Event Program - February 3rd and 4th, 2021 | 12:30 AM – 4:30 PM (ET)
Join the event to learn from a wide variety of speakers on a number of topics including how to amplify historically marginalized voices in the policy process, implement short-term policy actions that have longer-term objectives, and connect evidence together to support the conception of policies to their implementation.
Simultaneous interpretation available for all sessions
Day One
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 - Simultaneous interpretation available for all sessions
Overview: Hear about what some of the top leaders and experts are doing in their organizations to adjust to the new work environment, including what the public service can learn from them; as well as how we adjust for the future of work to meet existing and new demands.
Land Acknowledgment and Welcome (12:30 PM - 12:35 PM)
Catherine Charbonneau - Master of Ceremonies and Policy Community Director
Policy Community Initiative (12:35 PM - 12:45 PM)
Rachel Wernick - Senior ADM, Skills and Employment Branch at Employment and Social Development Canada
Neil Bouwer - Vice-President of the Canada School of Public Service
Opening Remarks (12:45 PM - 12:55 PM)
Speaker TBC
Leadership to Stewardship - My Journey (12:55 PM - 1:20 PM)
Kristen Morley - Olympic Athlete. Immerse in the lived experience of an Olympic trans-athlete who transformed institutional thinking from within. Learn about the pivot role of the Olympic Movement and lessons learned. Diversity and the power of design to reimagine communities, cities and transforming individual lives beyond the field of play.
Q&A (1:20 PM - 1:40 PM)
Break (1:40 PM - 2:00 PM)
Welcome Back (2:00 PM - 2:10 PM)
Catherine Charbonneau - Master of Ceremonies and Policy Community Director
Inclusive Policy in Grey Zone Change (2:10 PM - 2:30 PM)
Dr. Yabome Gilpin Jackson - Title of the keynote speaker. Learn to lead in Grey Zone of Change - a space between the current state and the emerging future that is undefined and unknowable. Learn how to understanding its dynamics can support inclusive policy-making.
Q&A (2:30 PM - 2:55 PM)
Break (2:55 PM - 3:15 PM)
Provocations & Revelations (3:15 PM - 4:10 PM)
Panel 1 (Breakout Room A)
Panel 2 (Breakout Room B)
Co-Developing Policy Paradigms
The State of Policy Capacity
Title of the keynote speaker. Learn to lead in Grey Zone of Change - a space between the current state and the emerging future that is undefined and unknowable. Learn how to understanding its dynamics can support inclusive policy-making.
Dr. Rachel Zellars - Nationally recognized expert in critical implicit bias.
Bonnie Brayton - From DAWN with a feminist perspective to co-development with persons with disabilities.
Angela Bains - An expert from OCAD University on leading social change working with radicalized groups.
Yves-Marie Abraham
Jean Teillet - A nationally recognized lawyer providing perspective on access to justice, Indigenous rights, identity and history of the Métis and self-governance.
Title of the keynote speaker. Learn to lead in Grey Zone of Change - a space between the current state and the emerging future that is undefined and unknowable. Learn how to understanding its dynamics can support inclusive policy-making.
Rachel Wernick
Shiobhan Harty
Gail Mitchell
Q&A (4:10 PM - 4:30 PM)
Closing (4:30 PM - 4:35 PM)
Day Two
Friday, February 4th, 2022 - Simultaneous interpretation available for all sessions
Overview: Hear about what some of the top leaders and experts are doing in their organizations to adjust to the new work environment, including what the public service can learn from them; as well as how we adjust for the future of work to meet existing and new demands.
Land Acknowledgment and Welcome (12:30 PM - 12:40 PM)
Catherine Charbonneau - Master of Ceremonies and Policy Community Director
Policy Community Initiative (12:35 PM - 12:45 PM)
Rachel Wernick - Senior ADM, Skills and Employment Branch at Employment and Social Development Canada
Neil Bouwer - Vice-President of the Canada School of Public Service
