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|'''<big>Jason Charron</big>'''[[File:Jason_C..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Directeur Général
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|Agence du revenu du Canada, Direction de la recherche scientifique et du développement
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|Jason s’est joint à la fonction publique fédérale en 2002 après avoir travaillé dans divers secteurs de l’innovation. Depuis ce temps, il a occupé de nombreux postes au sein du Conseil national de recherches du Canada, dirigeant de multiples projets de partenariat avec le secteur privé. À titre de directeur exécutif du bureau national du Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle, il a dirigé des programmes qui ont contribué à la croissance des entreprises axées sur l’innovation. Jason a également dirigé le Bureau de gestion de programmes organisationnels au Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor dans le but d’appuyer le rôle de leadership de l’organisation quant à la transformation des fonctions administratives internes du gouvernement du Canada. Depuis mai 2018, Jason dirige les programmes de la recherche scientifique et du développement expérimental et des crédits d’impôt pour films et produits multimédias de l’Agence du revenu du Canada. Jason, qui possède le titre de comptable professionnel agréé, a obtenu son baccalauréat en commerce avec spécialisation en gestion internationale (avec distinction) et sa maîtrise en administration des affaires de l’Université d’Ottawa.
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|'''<big>Mala Khanna</big>'''[[File:Mala_K..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Sous-ministre adjointe, secteur de l'Afrique subsaharienne
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|Affaires mondiales Canada, secteur de l'Afrique subsaharienne
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|Mala Khanna est la Sous-ministre adjointe du secteur de l’Afrique subsaharienne à Affaires mondiales Canada. Mala était auparavant Secrétaire adjointe au Cabinet de législation et planification parlementaire au Bureau du conseil privé (BCP). Avant de rejoindre le BCP, Mala a été nommée Sous-ministre adjointe déléguée du Secteur du droit public et des services législatifs pour la Ministère de la Justice. Mala a également occupé divers postes au sein du Ministère, notamment celui de directrice et avocate générale du Centre du droit à l’information et à la protection des renseignements personnels, directrice adjointe de la Section des crimes contre l’humanité et des crimes de guerre et celui d’avocate à la Section des droits de la personne. Mala a obtenu un diplôme en droit et une maîtrise en travail social de l’université McGill. Elle a aussi un diplôme en histoire de l’université de l’Alberta.
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|'''<big>Carol Najm</big>'''[[File:Carol_N..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Assistant Deputy Minister
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|Environment and Climate Change Canada, Coporate Services and Finance Branch
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|In May 2011, Carol Najm was appointed the Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Finance Branch. Following the department’s merge between Corporate Services Branch and Finance Branch, May 30, 2016, Ms. Najm was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer of Corporate Services and Finance.
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Ms. Najm joined Environment Canada in November 2008, as Chief Audit Executive and Director General, Audit and Evaluation.
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Ms. Najm’s career began in the private sector, where she worked in a public accounting firm in Ottawa and obtained her Chartered Accountant designation. She then joined the Canadian Red Cross Society and later went on to work with Canadian Blood Services, where she was instrumental in the implementation of two major information technology projects involving the renewal of the enterprise-wide financial and human resources systems.
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Ms. Najm holds an Honours Degree in Commerce with a major in Finance, as well as a Bachelor of Administration, both from the University of Ottawa. She also holds certification designations as an information security manager and an information systems auditor.
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|'''<big>Chris Henderson</big>'''[[File:Chris_H..PNG|left|170x170px]]
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|Deputy Commissioner of Operations
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|Fisheries and Oceans, Coast Guard
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|Mr. Chris Henderson is an accomplished senior executive with more than 30 years of national and international experience in national security and public
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safety. He returned to the Canadian Coast Guard on January 6, 2020 as Deputy Commissioner, Operations.
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Deputy Commissioner Henderson originally joined the Canadian Coast Guard as Director General, National Strategies in May 2016. Since 2017, he served as the Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Affairs at the Department of National Defence.
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Prior to 2016, Deputy Commissioner Henderson was the Director General, Strategic Communications, Privy Council Office where he was responsible for the coordination of all Government of Canada public communications.
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From 2009-2014, Deputy Commissioner Henderson held a number of Director General positions within Canada Border Services Agency. Prior to joining the public service, Mr. Henderson had a distinguished career with the Royal Canadian Navy.
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|'''<big>Helen Ryan</big>'''[[File:Helen_R..PNG|left|170x170px]]
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|Associate Assistant Deputy Minister
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|Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environmental Protection Branch
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|Helen Ryan is the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Branch within Environment and Climate Change Canada. She is responsible for leading the development
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and implementation of the Department’s clean air regulatory agenda, GHG regulations, environmental emergencies, contaminated sites and disposal at sea, waste disposal and management, as well as the plastics agenda.
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Prior to Helen’s appointment in September 2018, she was the Director General of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Energy and Transportation Directorate heading the development
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and implementation of regulations and standards to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation, oil and gas, and electricity sectors. She has over thirty years of experience in the public service at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, including 17 years as a federal executive in ECCC and Health Canada.
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Helen and her partner have five children. She is an avid cyclist, cross-country skier and enjoys time spent in the outdoors.
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|'''<big>Isabelle Daoust</big>'''[[File:Isabelle_D..PNG|left|170x170px]]
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|Director General
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|Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Case Management Branch (OPS Sector)
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|Ms. Daoust has over 20 years’ experience in law, policy, management, and international and public affairs.
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Ms. Daoust was recently Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of National Defence. She has devoted a substantial part of her career to the humanitarian and community sectors, having worked for the Red Cross in various contexts. She worked as a legal adviser with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, and was deployed to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Ms. Daoust also worked for the American and Canadian Red Cross in leadership positions. Prior to joining the Red Cross, Ms. Daoust worked as an attorney at the law firm of Heenan Blaikie in Montreal.
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Ms Daoust has extensive community involvement with organizations such as the New Edinburgh Community & Arts Centre in Ottawa, the Centre social d'aide aux immigrants in Montréal and the Canadian Council on International Law. Ms Daoust was a member and Vice-Chair of Hôpital Montfort’s Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2017.
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Ms. Daoust has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1997. She holds a Business degree from l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and two law degrees (in civil and common law) from McGill University. She lives in Ottawa with her husband and two children.
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|'''<big>Simon Cardinal</big>'''[[File:Simon_C..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Director General / Chief Privacy Officer
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|Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Integrated Corporate Business
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|Over the course of his career, Simon Cardinal has held a variety of corporate, policy and operational functions, both at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency.
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As the Director General of Integrated Corporate Business, Simon provides effective coordination, oversight and strategic support on matters related to Corporate Governance, Parliamentary Affairs, Ministerial Enquiries, Briefings, and Proactive Disclosure. 
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In previous capacities, he ensured the operational achievement of IRCC’s 2016, 2017 and 2018 Immigration Levels Plan, and provided strategic operational advice and data analysis on key departmental files, such as Express Entry and Operation Syrian Refugees.
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Simon has extensive experience in developing partnerships with stakeholders and providing strategic advice and recommendations to senior management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Ottawa.
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|'''<big>Susan Chambers</big>'''[[File:Susan_C..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Assistant Commissioner, Atlantic Region
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|Canada Revenue Agency
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|Susan Chambers was appointed to the role of Regional Assistant Commissioner of the Atlantic Region in January 2019.  She also holds the CRA Respectful Workplace and Well-being Champion role where she sees the energy and care that Ex’s and Managers are taking with employee well being.  Prior to joining the Agency, she was the Director General of Transformation in the Chief Transformation Office at the Canada Border Services Agency.
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Originally from England and raised in BC, Susan has held roles in various locations.  She served as the Director of Professional Services for Public Services and Procurement Canada Pacific Region, Director General of Real Property Programs and Portfolio Management at the Department of National Defense, and completed assignments for the Privy Council Office and the Federal Development Agency of Southern Ontario.  Susan’s early career allowed her to work in Halifax, for the Province of British Columbia, and the City of Campbell River. Her years of public service have provided her an understanding of First Nations, Federal, Provincial and Municipal relations.
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After graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from the Royal Military College of Canada, Susan completed a Master’s of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, and a Master’s of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.
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From a young age, Susan has had a vested interest in women pursuing non-traditional career choices. As an Engineering graduate, and professional engineer in two provinces, Susan is a strong advocate for the advancement of women in fields such as science and mathematics. One of her most significant files was the transfer and land agreement for the Jericho Lands in Vancouver to the Musquem, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, and she strongly believes in the outreach that the Agency does to improve lives in First Nations in Atlantic and across Canada.
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In her free time, Susan enjoys swimming, cycling and running. She is always on the hunt for open water swim spots and has explored rail trails throughout Nova Scotia.
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|'''<big>Tom Roberts</big>'''[[File:Tom_R..PNG|left|170x170px]]
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|Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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|Canada School of Public Service, Business Enablement and Assurance Services Branch (BEASB)
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|Tom Roberts is Vice-President of Business Enablement and Assurance Services Branch (BEASB) and Chief Financial Officer. The Business Enablement and Assurance Services Branch delivers a full suite of seamless and integrated solutions to internal clients in the areas of finance, security, accommodations, information management and technology, and registrar services. Tom previously held the position of Special Advisor to the President where he contributed to the modernization and digitization of Corporate Services. Tom joins the School from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, where he held the position of Director General, Budget Planning and Financial Management. He led a decentralised team of over 120 employees in delivering sound financial management and initiated improvements to the financial management function. Throughout his years of service, Tom has held different executive positions at Infrastructure Canada and at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TSB). In these positions, his focused was on internal services, public reporting, effective program design, and proper stewardship of government resources.
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|'''<big>Leslie Toope</big>'''[[File:Leslie_T..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Change Management Director
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|Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Settlement Network
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|Came into the PS through post-secondary recruitment. Did two postings abroad as an Immigration Foreign Service Officer interviewing applicants for temporary and permanent status in Canada. Then gravitated towards assignments focused on people management, learning, and organizational development.  Took a mid-career break to go back to school. Returned to IRCC and worked in the Operations Sector, Policy Sector, Corporate Sector and now the Settlement and Integration Sector. Led many change projects over the years involving new technology, new business processes, new org structures, and organizational capacity building.
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|'''<big>Nicole Bouchard-Steeves</big>'''<br>
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|Associate Vice President, Operations
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|Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Operations
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|Nicole Bouchard-Steeves is currently the Associate Vice-President (AVP) of the Operations Branch for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
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Nicole holds a Bachelor of Science, with a specialization in Biochemistry and a certificate in Food Science from Laval University.
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Nicole began her career as a public servant in 1988 with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and subsequently joined the CFIA upon its creation in 1997. Her career began as an Inspection Officer and has remained largely focussed on the core delivery of the CFIA’s operational mandate. She has held various positions throughout her career, including Director General for the Atlantic Area and Executive Director of the Operations Modernization Project Office. Nicole’s current position as the AVP targets Nicole’s strengths – keen understanding of CFIA’s business and building relationships with internal and external partners.
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|'''<big>Andrew Goldstein</big>'''[[File:Andrew_Goldstein.jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Director General Human Resources
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|Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Corporate Management Branch
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|Andrew Goldstein is currently Director General, Human Resources at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC), where he is responsible for leading all aspects of the human resources function for the department.
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Prior to this, Andrew has held a number of economic analysis and policy development positions at AAFC.
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Andrew began his career in the federal government as an economist at the Department of Finance and then the Privy Council Office. 
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Andrew has a B.A. and M.A. in economics both from the University of Western Ontario.
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|'''<big>Neil O'Rourke</big>'''[[File:Neil_O..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Assistant Commissioner
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|Canadian Coast Guard, Arctic Region
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|Neil O’Rourke was appointed Assistant Commissioner, Arctic Region, Canadian Coast Guard in October 2018. 
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As the Assistant Commissioner for the newly-formed Arctic Region, Neil will enhance program and service delivery in the North to better meet the needs of those communities.       
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He will ensure that Northerners have a greater say in the Department’s decisions and opportunities, and will honour the Government of Canada’s commitment to reconciliation and  a renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples.  Neil will also build partnerships, co-develop priorities and support the voice of Northerners.
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Neil has a decade of experience working with the Canadian Coast Guard. He previously served as Senior Director, Safe Shipping and Economic Intelligence and was responsible for the development of national strategies to sustain and transform Coast Guard’s marine navigation programs, including: Aids to Navigation, Marine Communications and Traffic Services, Waterways Management, and Icebreaking  and Ice Information Services. Neil was also the national lead for Arctic program policy, user fees, the implementation of e-Navigation in Canadian waters, and served as councillor with the International          Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authority (IALA) on behalf of Canada. He previously worked as the Director, Integrated Logistic Support and Director, Organizational Restructuring for Coast Guard.
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Over the course of his career, Neil has worked closely with Coast Guard operations, technical services, training (Canadian Coast Guard College), other Government of Canada departments, and external stakeholders (i.e. industry, communities, national and international organizations) to identify service requirements, leverage technological and operational innovations, and competently drive decisions for cost-effective, modern and domestically/internationally aligned marine navigation services. He has also led several corporate initiatives including the consolidation of five Coast Guard regions into three, and  co-led the Departmental Comprehensive Review.
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Before joining Coast Guard, Neil gained significant private sector experience as a former management consultant and executive in the energy sector; specifically, with Petro-Canada Fuels.
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Neil holds degrees from two Canadian universities: a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University (2002), and a Master of Business Administration—International Business from the University of Ottawa (2003).  Originally from Aylmer, Quebec, he currently resides with his family in Yellowknife, NT.
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|'''<big>Pierre Bilodeau</big>'''[[File:Pierre_B..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Executive Director
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|Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Science
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|In his current position, Dr. Bilodeau is responsible for plant health science leadership in protecting Canada's plant resource base. His Directorate provides a valued source of scientific knowledge, analysis, risk assessment, and advice for stakeholders to support policy making, program design and program delivery.
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Dr. Bilodeau has 20 years of experience in managing S&T partnerships, program delivery, and R&D activities. He previously served in various senior management positions including Chief Operating Officer at International S&T Partnership Canada, an Ottawa-based national not-for-profit organization, Director in Research Partnerships and Research Grants & Scholarships directorates at the Natural Sciences an Engineering Research Council (NSERC) a federal granting agency, and prototype/research manager at Medicago Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.
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Pierre was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to attend the Australian National University for his PhD (1997) in plant sciences. He holds a bachelor degree (1990) and a Master’s degree (1992) in biochemistry from Université Laval in Quebec City.
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|'''<big>Sylvain Beauchamp</big>'''[[File:Sylvain_B..png|left|170x170px]]
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|Director, Client Support Guidance and Solutions
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|Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Client Experience Branch, Operations Sector
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|Sylvain Beauchamp was appointed Director for the Client Support Guidance and Solutions Division of the Operations Sector with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in August 2019. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Beauchamp spent 15 years of his public service career at the department of Employment and Social Development Canada diversifying his experience by accepting challenges to work in various areas including policy (Employment Insurance), programs (integrity) and enabling functions (human resources and information technology). Prior to this, he spent the early part of his career working in his field of study which is geospatial analysis … if you’re asking how this field relates to the rest of the bio provided above, then please join him in his Speed Mentoring Session!
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|'''<big>Alison O'Leary</big>'''[[File:Alison_O..jpg|left|170x170px]]
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|Assistant Deputy Minister
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|Infrastructure Canada, Program Operations
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|Alison has been with Infrastructure Canada since 2019.  She leads the delivery of infrastructure programming, including responsibility for delivering the $33 billion Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), and supporting infrastructure projects across the country in collaboration with provinces, territories, municipalities and other stakeholders.  She also oversees the department’s delivery of community-based programming through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF), the Smart Cities Challenge, the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative, as well as programs administered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).  In addition, she oversees the department’s Centre for Rural Economic Development, helping to champion economic opportunity and quality of life in rural communities across Canada.
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