Nisha Haji is the Assistant Deputy Minister, Centre for Learning and Modernization within the Ontario Public Service (OPS), where she leads the learning and talent development strategy for over 64,000 employees, including a focus on leadership, and oversees the effort to continuously improve how human resource programs and services are delivered. She partners on critical change […]
Jim Cassimatis is a senior public sector executive with over 30 years of experience. He has recently completed a career with the Ontario Public Service where he worked in a number of ministries and in a variety of roles in finance, policy development, health care, consumer protection, communications, IT planning, and client operations. He was […]
Michael Kehinde is currently the Senior Manager, Program, Strategy and Policy at Ontario Digital Service. Michael was the previous Special Advisor/Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Ontario's Anti-Racism Directorate and prior to joining the Directorate, Michael was at various times the Digital Training Lead at Ontario Digital Service and Diversity Lead at the Ministry of Government […]
Stephanie Mackenzie-Smith is an experienced public sector manager with more than a decade of leadership experience in both municipal government and policing. From 2008 to 2016, Stephanie led the Corporate and Strategic Communications teams at York Regional Police, one of Canada’s largest police services. In her role, she was responsible for providing strategic advice to […]
Shanon Kalra-Ramjoo brings over 20 years of experience in provincial, regional and local levels of government. As Associate Director of Portfolio Management at the City of Vaughan’s Public Works Department, she oversees business planning, special projects and portfolio operations in the Deputy City Manager’s Office. She was previously Manager of the Enterprise Project and Change […]
Antoinette Sarpong is a Change Management Analyst with the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, where she uses behavioural insights and strategic communications to help employees navigate organizational change. Change is something Antoinette knows a thing or two about, having worked as a journalist, English as a second language (ESL) teacher and NGO project leader on […]
My interests are social and labour market policy. I have published widely on Canadian politics and policy and a numerous other fields, and have held Visiting Professor appointments in Germany and South Korea. Included in the work I have undertaken are reports and affidavits for a variety of public agencies, research reports for various levels […]
Rory O’Connor joined our School of Public Policy and Administration as Executive in Residence for the 2020-21 academic year from Indigenous Services Canada where he has served as Associate Regional Director General, Atlantic Region from 2015. Prior to this, he was Director of West Bank and Gaza Development (Global Affairs Canada), Director of Strategic Planning […]
Ken Sandhu, Deputy Chairperson of the Refugee Appeal Division, was appointed member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) on June 21, 2004 and designated Deputy Chairperson of the Refugee Protection Division on March 5, 2007. On April 5, 2012, Ken Sandhu was designated as the Deputy Chairperson of the Refugee Appeal Division […]
David Pryce, also known as Dave, serves as Vice President of International Market Expansion and Global Government Relations at Canopy Growth Corp. Mr. Pryce has served as a senior advisor to the Premier of Ontario, Ontario Minister of Finance and the Canadian Minister of Industry. He has over 20 years of international public and private […]