GCS 2016 - Advanced Policy Analyst Program

The Advanced Policy Analyst Program is the Government of Canada’s premier professional development program. The two-year program is designed to develop high potential individuals for public policy roles in the Government of Canada through four six-month assignments at the Department of Finance, the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Privy Council Office, and one other department. We are looking for 8-12 highly-motivated individuals with a strong interest in Canadian public policy and governance to begin in June 2017. Candidates must have completed coursework in a Master’s degree prior to May 2017 and have done some coursework (at the graduate or undergraduate level) in economics and statistics.

Our Post-Secondary Recruitment campaign for 2017 runs from September 21 – October 13, 2016. The event targets graduate students from all disciplines with some background in economics (either at the undergraduate or graduate level) that are expecting to complete their graduate coursework in 2017. Participants enter from a variety of educational backgrounds, including law, economics, engineering and business. We are seeking highly-motivated individuals with a strong interest in Canadian public policy and governance.

SPEAKERS

Jaimie Boyd graduated from the Advanced Policy Analyst Program in 2014. She is currently the Manager of Open Government Implementation at the Treasury Board Secretariat where she works on creating  greater government transparency and accountability, increasing citizen engagement, and driving innovation and economic opportunities through open data, open information, and open dialogue. She was previously an economist at the federal department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development where she worked on internal trade. She graduated from McGill in 2008 with a BA (honours) in political science and economics. She also holds a MA in political science from UBC.

Eiad El Fateh also graduated from the Advanced Policy Analyst Program in 2014. He is currently a senior analyst at the Patented Prices Medicines Review Board where he works on ensuring that Canadians have access to prescription drug prices at reasonable prices. He was previously an analyst at Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada where he worked on First Nation economic development. He has a MA in economics from Queens University as well as a law degree and BComm from UBC.

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