Federal Youth Network/Career Boot Camp/Speakers2022

DAY 1: JANUARY 18, 2022

DEMYSTIFYING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE GC HIRING PROCESS (Bilingual)


Name	Biography
Lynne Lariviere

STAND-OUT RESUME FORMATS AND TECHNIQUES (English)


Name	Biography
Alexandria Sacca
Ericka Stephens Rennie

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

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.

APPLYING TIKTOK PRINCIPLES TO INTERVIEW STORYTELLING (English)


Name	Biography
Sidra Mahmood	As a Design Lead currently working within Benefits Modernization at ESDC, Sidra is committed to using data and empathy- driven design practices as well as policy analysis to improve the usability of critical government services. Their goal is to simplify digital processes to create meaningful civic tech participation particularly for communities experiencing marginalization. Prior to this role, they were a recipient of the 2020 Code for Canada Fellowship, and before that, a proud core member of the City of Toronto’s Open Data team. Sidra has lived all over the world but now calls Toronto home. They are an avid hackathon participant and frequent speaker at UX, open source, and civic tech conferences. In their spare time, they enjoy DJing, camping, and are the proud parent of two retired racing greyhounds.

DAY 3: January 25, 2022

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


Name	Biography
Caleigh Miller

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."

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

DAY 4: January 26, 2022

NURTURING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM (English)


Name	Biography

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

DAY 5: January 28, 2022

CBC POWER PANEL: ASK US ANYTHING (bilingual)


Name	Biography