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|Maame De-Heer is an adept Public Health Professional with 9 years academic and professional expertise in healthcare. She serves as a Policy Analyst with the Government of Canada in the Public Health Agency of Canada division. Her role as a Policy Analyst is with the Mental Health for the  Black Canadians Initiative where she contributes to building evidence and enhancing community-led, culturally focused mental health interventions that address mental health and its determinants for diverse Black communities across Canada. Within the Government of Canada, Maame engages in diverse leadership and executive roles where she supports the Co-Leads for the Black Employees Matter chapter within the Government of Canada, and is also an Inclusive Staffing Working Group Member where she imparts concepts and tenets that address challenges in a bias-free appointment process and identify areas in the appointment process where bias-related problems can occur. Recently, Maame was appointed Associate Editor for the Canadian Review Editorial Law Proposal, where together with the Advisory Board and Senior Editors, she assesses and examines Canada’s National Undergraduate Law Journal. Remarkably, Maame is the Founder of a grassroots initiative called the Power of Love Foundation Canada. This organization provides services and resources to Black women and girls in  low-income setting, with the aim of improving their overall wellbeing. Maame acquired a Masters of Public Health in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, from the University of Toronto, alongside a Collaborative Specialization in Global Health, Health Services & Policy Research. Comprehensively, Maame’s lifelong goal is to impact members of the society through community engagement, mentorship, and service. Her life is guided by a famous quote from Muhammed Ali, which reads, "if your mind can conceive it and your heart can believe it, then you can achieve it."
 
|Maame De-Heer is an adept Public Health Professional with 9 years academic and professional expertise in healthcare. She serves as a Policy Analyst with the Government of Canada in the Public Health Agency of Canada division. Her role as a Policy Analyst is with the Mental Health for the  Black Canadians Initiative where she contributes to building evidence and enhancing community-led, culturally focused mental health interventions that address mental health and its determinants for diverse Black communities across Canada. Within the Government of Canada, Maame engages in diverse leadership and executive roles where she supports the Co-Leads for the Black Employees Matter chapter within the Government of Canada, and is also an Inclusive Staffing Working Group Member where she imparts concepts and tenets that address challenges in a bias-free appointment process and identify areas in the appointment process where bias-related problems can occur. Recently, Maame was appointed Associate Editor for the Canadian Review Editorial Law Proposal, where together with the Advisory Board and Senior Editors, she assesses and examines Canada’s National Undergraduate Law Journal. Remarkably, Maame is the Founder of a grassroots initiative called the Power of Love Foundation Canada. This organization provides services and resources to Black women and girls in  low-income setting, with the aim of improving their overall wellbeing. Maame acquired a Masters of Public Health in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, from the University of Toronto, alongside a Collaborative Specialization in Global Health, Health Services & Policy Research. Comprehensively, Maame’s lifelong goal is to impact members of the society through community engagement, mentorship, and service. Her life is guided by a famous quote from Muhammed Ali, which reads, "if your mind can conceive it and your heart can believe it, then you can achieve it."
 
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|Sean Boots is a policy advisor with the Canadian Digital Service (CDS). He previously worked as a product designer with VOTO Mobile, a Ghana-based social enterprise focused on empowering under-heard communities, and as a developer at Global Affairs Canada working on the Travel.gc.ca website redesign. He rejoined the federal government in fall 2016 to help launch CDS as a new digital service delivery initiative. Sean studied Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, and enjoys working at the intersection of technology and public policy.
 
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