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<p class="jobtitle">Director, Science Data Solutions, Science Program, Shared Services Canada </p>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Science Data Solutions, Science Program, Shared Services Canada </p>
<p>Wendy Chee is the Director of Science Data Solutions for the Science Program within Shared Services Canada. In her current role, she has spearheaded the data component of the Science Program, showcasing her commitment to driving innovation at the intersection of technology and government initiatives. With a profound dedication to client service, data excellence, and fostering relationships, she has left an indelible mark on central agencies and line departments. She strives to accelerate enterprise data solutions and strengthen interdepartmental relationships through innovation and collaboration. </p>
<p>Wendy Chee is the Director of Science Data Solutions for the Science Program within Shared Services Canada. In her current role, she has spearheaded the data component of the Science Program, showcasing her commitment to driving innovation at the intersection of technology and government initiatives. With a profound dedication to client service, data excellence, and fostering relationships, she has left an indelible mark on central agencies and line departments. She strives to accelerate enterprise data solutions and strengthen interdepartmental relationships through innovation and collaboration. </p>
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<h3>Erin Corston</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director and Executive Lead, National Data Champion Team, First Nations Information Governance Centre</p>
<p>Born and raised in Treaty 9 Territory, Erin Corston is a member the Chapleau Cree First Nation and an elected Treaty Land Entitlement Trustee with the community. Following more than a decade in the public service, Erin shifted her professional career to Indigenous issues, focusing on key determinants of health such as housing, water, infrastructure, and environment.</p>
<p>Her current work with FNIGC is focused on advancing data sovereignty, primarily through the implementation of a national First Nations Data Governance Strategy. Erin believes strongly in First Nations’ ability to harness the power of their data to create sustainable change at the local level, where it matters most.</p>
<p>Erin volunteers her time as a Board Director with the Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation, lending her 20+ year experience working with First Nations nationally in policy and program development.</p>
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<h3>Lynette DuJohn</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Vice President of Innovation and Chief Information Officer, Vancouver Airport Authority</p>
<p>Lynette DuJohn is the Vice President of Innovation and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR), one of the world’s leading airports, where she is at the forefront of the digital transformation of the global aviation industry.</p>
<p>Lynette leads YVR’s Digital Twin Platform, a globally recognized application for the aviation industry that optimizes passenger flow, facilities maintenance and planning by leveraging an airport’s vast data sets through 2D and 3D visualizations. Also under her leadership, YVR has established the Innovation Hub at YVR, a platform dedicated to testing and trialing sustainable technologies in collaboration with the community and for the benefit of employees, passengers, and the region.</p>
<p>With a deep understanding of the opportunities presented by emerging technologies and advanced analytics while balancing cyber security risks, Lynette has a track record of successfully leading large-scale digital initiatives such as biometric screening and automated border control. As a licensed Professional Civil Engineer, she is uniquely qualified to solve problems at the nexus of the physical and digital worlds.</p>
<p>Lynette sits on the board of BC Hydro, a leading Canadian hydro power authority focused on electrification, renewable energy, and reconciliation with indigenous peoples. YVR is located on the traditional and unceded territory of Musqueam. In her role, Lynette is dedicated to advancing YVR and Musqueam’s Sustainability and Friendship Agreement to achieve a mutually beneficial future for their shared community.</p>
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<h3>Gonzague Guéranger</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Special Advisor and Implementation Lead, First Nations Data Governance Strategy, First Nations Information Governance Centre</p>
<p>Born in France, Gonzague moved to Canada in 1988 after obtaining a Master’s degree in Management Sciences from the University of Lille (Hauts-de-France). The following year, he obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa. Over the past 32 years, Gonzague has worked in a wide variety of environments, including at the Bank of Canada, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Indigenous Services Canada, the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, the Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Québec and, in the private sector, at Hewlett Packard.</p>
<p>As a senior executive, he contributed directly to the development and implementation of several major transformations at the federal and provincial levels. At Indigenous Services Canada, he headed the strategic research sector and, in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations, piloted the design of a reciprocal accountability framework to support the establishment of new fiscal relationships.</p>
<p>Since 2020, Gonzague has worked for the First Nations Information Governance Centre, developing and implementing a First Nations-led data governance strategy at the national and regional levels.</p>
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<h3>Rowena Orok</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director General, Economic Analysis Statistics and Data Governance, Strategic Policy Sector, Fisheries and Oceans Canada</p>
<p>Ms. Orok holds a Master of Economics degree from Lakehead University specializing in Econometrics. She has worked in the public service for almost 27 years. Data has always a constant throughout her entire career, from her early days as a survey data analyst at Statistics Canada until today in her role as Director General of Economic Analysis, Statistics and Data Governance. </p>
<p>Ms. Orok spent most of her career at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. She joined DFO in 2005 as Chief of National Fisheries Statistics and since 2008 she has taken on diverse director, leading both operational program and strategic policy areas in DFO including: Director of Economic Analysis, Research and Statistics; Director of Integrated Strategic Planning in the Canadian Hydrographic Service and Director of Fish Population Science. She was appointed to the Director General, Economic Analysis, Statistics and Data Governance position in 2023. At the same time, she also took in the role as the Department’s Chief Data Steward where she currently leads the implementation of the departmental data strategy and advancement of key areas around data quality.</p>
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<p>Mr. Burt has an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Ottawa, as well as a Master’s in Public Administration from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. </p>
<p>Mr. Burt has an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Ottawa, as well as a Master’s in Public Administration from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. </p>
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<h3>Tereza Cundy</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Public Sector Experimentation, Canada School of Public Service</p>
<p>Tereza—better known as Terri—is the Director of Public Sector Experimentation at the Canada School of Public Service. In her current role, Terri’s aim is to create the conditions for more widespread innovation across the public service. Her team is actively experimenting with Artificial Intelligence, natural language processing, and other technologies and approaches to address horizontal issues in key functional areas (regulatory, ATIP, HR) and help modernize the Government. Efforts are supported by a three-point framework: learning-by-doing projects (experimentation), community building (meet ups and learning events), and learning resources (sharing tools, new initiatives, and lessons learned).</p>
<p>During her time at the School, Terri and her team have run over 15 events focused on innovating in the public service, built over 10 prototypes to help do business better, and brought together practitioners from over 30 departments to share innovative projects and practices.</p>
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<p class="jobtitle">Director of Indigenous Strategy, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Director of Indigenous Strategy, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada</p>
<p>Dr. Karine Duhamel (she/her) is an Anishinaabe-Métis historian and an off-reserve member of Red Rock Indian Band in northwestern Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education, as well as a Masters degree and Ph.D. in history. She has extensive expertise and experience in dialogue-based approaches to research and engagement, including in her role as Director of Research for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) from 2018 to the end of its mandate in 2019 and as Chair of the National Action Plan Data Sub-Working Group from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, she was awarded the Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue Award through the Simon J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. In 2022, she joined the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada as Director of Indigenous Strategy, working to implement the Strengthening Indigenous Research Capacity initiative to better support Indigenous research and research training in Canada. In addition to her role as a public servant, she is an official Speaker for the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, an Indigenous fellow at Simon Fraser University, and a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba. </p>
<p>Dr. Karine Duhamel (she/her) is an Anishinaabe-Métis historian and an off-reserve member of Red Rock Indian Band in northwestern Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education, as well as a Masters degree and Ph.D. in history. She has extensive expertise and experience in dialogue-based approaches to research and engagement, including in her role as Director of Research for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) from 2018 to the end of its mandate in 2019 and as Chair of the National Action Plan Data Sub-Working Group from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, she was awarded the Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue Award through the Simon J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. In 2022, she joined the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada as Director of Indigenous Strategy, working to implement the Strengthening Indigenous Research Capacity initiative to better support Indigenous research and research training in Canada. In addition to her role as a public servant, she is an official Speaker for the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, an Indigenous fellow at Simon Fraser University, and a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba. </p>
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<h3>Geneviève Jourdain</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Data Access Division, Statistics Canada</p>
<p>Geneviève has more than 20 years of experience in management in the private and public sector. She joined Statistics Canada in 2006 and worked for 10 years in the Health Statistics Division. She moved to the Data Access Division in 2007 and became the director in 2020.</p>
<p>Genevieve holds a Bachelor in Kinesiology from Université Laval and a Master in Project Management from Université du Québec en Outaouais. She specialized in change management and transformational leadership.</p>
<p>Promoted at the executive level at the beginning of the COVID-2019 pandemic, Geneviève leveraged her authentic leadership style to guide her team through this turmoil while innovating to ensure timely access to Statistics Canada data.</p>
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