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DESCRIPTION:McGill Global Health Programs is pleased to welcome Ms. Sarah L
 awley\, Director General\, Office of International Affairs for the Health 
 Portfolio at the Public Health Agency of Canada!\n\nSpace is limited: RSVP
  Now!\n\nAbout our speaker:\n\nIn her current role Ms. Lawley is responsib
 le for advancing Canada’s health priorities internationally\, and ensuring
  that domestic health interests are reflected in Canada’s foreign policy a
 nd international development programs. She is the Portfolio’s chief negoti
 ator with other countries and international organizations on such critical
  issues as health security\, trade-related health impacts\, health promoti
 on\, disease prevention and health and human rights. She leads the Health 
 Portfolio’s bilateral engagement with foreign governments and is responsib
 le for health engagement at the G7 and G20. Ms. Lawley currently serves as
  Canada’s representative on the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive 
 Board\, and is the senior official for Canada to the Asia-Pacific Economic
  Cooperation (APEC) Health Working Group\, the Global Health Security Agen
 da (GHSA) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Technical Adviso
 ry Committee.\n\nPrior to her current position\, Ms. Lawley has held execu
 tive level positions in the Health Portfolio in both international affairs
  and communications functions.\n\nAs the Director General of Strategic Com
 munications at Health Canada\, she led a comprehensive strategic communica
 tions agenda for the department. In this role she was also responsible for
  the development of the Department’s first Regulatory Transparency and Ope
 nness Framework\, a significant step forward in Health Canada’s commitment
  to share more regulatory health and safety information proactively with C
 anadians.\n\nAs the Director\, Bilateral and Regional Relations in the Off
 ice of International Affairs for the Health Portfolio\, and prior to that\
 , as the Director of International Affairs at the Public Health Agency of 
 Canada\, Ms. Lawley led a robust engagement strategy with both multilatera
 l and bilateral partners\, and implemented a number of major policy milest
 ones\, including the development of the Agency's first Global Health Frame
 work.\n\nDuring her tenure as a Director within the Agency’s Communication
 s Directorate\, Ms. Lawley implemented the Agency's Strategic Risk Communi
 cations Framework\, which included a significant training component\, and 
 led the development of the Agency's first-ever Public Involvement Framewor
 k. She led crisis communications responses during the Listeriosis outbreak
  in 2008 and the H1N1 pandemic of 2009.\n\nPrior to her work with the Heal
 th Portfolio\, Ms. Lawley worked at Environment and Climate Change Canada\
 , the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation and the Ottawa Economic De
 velopment Corporation.\n\nMs. Lawley holds a B.A. with Highest Honours in 
 Journalism from Carleton University. She lives in Ottawa with her husband 
 and their three teenage boys.\n
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LOCATION:Room 208/209\, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3
 G 1Y6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:Global Health Seminar: Canada’s Role in Global Health
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth/channels/event/global-health-seminar
 -canadas-role-global-health-279360
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