Join us June 15th at 12:00-1:00 EDT as Anna Cameron and Lindsay Tedds (both from the University of Calgary) explore ideas from their recent article on Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+). GBA+ is the Government of Canada's primary framework for attending to diversity and inclusion in public policy. What are some of the GBA+ issues, tensions, and paths forward? Bring your questions as there will be time for Q & A. The Journal's Editor, Evert Lindquist (University of Victoria), will moderate the event.
Date: June 15, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT
Speakers:
Anna Cameron, Research Associate, Public Policy, University of Calgary
Anna Cameron is a research associate in public policy at the University of Calgary. Her current work addresses how critical feminist and intersectional approaches can be used to reconfigure public policy research and practice towards strengthened understandings of (and solutions to) social and economic issues, particularly those of poverty and social provision. In recent years, her research has supported expert studies, informed government policy and community priorities, and been published in peer-reviewed journals. She holds both a Master of Arts from the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Dr. Lindsay M. Tedds is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary. Her primary research fields are in tax policy, public economics, and public policy design and implementation. Her transdisciplinary approach to research harnesses the strengths of economics, law, public administration, and intersectionality in the study of public policy problems. Her objective is to make both an academic contribution and to have an impact on Canadian policymaking and policy implementation. She has served on several expert panels, is the co-author and editor of a number of books, and has published a number of book chapters, technical reports, interactive guides, and papers in peer-reviewed journals. She recently sat on the Deputy Prime Minister’s Task Force for Women and the Economy and was a Co-chair of the Royal Society of Canada’s Working Group on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Women in Canada.
Discussant:
Frances McRae, Deputy Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Government of Canada
Frances McRae was appointed as Deputy Minister of Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) effective July 18, 2022. Prior to taking on this role, Frances served as Chief Administrative Officer at the RCMP, appointed in September 2021, where she provided leadership to the overall administration of the organization outside of policing operations. This included providing the Commissioner with advice on administrative policy, strategic direction, and the corporate operations of the RCMP, as well as leadership on key modernization files for the RCMP related to culture and people management in particular. In this capacity, she worked with other deputy ministers in federal partner organizations and departments.
Previously, she served as Assistant Deputy Minister, Small Business and Marketplace Services at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), fostering business and consumer confidence in the marketplace and small business competitiveness, with responsibility for policy, programs, and regulatory measures in support of small businesses. In this capacity, she worked with national and regional business organizations and stakeholders, including those supporting entrepreneurs facing barriers to economic participation, such as Indigenous peoples, women, racialized Canadians and LGBTQ2S+ business owners, cooperatives, and social enterprises, to support more equitable access to programs, services, and financing to start and grow their businesses.
Frances has worked in a variety of departments in the National Capital Region and Atlantic Region, including on public service renewal in the Privy Council Office, in strategic planning and change management at Shared Services Canada, on international summits at Global Affairs Canada, and in public affairs and stakeholder relations at Employment and Social Development Canada. She spent several years in mid-career outside government as a senior vice-president with a global public affairs firm.
Frances has an executive Master of Business Administration from Lansbridge University, a Master of Management from the American Graduate School of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Ottawa. She grew up on a farm and in a large family. She has two children now in their teenage years with her husband, Michael.