InformalLearningNetwork

Informal Learning Network

There are numerous public servants who have a career’s worth of knowledge, dedication and experience. This represents a tremendous amount of skills and abilities that can be tapped into through the Informal Learning Network.

This is a centralized page where employees of any department and level can register to act as collaborators, mentors and/ or guest speakers. Employees are encouraged to indicate their name, current title, location and whether or not they have access to a Web Ex account. They may then add their areas of proficiency and personal email addresses.

Employees, leaders, communities of practice and members of working groups or teams can then use this database to contact interested public servants for mentorship opportunities, collaboration on projects or for WebExes or teleconferences to further enlighten themselves or their colleagues. This should aid in breaking down silos, building networks, increasing collaboration and spreading best practices within the public service.

Below is a list of employees who are willing to engage with their colleagues across Canada. Please feel free to edit the table below and add your information!

See also the Federal Speakers Bureau on Mental Health

Further discussion, resources, links and presentations can be found on our GCConnex group.[1]

Réseau de l'apprentissage Informel

Il y a une multitude de fonctionnaires qui comptent à leur actif des années d’expérience, de savoir accumulé et de dévouement. Ceci représente une source gigantesque de compétences et habiletés dans laquelle il est possible de puiser grâce au Réseau de l’apprentissage informel.

Il s’agit d’une page centralisée à laquelle les employés provenant de tous les niveaux et ministères peuvent s’inscrire en tant que collaborateurs, mentors ou conférenciers. Tous sont encouragés à indiquer leur nom, leur fonction actuelle, leur emplacement et s’ils ont accès à un compte WebEx. Ils sont ensuite invités à ajouter leurs champs de compétences ainsi que leur adresse courriel personnelle s’ils le désirent.

Employés, leaders, communautés de pratiqueet membres de groupes de travail peuvent se servir de cette base de données pour entrer en communication avec les fonctionnaires participants. Ils auront ainsi la possibilité de créer des opportunités de mentorat, de collaborer à desprojets, ou d’organiser des téléconférences WebEx dans le but d’accroître leurs connaissances ou celles de leurs collègues.

Ceci devrait contribuer à briser les silos, créer des réseaux et favoriser la collaboration et le partage des meilleures pratiques au sein de la fonction publique. Vous trouverez ci-dessous une liste avec le nom des personnes qui souhaitent se rendre disponibles pour leurs collègues de partout au Canada. N’hésitez pas à modifier le tableau ci-dessous pour y inclure vos coordonnées!

Jetez également un coup d’œil à cet article :Le Bureau des conférenciers fédéraux pour des milieux de travail sains

De plus amples renseignements, présentations, fils de discussions et liens sont mis à votre disposition dans notre groupe GCConnex .[1]

Name	Position / Dept	Language	Location	Can Travel	Can Mentor	Teleconference Videoconference	WebEx	Topics	Email
Kevin Lagacé	Manager / Agriculture AgriFood Canada	English and French	Winnipeg	Yes if you are paying	Yes	Yes	Yes	GCTools, WebEx, Coaching, Leadership, Facilitation, Insights, Listening, Mental Wellness, Leading Teams, Collaboration, Client Service	Kevin.lagace@canada.ca
Calvin Rodo	Senior Advisor - Application Development, ESDC	English	Ottawa	If you are paying	yes	yes	yes	Open Source (how to open source software, what it means), Software Development, Maintainable Software Development Practices, Containers, Cloud, Cloud Native Development.	calvin.rodo@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Vivian Nobrega	Open Source Advocate for Government of Canada, TBS	English	Ottawa	If you are paying	yes	yes	yes	Open Source, Working in the Open (IT and Policy), Software Development, Agile Methodologies (IT, Research and Business Line Implementations), Project Recovery, Automation	vivian.nobrega@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Christine Larade	Senior Communications Advisor, Corporate Communications	Bilingual	Halifax	If you are paying	yes	yes	yes	Workshop Facilitation, SharePoint, Social Media Tools, Personal Brand, LinkedIn	christine.larade@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Louise.Smolska	Senior Advisor, Rail Safety Transport Canada	French/English	Ottawa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Understanding the private sector and industry associations including: drivers; lobbying; governance.	Louise.Smolska@tc.gc.ca
Justin Patrick	Policy Analyst	English	Phase IV, Gatineau, QC	Ideally within the NCR	Yes	Video - Possible Tele - Yes	Yes	Digital Government, GCTools, Employee Engagement, Student Engagement, Youth Policy	justin.patrick@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca  ; justincmpatrick@gmail.com
Etienne Laliberté	Free Agent	Bilingual	Ottawa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Change Management, Employee Engagement, People Management, Staffing	Etienne.Laliberte@cra-arc.gc.ca Laliberte.Etienne@gmail.com
Jana.Seymour	Senior Learning Consultant	English	Toronto	within GTA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Consulting Skills, Instructional Design, Performance and Learning, Competency Based Management, Organizational Effectiveness	jana.seymour@servicecanada.gc.ca
Laura Green	Business Expertise	English	Chatham	Within Chatham	Yes	Yes	Yes	Business Expertise, Vocational Rehabilitation	laura.green@servicecanada.gc.ca
Karen Igra Wolanski	Service Manager	English	Toronto	within GTA	Yes	Yes	Yes	People Management, Goal Setting, Staffing	karen.igrawolanski@servicecanada.gc.ca
Jessica Dhaliwal	Integrity Services Investigator	English	Abbotsford	Within Lower Mainland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Governexx, Career Marketplace	jessica.dhaliwal@servicecanada.gc.ca
Kate Mckerlie	Free Agent	English/(French)	Ottawa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Management/Leadership, Employee Engagement, Stakeholder Consultations, Facilitation Tools, Collaborative processes, Public Sector Innovation and Change Management, Accessibility and Duty to Accommodate	kate.mckerlie@canada.ca k8m.at.work@gmail.com
Corp Minh Nguyen	Recruiting O Division	English	Toronto	Within GTA	Yes	Video - No Tele - Yes	No	History of the RCMP	Minh.Nguyen@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Sarah Sulaman	Service Canada Benefits Officer	English	Toronto	Within GTA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Writing and Editing Workshop (Grammar, Syntax, Style)	sarah.sulaman@service.canada.gc.ca
Mélanie Legault	Executive Coach and Talent Management Advisor	Bilingual	Ottawa	Within NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Leadership Development, Career Management and Development, Coaching, People Management	melanie.legault@tc.gc.ca
Sarah Reda	Conseillère en communications / Communications Advisor	Bilingual	Montreal	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Social Media, GCTools, Networking, Career Dévelopment, Employee Engagement	sarah.reda@servicecanada.gc.ca
Naomi Bambara	Senior Policy and Program Analyst	Bilingual	Ottawa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Public Speaking, Engagement, Mentoring, Career Development, Consciousness	naomi.bambara@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Danielle Provencher	Senior Policy Analyst	Bilingual;	NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Race Diversity Multiculturalism Allyship	Danielle.provencher@justice.gc.ca
Sarry Zheng	Free Agent	English	Toronto	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Data Visualization, Digital Communications, User Research	sarry.zheng@canada.ca
Georgina Bassett	Technical Advisor	English, French (B level)	Charlottetown, PEI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		georgina.bassett@canada.ca
Jennifer Dyke	Advisor with ESDC	English	St. John's, Newfoundland	Yes	Yes	Tele - Yes Video - Possible	Yes	Indigenous Recruitment, Retention & Advancement; Reconciliation; Career Development; Networking; Public Speaking; Design Thinking; Co-Development; Engagement; GoC Communities of Practice	Jennifer.Dyke@servicecanada.gc.ca
James O'Regan	Team Lead Media Analysis	English	NCR	Yes		Yes	Yes	Data Visualization	james.oregan@canada.ca
Stuart Spence	Scientific programmer analyst at Environment and Climate Change Canada	English, French	Montreal (Dorval)	Probably	Yes	Maybe	Maybe	Computer topics for non-technical people: Python, git, GitHub/GitLab, Linux, artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics programming, workflow automation. See here.	stuart.spence@canada.ca
Ben Sharpe	Strategic Planning Analyst	English	NCR	Within NCR		Yes	Yes	Change Management; User Engagement; Strategic Communications; Stakeholder Consultations	ben.sharpe@justice.gc.ca
Mark MacPherson	Service Design Manager and Project Manager	English	NCR	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Agile Project Management, Remote Work, Scrum, Story Mapping	mark.macpherson@forces.gc.ca
Fannie Bernard	Project Manager	Bilingual	Bathurst New Brunswick	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mental Health, Emotional Intelligence, 5 Languages of Appreciation, People Managemenet	fannie.bernard@servicecanada.gc.ca
Cynthia Bouchard	Manager, BC Federal Council	Bilingual	Vancouver	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Regional reality, how to best work with your regional teams, cultural transformation	Cynthia.bouchard@canada.ca cynbouchard@hotmail.com
Robyn Paton	Senior Program Specialist/Product Owner, CRA	English	NCR	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Agile product/project management, service design, strategic marketing and communications	Robyn.Paton@cra-arc.gc.ca robyn@robynpaton.com
Rod Gallant	Senior HR Analyst, Policy & Programs, CRA	English	PEI, but in NCR regularly	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Social Media, HR Planning, Recruitment, GCTools	Rod.Gallant@cra-arc.gc.ca
Val Kolev	Project Management Intern	English	NCR	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	People Management, Leadership Development, Change Management	valentin.kolev@canada.ca
Bruce Radburn	Senior Advisor, Innovation	English	NCR	NCR				Innovation, Idea Farm, Policy Community of Practice	bruce.radburn@canada.ca
Mohammed Ansari	Scientific Evaluator	English	NCR		Yes	Yes	Yes	Public Health and Clinical Practice Guidelines, Evidence-based Decisions, Therapeutic and Diagnostic Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Causal Inference and GRADE certainty of evidence.	mohammed.ansari@canada.ca
Roger Otis	Service Manager, Service Canada	Bilingual	Quebec City	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Achieving High Reliability Organization Status, Human Management of Ressources, Mental Health, Performance Measures, Individual Performance Evaluation, Project Management, Operational Requirement Identification, Strategic Planning, Governance Framework	roger.otis@servicecanada.gc.ca otisr@videotron.ca
Saoussene Zair	Conseillère en RH / HR Advisor	Bilingue	Montréal, Qc	Possible	Open to the idea to mentor students !	Yes	Yes	Human resources, Innovation in HR, Engagement, Planning, Diversity.	saoussene.zair@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca saoussene.zair@gmail.com
Chenai Tukiso Muzondo	Business Expertise Advisor / Conseillère en expertise opérationnelle	Bilingual	Vancouver	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Performance measurement / mesure du rendement, organization development / développement des organisations	chenaitukiso.muzondo@servicecanada.gc.ca chenaitukiso.muzondo@gmail.com
Enza Bongiorno	Information Management Officer	English	Winnipeg	Possible	Posible	Yes	Yes	Information Management (IM); GCdocs; GCTools	enza.bongiorno@canada.ca
Ainslie Nolan	Audio & Web Conferencing Support Analyst	Bilingual	70 Crémazie, Gatineau	Within NCR but, conferencing preferred!	Possible	VMR - Yes Jabber - Yes Audio Conf ID - Yes	Yes	Organizing, hosting, & management of audio & web conferences: -Reservationless (Conf ID); -Operator Assisted -WebEx	ainslie.nolan@canada.ca
Valérie Gaudreault	UX Researcher	Bilingual	NCR	Within NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Coaching, Networking, Leadership Development, Mental Health, Emotional Intelligence, Career Development,	valerie.gaudreault2@canada.ca val.gaudreault@hotmail.com
Alvaro Vargas	Problem Addresser/Solver	Bilingual	NCR	Within NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Problem definition, facilitation, experience design, business analysis, design thinking, idea muse, coaching, networking, career development	alvaro.vargas@canada.ca, alvaro@pHacktory.com
Mari Takeda	Senior Policy Analyst, Health Canada	English	NCR	Within NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Writing for the audience, user-centred approaches, national compliance and enforcement operational programs	mari.takeda@canada.ca
Renee Robinson	Client Service Office, ESDC	English		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2 hour Indigenous Awareness session. Experiences within residential schools. Article 57 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Executive Summary on the education of public service employees.	renee.robinson@pptc.gc.ca
Gaylene Higgs	Team Leader Service Canada	English	Toronto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Employee Management, The Pride Network, Positive Space	gaylene.higgs@servicecanada.gc.ca
Barb Yorke	Training and Learning Coordinator, CRA PEI TC/TSO	English	Summerside PE	Yes	Yes	Not ideal	Yes	Insights Discovery Practitioner; MS Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook); Soft Skills; facilitation, and more.	barb.yorke@cra-arc.gc.ca
Alexandre Enkerli	Ethnographer, Consultation Research Analyst, Privy Council Office	Bilingual	NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ethnography, public engagement, dialogue facilitation, cultural awareness, participatory-action research, qualitative research, adult learning, learning analytics, educational technology, data literacy, open innovation, technological appropriation.	alex@ethnographer.ca
Melissa Chow	Enterprise Architecture, Shared Services Canada	English	Toronto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Women In STEM, Enterprise Architecture, Career Development, Regional Engagement, Diversity, Presentation skills, Sharepoint, Coaching	melissa.chow@canada.ca
Nickolas Vaessen	IT Market Research Analyst, Shared Services Canada	English	Virtual, Full-Time Teleworker	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	IT Research, How to Efficiently Telework/Work Remotely, Regional Engagement, Young Professional Coaching, Briefing for Senior Management, Social Media Monitoring, Benefits Realization, and Security.	nickolas.vaessen@canada.ca njvaessen@gmail.com
John Bain (BIO)	Enterprise Architecture, Shared Services Canada	English	NCR,Virtual, Full-Time Teleworker	Within NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Enterprise Architecture, Desktop Engineering, Technical Stuff, Career Development, Data processing, Social Engineering.	John.Bain@canada.ca
Aalya Dhanani Essa	Community Broker, Policy Professional	English	NCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	What is a Community Broker? Networking/Career Development & Value of Networks (e.g. YPN), Working in a Multidisciplinary Team, Coaching, OneTeamGov, GBA+, Mentoring / Coaching	aalya.dhananiessa@tc.gc.ca
Helen Daniels	Free Agent, Learning and Leadership Development	English avec du Français	NCR, remote	yes	yes	yes	yes	Career development, coaching, generative listening, learning, facilitation.	helen.daniels@canada.ca