OUR SPEAKERS
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The Right Honourable David Johnston, C.C.
Governor General of Canada, 2010-2017
Chair of the Rideau Hall Foundation
Janice Charette
Interim Clerk of the Privy Council,
Government of Canada
Plenary
Toby Fyfe
President and CEO,
Institute on Governance
Peter Loewen
Associate Director, Global Engagement, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Sunil Johal
Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Employment and
Social Development Canada
Cheryl Hansen
Chief Operating Officer, Clerk of the Executive Council and Head of the Public Service, New Brunswick
David McLaughlin
Clerk of Executive Council, is the Deputy Minister to the Premier, Secretary of Cabinet and Head of Manitoba’s Public Service
Georgina Black
Canadian Managing Partner, Government & Public Services, Deloitte Canada
Mary W. Rowe
President and CEO,
Canadian Urban Institute
Alana Robert
Associate, Litigation Group, McCarthy Tetrault and 2020 Indspire Métis Youth Laureate
Anna Fontaine
Visiting Executive, Workplace Wellbeing and Engagement Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion, Canadian Heritage
Laura Lee Langley
Clerk of the Executive Council,
Government of Nova Scotia
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Alicia Aragutak
Executive Director, Regional Recovery Center and 2020 Indspire Inuit Youth Award laureate
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Gina Wilson
Honorary Co-Chair, IPAC 2021
Deputy Minister, Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, Canadian Heritage
Claudette Commanda
Special Advisor to the Dean on Reconciliation, University of Ottawa
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Yaprak Baltacioglu
Vanier Medal Recipient
Director on the boards of the MDA Corporation, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, CSA Group and Hydro Ottawa
Gurdeep Pandher
Yukon Based Bhangra Instructor
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Susan Kulba
Executive Architect & Director General,
Real Property House of Commons
Parliament of Canada
Yassine Aouididi
Senior Manager,
House of Commons of Canada, Multimedia Services group
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Jennifer Garrett
Director General, Centre Block Rehabilitation Program, Parliamentary Precinct Branch, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Amanda Fox
Jingle dress dancer, singer, drummer, beadwork artist, sewing artist, pow wow workout instructor, and workshop facilitator
Shannon Lindquist
Federal Account Leader,
Deloitte Canada
Dave Boutin
Regional Manager,
Desjardins
Reconciliation
AIMéE CRAFT
Associate Professor,
University of Ottawa
KAREN DRAKE
Associate Dean (Students) and Associate Professor, Osgood School of Law, York University
KELLY J LENDSAY
BSPE, MBA, CAFM, ICD.D
President & CEO, Indigenous Works
dr. Cynthia Wesley-
Esquimaux
Chair on Truth and Reconciliation,
Lakehead University
MIKE DEGAGNÉ
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C.M., O.Ont., PhD, L.L.D. (Hon)
President & CEO, Indspire
Nicholas Ng-A-Fook
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Vice Dean, Graduate Studies and Professor,
University of Ottawa
RY MORAN
Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation,
University of Victoria
Valérie gideon
Associate Deputy Minister,
Indigenous Services Canada
Raymond Frogner
Head of Archives, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba
Brenda L. Gunn
Associate Professor Robson Hall Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba
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Jessica Wood
Assistant Deputy Minister, Reconciliation Transformation and Strategies Division, Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Province of British Columbia
Samantha White
Indigenous Recruitment Retention and Advancement (IRRA) team, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Nancy Harris
Director General of Indigenous Learning,
Canada School of Public Service
Madeleine Redfern
Chief Operating Officer,
CanArctic Networks
Caitlin Tolley
Legal Counsel at Indigenous Justice Division, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario
Wilton Littlechild
Honorary Chief for the Maskwacis Cree, International Chief for Treaty 6
An Inclusive and Enabling Workforce
April Howe
Senior Executive Advisor,
Ministry of Justice, Nova Scotia
Dr. Myrna Lashley
Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
McGill University
Caroline Xavier
Associate Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Patrick Borbey
President,
Public Service Commission of Canada
CAROLE MENDONCA
Senior Manager, Accessibility,
Deloitte Canada
Natalie Kahalé
Director, Service Transformation
City of Ottawa
Mary Larson
Partner,
MNP
Patrice Njoh
Leader, Change Management & DEI
Deloitte Canada
Denis Skinner
Executive Director of Digital Change,
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Jean-François Caty
Senior Innovation Officer (South Korea & Israel),
Global Affairs Canada
Susan Coward
Manager,
RECOVER Urban Wellbeing, City of Edmonton
Julianna Rowsell
Inclusive Design Advisor and Accessibility Lead,
Shared Services Canada
Steffen Christensen
Senior Foresight Analyst,
Policy Horizons
Daniel Quan-Watson
Deputy Minister at Government of Canada Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Governance and Policy-Making
Neil Bouwer
Vice President,
Canada School of Public Service
Louise Levonian
Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, International Monetary Fund
Deb Matthews, PhD
Former Deputy Premier,
Province of Ontario
Steve Willis
General Manager of the City of Ottawa’s Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department
Jared Wesley
Associate professor of political science,
University of Alberta
Nitika Agarwal
Chief Operating Officer and founding team member,
Apolitical
Tara Holland
Principal
Global Government Practice, SAS Institute
Gregory Richards
Director, Executive MBA and Vice-Dean (Graduate Programs), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
André Juneau
Member, Board of Governors,
University of Ottawa
Kevin Page
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy University of Ottawa
Carole Saab
Chief Executive Officer,
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Sahir Khan
Executive Vice-President, The Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy
Sabreena Delhon
Executive Director,
The Samara Centre for Democracy
Scott Thompson
Deputy Minister of Finance,
Yukon
Roger Epp, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Arts,
Political Science Dept
Jeff Moore
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Diversity Inclusion and Anti-Racism at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
John Parisella
Senior Advisor, Business Outreach
NATIONAL Public Relations
Zac Spicer
Associate Professor,
York University’s School of Public Policy and Administration
Technology and Service Delivery
Navroop K. Sahdev
Founder and CEO,
The Digital Economist
Doug Logan
Senior Digital Service Designer and Strategist,
Deloitte Digital
Sara Hatef
Senior Service Design Consultant,
Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
Varina Cowalchuk
Service Design,
Deloitte Digital
Kathleen Butler
Director General, Digital Services Directorate,
Canada Revenue Agency
Sheriff Abdou
Director General of the Integrated Service Coordination Center (ISCC), Employment and Social Development Canada
Sue Paish
Chief Executive Officer,
Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster
Jaimie Boyd
Chief Digital Officer,
Government of British Columbia
Hillary Hartley
Chief Digital and Data Officer, Deputy Minister, Ontario Digital Service (Ministry of Finance)
Elodie Bouneau
Executive Director of Platform Products,
Canadian Digital Service
Jerrett Myers
Principal,
Davis Pier
Ott Velsberg
Chief Data Officer,
Estonian government
Jacqueline Lu
Data Lead,
Mozilla
Mike Semansky
Lead, Strategy and Public Affairs,
D2L
Anna Leon
Partner,
KPMG
Our MC
Marie-Élise Maurice
Director of the COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out Policy team,
Public Health Agency of Canada
