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==== <big>Dylan Jenkins (they/he - lel/il/lui), Senior Executive Advisor, Economic Development Policy and Engagement, Indigenous Services Canada</big> ====

==== <big>Dylan Jenkins (they/he - lel/il/lui), Senior Executive Advisor, Economic Development Policy and Engagement, Indigenous Services Canada</big> ====

<big>Katherine Ip (she/her - elle/la) began her career in the public service as a casual employee for the Canada Revenue Agency in 1998 while also studying at the University of Winnipeg, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology. In 2005, she accepted a full-time position in an English-French bilingual work environment with the Translation Bureau as part of the operations support staff and has since become the Administrative Services Coordinator for the Translation Bureau’s Social and Political Sciences and Law Directorate. In June 2023, Katherine became the interim Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee champion and was appointed to the position officially in October 2023.</big>

Dylan Jenkins began his journey as a dedicated federal public servant 23 years ago and is currently serving as a Senior Executive Advisor in Economic Development Policy and Engagement at Indigenous Services Canada. Throughout Dylan’s enduring and distinguished career, he has worked in the areas of Indigenous governance and administration, economic development, community housing, and infrastructure, education, social development and partnerships and Indigenous Cultural Competency training and development.

 

Dylan recently served in the role of Associate Ombuds at Indigenous Services Canada and also served as a faculty member at Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario as a Professor of Indigenous Public Administration and Governance.

<big>Katherine is a cis-gender, late-diagnosed neurodivergent, able-bodied queer woman happily married to her nonbinary genderqueer spouse and, together, share their lives with four rescue dogs, including one who is Deaf and another who is blind. She is also a visible minority whose parents are first-generation immigrants to Canada from Hong Kong and the Philippines. Her name in Cantonese is Yip Bik Wa and she was given a sign name in American Sign Language (ASL) by her friends in the Deaf community in Winnipeg. Katherine speaks Cantonese, is fluent in both official languages, learned some Japanese while teaching English for a year in Japan, and is currently learning ASL virtually from Deaf instructors across North America.</big>

Born and raised in North Bay Ontario, Dylan’s ancestral lands include Treaty 1, 3, and 5, and is matrilineally connected to York Landing First Nation in northern Manitoba.

 

Over the past 30 years, Dylan has been mentored by Wisdom Keepers and Spiritual Advisors from the Omushkego, Anishinaabe, Algonquin, Haudenosaunee, Tuscarora and Métis Nations, and as a sanctioned Two-Spirit Knowledge Keeper, and Storyteller, Dylan lives by and shares teachings imparted by his Elders, Teachers, and Guides.

<big>Katherine’s interests as a portrait artist, member of a Japanese drumming (taiko) group, Certified Family Dog Mediator, and rock climber of over 20 years, along with the many layers of her identity, allow her to face challenges and find solutions with creativity, compassion, and always through an intersectional lens.<br>

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