|In 2022, Lisa Smylie joined Indigenous Services Canada and Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada as Assistant Deputy Minister of Communications and Public Affairs and in November 2024, took on the role of Assistant Deputy Minister of Strategic Policy and Partnerships. Between 2017 and 2022, she contributed to the work of the federal government in advancing gender equality in Canada in several roles held at Women and Gender Equality Canada, including Director of Research and Evaluation; Director General of Communications and Public Affairs; Director General of Research, Results and Delivery; and acting Assistant Deputy Minister of Departmental Programs and Operations. | |In 2022, Lisa Smylie joined Indigenous Services Canada and Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada as Assistant Deputy Minister of Communications and Public Affairs and in November 2024, took on the role of Assistant Deputy Minister of Strategic Policy and Partnerships. Between 2017 and 2022, she contributed to the work of the federal government in advancing gender equality in Canada in several roles held at Women and Gender Equality Canada, including Director of Research and Evaluation; Director General of Communications and Public Affairs; Director General of Research, Results and Delivery; and acting Assistant Deputy Minister of Departmental Programs and Operations. |