Federal Youth Network/Career Boot Camp/Speakers2022

French / français

DAY 1: JANUARY 18, 2022

DEMYSTIFYING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE GC HIRING PROCESS // DEMYSTIFIER LES ELEMENTS DE BASE DES PROCESSUS D'EMBAUCE AU GC (Bilingual)

Name	Biography
Lynne Lariviere

STAND-OUT RESUME FORMATS AND TECHNIQUES (English)

Name	Biography
Alexandria Sacca
Ericka Stephens Rennie

STAND-OUT RESUME FORMATS AND TECHNIQUES (Français)

Name	Biography
Natalie Crandall

DAY 2: JANUARY 19, 2022

WHEN DEMONSTRATING YOUR EXPERIENCE, K.I.S.S. (KEEP IT SIMPLE S'IL-VOUS-PLAIT) (English)

Name	Biography
Holly Palen
Lily Spek	Lily Spek has been a Free Agent for 5 years, and is currently the Recruitment Lead for Canada’s Free Agents as her 8th assignment. She has completed Free Agent assignments at the Heritage Canada, Federal Youth Network, Indigenous Services Canada, Canada’s Free Agents,  Immigration Citizenship and Refugees Canada, and the Privy Council Office. She completed her Masters of Public Administration at Queen’s University, as well as a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University. Lily helps facilitate weekly OneTeamGov virtual sessions on Mondays and Fridays; open to anyone interested in public sector reform, or looking for connection while we work from home.

WHEN DEMONSTRATING YOUR EXPERIENCE, K.I.S.S. (KEEP IT SIMPLE S'IL-VOUS-PLAIT) (Français)

Name	Biography

STRATEGICALLY BUILDING YOUR CAREER IN THE GC (Bilingual)

Name	Biography
Isabelle Racine
Natasha Cote-Khan	Natasha is a regional Free Agent located in London Ontario where she has been working from home since March 2019. Natasha is currently on assignment at Transport Canada where she is a Senior Communications Advisor. Her areas of focus are UX and HCD design, Future of Work, Communications, Program Management and Events. Working off the “side of her desk” with FlexGC since their launch in February 2020, Natasha has had the opportunity to liaise with multiple stakeholders and colleagues across the Government of Canada to support and share new tips and ideas of working from home. With 6 children at home during the multiple pandemic lock downs, Natasha has been a passionate advocate for almost 3 years sharing her insights and teachings on how to manage working from home while maintaining good team culture and cohesion at work, and sharing how she balances her work expectations and her family.
Ali Khan

APPLYING TIKTOK PRINCIPLES TO INTERVIEW STORYTELLING (English)

Name	Biography
Sidra Mahmood	Sidra is a civic tech designer, and a proud new member of the federal public service. With nearly a decade's worth of experience developing user-centred products and digital applications for government, healthcare and academic institutions, they lean heavily on lived experience, quantitative research techniques merged with intersectional analysis to design and code meaningful user experiences. Prior to being a Design Lead at Employment and Social Development Canada, Sidra was a recipient of the 2020 Code for Canada Fellowship and worked on delivering innovative digital policy analysis tools to the federal government. They started their civic tech career as a core member of the team that delivered the Open Data Master Plan to Toronto's City Council in 2018. Sidra's writings on user experience design and research in government have appeared in publications like UXDesign.cc, and they frequently give talks on gov tech and inclusion at events like Civic Tech for Good, FWD50, the UXR Conference, QueerJS, and more. Find them rambling about civic tech, social policy and dogs on their mostly-satirical Twitter @sidramatik

APPLYING TIKTOK PRINCIPLES TO INTERVIEW STORYTELLING (Français)

Name	Biography

DAY 3: January 25, 2022

NOT DONE YET...EQUIP YOURSELF FOR BEYOND THE PROCESS (English)

Name	Biography
Caleigh Miller

NOT DONE YET...EQUIP YOURSELF FOR BEYOND THE PROCESS (Français)

Name	Biography

INFLUENCING YOUR REPUTATION (English)

Name	Biography
Maame De-Heer	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."

INFLUENCING YOUR REPUTATION (Français)

Name	Biography
Jessica Zéroual

WEIGHING VARIABLES OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS (English)

Name	Biography
Steph Percival (she/her/elle)	After nearly 5 years as one of Canada's Free Agents, Steph Percival recently joined the Canada Revenue Agency's Research and Innovation Lab as a Senior Analyst. Steph has been fortunate to experience the public service through a variety of career opportunities in her 13 years as a public servant: in policy, communications, human resources, innovation, learning, client service and more. Reflecting on these experiences has helped her understand what she needs to thrive in her work. For her, she's happiest in roles where she can be creative, have autonomy, contribute to a bigger picture, and empower other public servants. Steph remains an active part of the public service community while she's on maternity leave with her second baby boy.
Aretha Constant

WEIGHING VARIABLES OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS (Français)

Name	Biography

DAY 4: January 26, 2022

NURTURING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM (English)

Name	Biography
Frank Assu	Frank joined the ECCC’s Innovation and Youth Engagement Division (IYED) in May 2021 as a Senior Policy Analyst.  Since May 2018 Frank has worked remotely full time from Comox, BC on Vancouver Island. This is when he joined the Free Agent program after four years as a Border Officer with CBSA.  For the past three years Frank has worked for Service Canada, Canada School of Public Service, Public Service and Procurement Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada. Primarily on remote work files, future of work files, or as a Senior Advisory/Analyst. Frank is very supportive and always involved with projects. He is a co-manager/chair of two volunteer networks (GovernexxVI and BCFC Sustainable Development Network) and champion of Remote Work in the public service.  Frank has 4 kids (3 are adults) and a 7 year old granddaughter. He holds a Bachelor of Education degree with minors in Canadian History and First Nation Studies.

NURTURING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM (Français)

Name	Biography
Ève Grébert	Ève is a policy analyst with the Open Government team at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).  She joined TBS from Shared Services Canada (SSC), where she worked on women in science, technology, engineering, and math files and co-chaired SSC’s Young Professionals Network, Agora.  She is passionate about connecting people and fostering open and inclusive spaces to develop sustainable and innovative ideas.  When she’s not thinking of ways to engage the open government community across Canada, she’s working with the Federal Youth Network to expand diversity initiatives like the Panel Pledge, or dreaming up ways to improve onboarding in the public service. When Ève isn’t at her desk, you can find her running along the canal training for her first half-marathon. Connect with her on Twitter or LinkedIn.

STRATEGICALLY BUILDING YOUR LEARNING PLAN TO CONNECT TO NEEDS (English)

Name	Biography
Helen Daniels (she/her/elle)	Helen joined the GC in 2010 after 20 years working in non-profit, education, and private sectors. The transition was HARD. Since then she’s held 7 roles in 5 different departments (including 3 years with Canada’s Free Agents as a Talent Manager and Free Agent) and has now happily landed at CRA where she’s helping with the digital transformation of HR. She’s a learning nerd, coach, and evangelist for employee experience and effective talent management, she’s also a part-time instructor for Positive Spaces. Her personal experiences with mobility across the GC coupled with lessons learned from trying to modernize HR have taught her a lot about how to navigate a government career. Helen loves helping people find their flow state at work. Tweet at her via @freethetalent
Elissa Dodd	Elissa Dodd began her career in the public service in 2009. She was the Ontario Region Chair for the CRA-YPN from 2016-2018. In 2018, she was awarded a CRA Award of Excellence in the category of Future Leader. She also fulfilled the role of Co-Chair of the Future Leaders of Ontario from 2018-2019. In 2019, Elissa was accepted as one of the Canada’s Free Agents and took on an assignment with the CRA to assist with the implementation of Character Leadership. The Character Leadership team was awarded the Michelle C. Comeau Human Resources Leadership Award in the Team category for 2019. She is passionate about employee engagement and leadership excellence.

STRATEGICALLY BUILDING YOUR LEARNING PLAN TO CONNECT TO NEEDS (Français)

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DAY 5: January 28, 2022

CBC POWER PANEL: ASK US ANYTHING (bilingual)

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