Hamza has an Honours BA degree in Criminology and has been employed with Correctional Service Canada (CSC) for 13 years. He has called Iqaluit home for the past five years and is currently responsible for the operation of the Nunavut Area Parole Office. In 2012 Hamza was the recipient of CSC’s Multiculturalism Award for promoting…
Diane is Inuvialuit, from Aklavik, Northwest Territories. She lives in Inuvik, where she is the Self-Government Negotiator for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) and sits on various working groups established to support the transition to self-government including Implementation, Fiscal Arrangements, and Taxation. Previously, Diane spent eight years as the Executive Director of the Community Development…
A career federal public servant with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Jane is currently posted to the High Commission of Canada to Pakistan. Jane has also worked in: Kandahar for 14 months in 2009-10; Lebanon during the 2016 resettlement of Syrian refugees; and Algeria to organize two Canadian co-chaired counter-terrorism capacity building conferences. When in Ottawa,…
Gideon is CEO of the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS), the only institution in Canada entirely devoted to providing professional training in all of the theatre crafts, in both official languages. He is currently the President of the Board of La Serre/OFFTA, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Canada Arts Summit.…
Mathieu is a trilingual Acadian consultant in Charlottetown. He is the president of consulting company Think Forward Solutions (TFS). TFS exists to accelerate constructive social and economic change. Mathieu is currently working on facilitating an initiative to reverse the trend of outward migration of youth on PEI. TFS’s earlier work includes supporting the development of…
Jacob is currently Executive Director of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Health and Veterans at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, following more than a decade at the Privy Council Office (PCO), first in Intergovernmental Affairs, then as Senior Legal Counsel in Legal Operations. In his time at PCO, Jacob provided extensive advice in the areas…
Mathieya is an experienced leader with a strong voice and diverse work history. She has a compelling and simple vision for the people of the Yukon: for people and businesses to thrive and to improve health and grow wealth now and in the future. She believes the catalyst for change within the Yukon is the…
Jhillian is a born and raised Yellowknifer who is lucky enough to call Yellowknife home. After completing university in Ottawa, she returned North where she has worked for the Government of the Northwest Territories in various positions in the policy and communications fields. Jhillian loves her community and all that it offers, from sports to…
