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=== Manon Brassard ===
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== Engaging an Audience Through Storytelling (English) ==
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=== Yael Berger ===
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|Yael is working at the intersection of digital government policy and strategic communications for Employment and Social Development Canada, to better serve Canadians through new digital channels. She was recently a senior member of the Canadian Digital Service’s outreach team, helping create impact through stories of putting people at the heart of digital services. Prior to joining the Government of Canada, Yael enjoyed a decade-long career as a political journalist in Ottawa and Toronto, producing national podcasts, creating multimedia social media campaigns, and breaking news in print and radio. She spends most of her free time with her senior rescue dog, Bella, or with her head in a good cookbook.
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=== Elissa Dodd ===
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|Elissa began her public service career at the CRA in 2009. She was the Ontario Region Chair for the CRA-YPN from 2016-2018 and Co-Chair of the Future Leaders of Ontario from 2018-2019. She received a CRA Award of Excellence in the category of Future Leader for 2018. In 2019 she became one of Canada’s Free Agents. She is currently on assignment implementing Character Leadership at the CRA where she and her team received a Michelle C Comeau HR Leadership award from the HR Council in 2020. Her favourite job title is mom.
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=== Justin Mathews ===
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|Justin is currently a Senior Analyst with the Digital Communications Coordination Unit at the Privy Council Office (PCO) supporting the Government of Canada's COVID19 Response. Most recently, Justin served as the Digital Communications Lead for the Public Service Renewal Secretariat at PCO in support of the Beyond2020 renewal agenda. Prior to this, Justin worked at Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada on Operation Syrian Refugees and later, leading a pilot project on student recruitment.
A passionate storyteller and clear-writing evangelist, Justin is eager to connect with anyone on building a better Canada, now and into the future. A proud Indo-Canadian, failed comedian, and unapologetic Drake fan, self-authored third-person biographies make him cringe (a little). You can connect with him on all social media: @justmath19
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== Engaging an Audience Through Storytelling (French) ==
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=== John Medcof ===
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|My name is John Medcof and I work in the Transferable Skills team at the Canada School of Public Service. Our team curates, designs and delivers learning for federal public servants to help them develop portable skills and mindsets that are relevant inside, outside and across government. This includes learning related to Business Acumen, Leadership, and Enabling Skills, to help build a public service that is kinetic, connected and collaborative. Before joining the School in 2018, I worked at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Infrastructure Canada, and Transport Canada, in addition to spending twelve years in the private sector.
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=== Paul Keller ===
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=== Pascale Elvas ===
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|Pascale Elvas is currently serving as Executive Director of Strategic Policy in the Priorities and Planning Sector at the Treasury Board Secretariat. Pascale is passionate about the human aspect of public policy. She joined Priorities and Planning in January 2017, where she led government-wide efforts to make services more inclusive for people of all genders. In March, Pascale deployed to Canada’s COVID-19 Taskforce where she built and launched a new email notification service to provide people with trusted and authoritative information about COVID-19. Pascale was a founder and Senior Director at the Canadian Digital Service. She is an affiliate with Public Digital, a global consulting firm that prioritizes user needs to create better services. Before that, Pascale was the Director of the Blueprint 2020 National Secretariat at the Privy Council Office. Pascale was a founding member of Shared Services Canada, where she worked in the President’s office for three years. As a volunteer, Pascale served as Youth Co-Chair of the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign and co-founded ProjectBe which has raised over $1M to date for youth causes. Pascale is the recipient of a Public Service Award of Excellence and a leadership award from the Secretary of the Treasury Board.
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== Intentional Communication in a Virtual World (bilingual) ==
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=== Simon Gascon ===
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=== Heather Hamilton ===
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|Heather Hamilton has over 30 years of public service experience at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. She began her career as a clerk with the City of Edmonton, and moved to the Government of Canada as a receptionist in 1991. She worked through progressively more responsible roles across the country, and was appointed as an executive in 2004. Heather served in executive roles with Human Resources and Social Development Canada, and Environment Canada. She left the Government of Canada in 2013 to serve as head of communications for Edmonton Regional Airports Authority, and then served as Assistant Deputy Minister of Communications for the Government of Alberta. Heather returned to the Government of Canada in 2018 as Regional Director General of the Prairies Region with the Parole Board of Canada.
Heather holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Carleton University, and a Master of Arts in Communications and Technology from the University of Alberta. She has a particular interest in diversity issues and communications law, and is a passionate advocate of continuous learning and public service values and ethics.
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=== Annie Therriault ===
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|Annie is a dynamic, high-energy visionary who likes to do things differently. Her collaborative approach, with a focus on client excellence and social involvement, earned her a solid reputation as an authentic leader. She pursued a career in management so she could have a greater impact on improving well-being in the workplace, determined to make a difference and coach the people around her to become the best they can be. She transitioned to a full-time Faculty role in April 2020, and returned to her original passion for teaching and facilitation.
Starting out as a high school teacher of French as a first language in her hometown of Sherbrooke, Québec, Annie became a lecturer in the Education Faculty at Université de Sherbrooke. After moving to the National Capital Region (NCR) in 1998, she took a position with the Public Service Commission as Language Assessor and then joined the Management Trainee Program (MTP) in 2002. She left the NCR for a regional assignment to hone her skills in financial management and supervision with Canadian Heritage in New Brunswick. Charmed by the beaches and the ocean, she decided to move permanently to Moncton, where she was able to work on the beginnings of the Canada School of Public Service Atlantic in 2004.
She designed, created and worked in the role of Regional Learning Advisor, developing a culture of Service Excellence in the Atlantic Region. She took on the role of Regional Manager of professional development programs and was in that job for seven years. Annie has been the Regional Director of the Atlantic Region and the Centre of Excellence in Language Training from 2012 to 2017. In September 2017, she got appointed as Director of Regional Delivery and became responsible for the 12 Canada School regional offices and the delivery of courses and events across the country to a client-base of 150 000 public servants. Annie has more than 18 years of experience in supervising employees and she managed virtual teams since 2003.
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