2021 Participants of the Public Policy Training Institute
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Nagwan Al-Guneid
Communications Lead The Natural Step/Energy Futures Lab |
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Traci Anderson
Executive Director Boys and Girls Clubs of Kamloops |
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Sarah Barber
Research and Evaluation Specialist EndPovertyEdmonton |
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Katherine Blake
Director-Secretary Toronto Foundation for Student Success |
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Lindsay Boucher
Prairie Chapter Coordinator Sierra Club of Canada Foundation |
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Meriam Bravante
Research and Policy Coordinator ActionDignity |
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Joanna Buczkowska-McCumber
Executive Director League of Innovators |
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Diana Bumstead
Advocacy Volunteer Volunteer Action Centre WR |
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Susannah Cameron
Manager of Strategic Initiatives EndPovertyEdmonton |
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Francis Campbell
Policy & Research Analyst Capital Regional Housing Corporation |
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Georgia Carstensen
Senior Manager – Campaigns (Policy & Advocacy) Heart & Stroke Foundation |
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Andrea Christensen
Youth Housing Support Worker (YTA Program) Trellis Society of Community Impact |
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Sandra Clarkson
Executive Director Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society |
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Surma Das
Research Coordinator EndPovertyEdmonton |
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Andrea Donini
Communications Officer EndPovertyEdmonton |
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Jennifer Fischer-Summers
Research Assistant Community-University Partnership for the Study of Children, Youth and Families (CUP), University of Alberta |
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Emily Jensen
Network Engagement Coordinator Imagine Canada |
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Adam Job
Manager, Public Policy & Research Imagine Canada |
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Rachel Rizzuto
Research Manager Northern Policy Institute |
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Robyn Romano
Director of Operations Distress Centre Calgary |
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Alanna Schwartz
Position Paper Committee Chair The Trauma-Informed Care Collective |
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Ariel Siller
CEO Children’s Literacy Foundation |
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Anita Simon
Child and Youth Mental Health Lead Imagine Citizens Collaborating for Health |
2020 Participants of the Public Policy Training Institute
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Akash Asif
Engagement Specialist Centre for Suicide Prevention |
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Amanda Barberio
Analyst Healthy Public Policy Unit, Alberta Health Services |
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Pamela Berg
Director of Resource and Policy Development Praxis Spinal Cord Institute |
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Aleysha Christensen
Program Officer Alberta Parks and Recreation Association |
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Mehrzad Eftekhar
Project Manager Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) |
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Jan Fox
Executive Director Reach Edmonton Council |
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Anita Hofer |
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Ashley Huang
Follow-up Support Worker Boyle Street Community Services |
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Michael Hutchison
Growth & Partnerships Manager Teach For Canada |
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Nicole Kahal
Conservation Analyst Miistakis Institute |
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Brooke Kapeller
Conservation Program Coordinator Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Southern Alberta Chapter |
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Kolbi Kurkaba
Project & Public Relations Manager Canadian Mental Health Association, Alberta Division |
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Rebecca Leong
Alberta Early Learning and Care Leaders Caucus Member (CCCF), Executive Director (A.C.E.) Alberta Early Learning and Care Leaders Caucus Member (CCCF), Executive Director (A.C.E.) |
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Chris Markham
Executive Director Ophea |
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Nicolette Miller
Director, Corporate Services Bishop O’Byrne Housing Association |
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Rohadi Nagassar
President Action Coalition on Human Trafficking (ACT ALBERTA) |
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Patricia Pasemko
Chief Executive Officer On Site Placement |
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Eric Pianarosa
Director of Collective Impact Sagesse |
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Melody Santiago
Learning and Development Coordinator Volunteer Alberta |
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Christina Steed
Board Member Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society |
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Kristin Ward Diaz
Senior Manager, Ecosystem and Public Participation Alberta Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, Community Development Unit |
2019 Participants of the Public Policy Training Institute
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Jalene Anderson-Baron
Policy and Research Analyst Capital Region Housing |
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Meaghan Bell
Strategic Business Analyst City of Calgary/Calgary Housing Company |
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Kirsten Boda
Research and Reporting Coordinator CUPS |
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Karin Duff
Director of Early Learning Rancho Ehrlo Society |
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Jolene Fawcett
Unity Coordinator Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary |
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Chloe Ferguson
Chief of Staff/Program Director, The Early Years The Martin Family Initiative |
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Susan Garrow-Oliver
AECEA Board Member Canadian Child Care Federation/Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta (AECEA) |
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Ruhee Ismail-Teja
YMCA Canada National Board Director; Chair, Public Policy & Advocacy Committee YMCA Canada |
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Bernadette Johnson
Manager, Public Policy Imagine Canada |
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Octavio Rodriguez Lara
Diversity Liaison Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
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Lisa Litz
Director Stakeholder Relations Horizon Housing Society |
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Sandra MacDougall
Engineer, Highways and Public Works, Whitehorse Yukon Volunteer, Raven Recycling, Whitehorse Yukon |
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Beth Mansell
Strategic Project and Operations Coordinator Sage Seniors Association (Sage) |
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Josée Méthot
Watershed Planning Manager Red Deer River Watershed Alliance |
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John Richardson
Research & Policy Coordinator Calgary Arts Development Council |
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Teresa Rose
Assistant Professor Athabasca University |
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Peter Schalk
Board Member Edmonton Social Planning Council |
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Johanna Schwartz
Communications Lead The Alex Community Health Centre |
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Lee Stevens
Community Facilitation and Engagement Specialist Vibrant Communities Calgary |
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Sarah Stuebing
Communications and Community Investment Manager Alberta Real Estate Foundation |
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Angela Torry
Analyst Healthy Public Policy Unit (HPPU), Public Health Surveillance & Infrastructure |
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Marie Tremblay
Senior Education Advisor Alberta Council for Environmental Education |
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Sue White
CEO Winnifred Stewart Association Winnifred Stewart Foundation |
The following organizations have participated in the Public Policy Training Institute in recent years:
- ABC Head Start
- ActionDignity
- Aga Khan Foundation Calgary
- Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta
- Alberta AdaptAbilities Association
- Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre (AARC)
- Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies
- Alberta Ecotrust Foundation
- Alberta Caregivers Association
- Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research
- Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities
- Alberta Council for Environmental Education
- Alberta Disabilities Forum
- Alberta Food Bank Network Association
- Alberta Health Services
- Alberta Lake Management Society
- Alberta Museums Association
- Alberta Real Estate Foundation
- Alberta Wilderness Association
- Alzheimer Society of Calgary
- Antyx Community Arts Society
- Arthritis Society of AB
- Autism Society Alberta
- BC Lung Association
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
- Bissell Centre
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Kamloops
- Calgary Arts Development
- Calgary Drug Treatment Court Society
- Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
- Calgary Chinatown Seniors Centre Foundation
- Calgary Counselling Centre
- Calgary Family Services
- Calgary Homeless Foundation
- Calgary Reads
- Calgary Sexual Health Centre
- Calgary John Howard Society
- Canadian Boreal Initiative
- Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division
- Canadian Child Care Federation
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary Region
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Edmonton Region
- Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS), AB Chapter
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), NS Chapter
- Canadian Red Cross
- CanLearn Centre/Calgary Learning Centre
- Capital Region Housing Corporation
- Caregivers Alberta
- Carya
- Centre for Suicide Prevention
- Children’s Literacy Foundation
- The City of Edmonton
- CiRS – Your Community Connector
- Community Foundations of Canada
- Community-University Partnership, University of Alberta
- Connections Counselling and Consulting Foundation
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada
- CUP
- Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre
- Distress Centre Calgary
- Drop In Centre
- E4C
- Ecofiscal Commission
- EcoSpark
- Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
- Edmonton Do Likewise Society
- Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers
- Edmonton’s Food Bank
- EndPovertyEdmonton
- Energy Futures Lab/The Natural Step Canada
- Environmental Law Centre
- Enviros
- Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary
- Food Banks Alberta
- Fort Saskatchewan Families First Society
- Fuse Social
- Gateway Association
- The GRIT Program
- Health Consumers for Policy Reform
- The Hearing Foundation of Canada
- The Hearts and Hammers Society
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association
- HIV Edmonton
- Homewood Research Institute
- Horizon Housing Society
- Hospice Calgary
- Humber College
- Injury Prevention Centre, University of Alberta
- IntegralOrg
- Imagine Canada
- Imagine Citizens
- Immigrant Sector Council of Calgary
- Islamic Family and Social Services Association
- JDIC Senior Centre
- Jewish Family Service Calgary
- League of Innovators
- Lifestyle Helping Hands Seniors Association
- LINKages Society of Alberta
- Literacy Alberta
- KidSport Society of Alberta
- McMan Youth Family & Community Services Association
- Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Miistakis Institute
- Momentum
- Mount Royal University Institute for Nonprofit Studies
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, AB & NWT Division
- The Mustard Seed Society
- Muttart Foundation
- Neighbourlink
- Northern Policy Institute
- Norwood Child & Family Resource Centre
- Nose Creek Sports and Recreation Association
- Pathways Community Services Association
- Pride Centre of Edmonton
- Progressive Alternatives Society of Calgary
- Propellus
- Prostate Cancer Canada Network
- Sage Seniors Association
- SAIT Students’ Association
- Servants Anonymous Society of Calgary
- Shift: The Project To End Domestic Violence
- Sierra Club of Canada Foundation
- Sierra Club Canada Foundation – Atlantic Chapter
- Siloam Mission
- Sinneave Family Foundation
- Social Venture Partners
- Society for Advancement of Excellence in Education
- Special Olympics Alberta
- Students’ Union University of Calgary
- Sustainability Resources
- Sustainable Food Edmonton
- Theatre Calgary
- The Trauma-Informed Care Collective
- Toronto Foundation for Student Success
- Trellis Society of Community Impact
- United Nations Association in Canada, Edmonton Branch
- United Way of Calgary and Area
- United Way of Central Alberta
- United Way of Halifax
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region
- University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing
- UpStart Champions for Children and Youth
- Vibrant Communities Calgary
- Vecova
- Volunteer Action Centre WR
- Volunteer Alberta
- Water Matters
- Women’s Centre of Calgary
- The Wood Buffalo Food Bank Association
- Wood’s Homes
- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
- YMCA of Edmonton
- YW Calgary