Experience

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  Diversity training branch- toronto transit commission

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1996

  Training coordinator
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  Ontario accessibility directorate

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Senior program consultant

  Ontario Accessibility Directorate Ministry of Citizenship Major Accomplishment: Represented Government of Ontario in a Canadian Standards Association technical committee to develop Customer Service Standards for People with Disabilities.Managing large scale, high profile partnership projects to raise societal and community awareness of important disability issues- including developing legal agreements, terms of reference, budgets and timelines. (Partners included Conference Board of Canada and Canadian Standards Association) Materials produced available upon request;Marketing several ministry programs to private and broader public sectors by making effective presentations;Facilitating the development of private sector partnership initiatives to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in Ontario;Fostering positive working relationships with key provincial disability organizations and other key stakeholders through advisory committee initiatives;Researching and writing briefing notes, issue notes and other key corporate communication vehicles. Show less

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  Ontario shared service

  Jan 2003 - Nov 2008

  Senior account executive

  Customer Relationship BranchOntario Shared Services / OSS (SSB)**Recipient of 2004 MGS LEADERSHIP AWARDCritical and central role- managing relationships with customer/client ministries. Responsibilities included: client consultation; negotiation Service Level Agreements (SLAs); mediation; facilitation of problem resolution; information exchange; and development of strong inter-ministry communication;Responsible for establishing strong communication links and information sharing with provincial interministerial councils across Ontario;Wrote a number of award winning nominations for the MySSB and MyOPS portals;Led the successful SSB team at Showcase Ontario 2003 and 2004. Show less

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  Ontario shared services

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2006

  Executive assistant assistant deputy minister's office

  Critical coordinating role in the Assistant Deputy Minister's Office including liasing with senior divisional staff and the Associate Deputy Minister's Office- developed excellent political acuity and judgement;Planning, Organizing, Prioritizing and Following up on all issues coming to the ADM's Office;Providing senior strategic level advice to ADM and directors;Project managed a number of divisional initiatives successfully;Worked closely with MGS Human Resources and Labour Relations on a number of staffing related issues - some highly sensitive and contentious. Show less

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  Government of ontario

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2008

  Providing strategic leadership to strengthen privacy policies, procedures and guidance throughout OSS, leveraging corporate and other privacy best practices and initiatives;Implementing change management principles to ensure the safeguarding of personal information in our custody - consistently raising staff's awareness and changing perceptions about the importance of implementing privacy measures;Managing privacy implementation team and related resources;Providing a focal point for OSS privacy initiatives to help achieve and sustain a privacy compliant culture within OSS;Excellent working knowledge of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act- FIPPA. Show less

  • Privacy Manager

    Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

  • Executive Assistant

    Jan 2005 - Apr 2006
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  Office of the information and privacy commissioner - ontario, canada

  Dec 2008 - Jun 2016

  Commissioner's Office Information and Privacy Commissioner Providing operational and strategic advice to Commissioner by coordinating the timely briefing for the Commissioner on a wide variety of topics;Providing clear direction based on the Commissioner's direction to the responsible staff;Developing and managing briefing packages on a wide variety of topics to be able to immediately respond to the Commissioner's needs;Keeping the executive team informed and up to date on relevant issues;Identify links between issues and ensuring that appropriate staff are kept informed;Reviewing all materials prepared for the Commissioner - speeches, presentations, briefing notes;Representing the Commissioner at meetings, committees and events. Show less

  • Executive Director

    Dec 2008 - Jun 2016

  • Issues Manager

    Dec 2008 - Dec 2011
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  Olg

  Dec 2018 - Jun 2019

  Privacy specialist - part time contract

  I am thrilled to be assisting the Ontario Lottery Group temporarily with their FOI and Privacy Program. - Reviewing privacy and CASL related policies and processes- Providing strategic advice on program framework - Assisting business lines with the completion of their Privacy Impact Assessments and providing recommendations for mitigating risk.