the Children, Families and Learning division. With six years of federal public service experience, they specialize in Indigenous social policy reform and implementation, particularly in child and family services operations, with expertise in implementation and change management approaches.

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Diagnosed with ADHD, Dyscalculia, and Dyslexia, Dani brings lived experience to their neurodiversity advocacy work as an active member of Infinity – The Network for Neurodivergent Public Servants. Their journey from spending most of their childhood education in special education classes in the 1980s and 1990s, when expectations were that they wouldn't succeed beyond minimum wage work, to their current leadership role demonstrates the untapped potential within the neurodivergent community.

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Diagnosed with ADHD, Dyscalculia, and Dyslexia, Dani brings lived experience to their neurodiversity advocacy work as an active member of Infinity – The Network for Neurodivergent Public Servants.

Beyond their ISC role, Dani helps facilitate the eight-week Mindful Leadership Development Program, combining mindfulness techniques with leadership soft skills, and serves as a senior volunteer with Girl Guides of Canada. Their interdepartmental initiatives reflect their passion for building bridges across diverse communities and perspectives.

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===='''~~Andrew Brown~~''' (he/~~him~~)====

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===='''Isabelle Mondou''' (she/her)====

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<li>'''Event''': Greeting from senior leaders</li>

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<li>'''Role''': ~~Associate~~ Deputy Minister</li>

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<li>'''Role''': Deputy Minister</li>

<li>'''Department''': Canadian Heritage</li>

<li>'''About''': To follow</li>

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<li>'''Role''': Associate Deputy Minister, Enterprise Pay Coordination</li>

<li>'''Department''': Public Services and Procurement Canada</li>

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<li>'''About''': ~~To follow<~~/~~li>~~

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<li>'''About''': Alex Benay is currently working as Associate Deputy Minister for the HR and Pay Portfolio for the Government of Canada. Since taking leadership of this file, Alex has been able to completely transform the way forward on HR and Pay across the federal government. He has brought the HR and Pay professionals across the Canadian federal government together, created a strategy and gotten buy in from the key players including the Prime Minister himself. Under his direction, the team has identified the way forward to transform the pay landscape, improve the existing culture and deliver a system that meets the needs of the Canadian public service.

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Previous to this position, he worked as the Deputy Minister at the Treasury Board of Canada, Crown Corporation President and CEO, and has worked in both a Big Four Partner and a senior leader at Microsoft. Alex Benay is an expert in the community service delivery, digital economy, enterprise strategy, leadership, complex project delivery, management, and public policy. Alex is known for his ability to lead and execute complex transformations, uniting diverse stakeholders from multiple levels and industries, often with divergent interests, to drive results quickly. Fluent in English and French, as well as a published author, he is a recognized global leader in enterprise transformation with senior level experience in both the public and private sectors. Alex previously served on the board of the National Arts Center in Canada, the country’s premier performing arts institution, and on the board of the World Wide Web Foundation, an international not-for-profit organization established in 2009 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the web). The World Wide Web Foundation, is the leading advocate for a web as a public good and basic right for everyone and its initiatives include the Contract for the Web, the Alliance for Affordable Internet, and the Women’s Rights Online network, For more information, see https://webfoundation.org/. Finally, he is also the co-founder (alongside Jim Balsillie), of the Canadian Digital Governance Council, a group of 70+ CIOs from various industries, which helps to shape the national technology agenda of Canada, including national technology standards to increase global competitiveness in banks, governments, and other sectors.

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<li>'''Role''': Human Resources Specialist Advisor </li>

<li>'''Department''': Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)</li>

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<li>'''About''': John T. Ward, PhD is an HR Advisor in Character Leadership Program, where he supports disability inclusion, Indigenous knowledge, ethics, and equity-focused initiatives. A professor at the University of Sydney, John specializes in Indigenous disability knowledge and research methodologies, informed by lived experience with dyslexia, ADHD, and light sensitivity. With a PhD in Education from the University of Ottawa, John has dedicated his career to advancing accessibility, particularly in the context of learning disabilities. He has provided expert guidance across several federal departments, including Environment and Climate Change Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. John serves as Vice President of the Interdepartmental Network of Disability and Accessibility Chairs and is the author of Indigenous Disability Studies—a 2025 top-ranked publication in disability law and accessibility. A Sharing Circle facilitator and advocate for wholistic knowledge systems, John brings a unique and inclusive perspective to PSNW through his commitment to Indigenous and disability-informed leadership.

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