Policy Community Conference 2023: Agenda

Event Program

November 23-24 | 10:30 am – 4:00 pm (ET)

Join this event to learn from a wide variety of speakers on a number of topics including how to amplify historically marginalized voices in the policy process, implement short-term policy actions that have longer-term objectives, and connect evidence together to support the development of policies from conception to implementation.

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Thursday, February 3rd - Day One

Simultaneous interpretation available for all sessions

12:30 pm - 12:35 pm
	Land Acknowledgment and Welcome
	Master of Ceremonies: Catherine Charbonneau - Director, Policy Community Partnership Office, Employment and Social Development Canada

12:35 pm - 12:45 pm
	Policy Community Initiative
	Co-champions: Rachel Wernick - Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch, Employment and Social Development Canada Neil Bouwer - Vice-President, Innovation and Skills Development, Canada School of Public Service

12:45 pm - 12:55 pm
	Opening Remarks
	Janice Charette - Interim Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet

12:55 pm - 1:20 pm
	From Leadership to Stewardship : My Journey
	Kristen Worley - Designer, Author and Professional Speaker Immerse yourself in the lived experience of an Olympic athlete who transformed institutional thinking from within. Kristen speaks to her pivotal role and lessons learned in this Olympic movement. Learn about the power of diversity and the power of design to reimagine communities and cities and transforming individual lives beyond the field of play.

1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
	Question and Answer Period

1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
	Break

2:00 pm - 2:05pm
	Welcome Back
	Master of Ceremonies: Catherine Charbonneau - Director, Policy Community Partnership Office, Employment and Social Development Canada

2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
	Inclusive Policy in Grey Zone Change
	Yabome Gilpin Jackson Ph.D. - Author, Vice-President, People, Equity and Inclusion, Simon Fraser University Learn to lead in Grey Zone of Change - a space between the current state and the emerging future that is undefined and unknowable. Find out how understanding its dynamics can support inclusive policy-making.

2:30 pm - 2:55 pm
	Question and Answer Period

2:55 pm - 3:10 pm
	Break

3:10 pm - 4:00 pm
Breakout One
	ADM Panel on The State of Policy Capacity Executive perspectives on the evolution of policymaking for inclusive policy development and implementation in the public service.
	Panelists: Rachel Wernick - Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada Siobhan Harty - Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Privy Council Office Gail Mitchell - Assistant Deputy Minister, Department for Women and Gender Equality Canada Mark Schaan - Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada André Loranger - Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada
Breakout Two
	Co-Developing Policy Paradigms Approaches to shape new models to transform deep-rooted norms leveraging evidence and co-developing action with historically marginalized groups.
	Panelists: Bonnie Brayton - National Executive Director, DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN) Canada Angela Bains - Graduate Program Director, Assistant Professor, OCAD University, Strategic Director, TransformExp Yves-Marie Abraham - Author and Associate Professor, Department of Management, HEC Montréal Jean Teillet - Author and Senior Counsel at Pape, Salter Teillet LLP, specializing in Indigenous right law Moderator: Peter Flegel - Executive Director of the Government of Canada's Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat

4:05 pm - 4:25 pm
	Question and Answer Period

4:25 pm - 4:35 pm
	Closing

Friday, February 4th - Day Two

Simultaneous interpretation available for all sessions

12:30 pm - 12:40 pm
	Land Acknowledgment and Welcome
	Master of Ceremonies: Catherine Charbonneau - Director, Policy Community Partnership Office, Employment and Social Development Canada

12:40 pm - 1:05 pm
	Common Goals for a Sustainable Social Economy
	Béatrice Alain - Executive Director of Chantier de l'économie sociale Strategies to facilitate dialogue between actors from different sectors towards common goals to support the emergence of a more democratic economic model and facilitate a just ecological transition.

1:05 pm - 1:30 pm
	Question and Answer Period

1:30 pm - 1:55 pm
	Deep Dive into the Long Time Project Toolkit
	Ella Saltmarshe - Writer and Co-founder of The Long Time Project Plunge into an approach co-developed with policy practitioners to balancing short-term and long-term objectives for equitable futures for generations to come.

1:55 pm - 2:20 pm
	Question and Answer Period

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
	Break

2:40 pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout One
	Connecting Insights: Think Tanks and Inclusive Policy Design Build an understanding inside research organizations while exploring the intersection of policy development and think tank world, and how it is evolving.
	Panelists: Garima Talwar Kapoor - Director, Policy and Research, Maytree Foundation Hayden King - Executive Director, Yellowhead Institute Sean Mullin - Executive Director, Brookfield Institute Moderator: Jennifer Ditchburn - President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Research on Public Policy
Breakout Two
	Regulatory Agility and Experimentation: Case Studies and Real World Applications
	Alex Ryan Ph.D. - Author and Senior Vice-President, Partners Solutions, MaRS District Discovery Case studies showing lessons and insights on the implementation of agile regulation and outcomes-based financing, learning to innovate through procurement and co-design partnerships, and strategies for managing the divergent perspectives and risks of experimentation.

3:30 pm - 3:55 pm
	Question and Answer Period

3:55 pm - 4:05 pm
	Closing
	Co-champions: Rachel Wernick - Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada Neil Bouwer - Vice-President, Innovation and Skills Development, Canada School of Public Service