Speakers
Tuesday January 24th, 2023
Strength in Numbers: Pan-Canadian Collaboration on Cybersecurity
Put focus on the opportunities for cross-jurisdictional collaboration to enable better information sharing and incident response by identifying barriers and proposing solutions for consideration.
Martin Dinel
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Information Security Officer
Government of Alberta
Moderator
Martin Dinel is a trusted information technology and cybersecurity professional with over 33 years of leadership experience. As Chief Information Security Officer for the Government of Alberta since August 2015, Martin is defining the organization’s cybersecurity vision and strategy to counter the cyber threat and ensure the protection of the province’s digital assets. Martin’s current involvement in the cybersecurity community includes:
• Cybersecurity champion and speaker at various international conferences and events;
• Chair of the CyberAlberta Community of Interest, formed with the cybersecurity leads of Alberta public and private sector organizations to strengthen Alberta’s cybersecurity posture; and
• Member of the National CISO Subcommittee on Information Protection (NCSIP), involving peers from all levels of governments across Canada, acting as Chair for 4 of the past 7 years.
Originally from Quebec City, Martin joined a students exchange program between universities of Quebec and Alberta in 1987 when he was assigned a summer job as a business analyst with the Government of Alberta (GoA). After finishing his degree in Computer Engineering in 1988, Martin considered his experience of the previous summer and decided to come back to Alberta as team lead for the same exchange program that brought him to Edmonton the previous year. By the end of the summer, he decided to fully embrace Alberta as his home province and looked to find long-term employment.
Gary Perkins
Executive Director/Chief Information Security Officer
Government of British Columbia
Panelist
Gary Perkins is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Government of British Columbia. As the Executive Director of the Information Security Branch, Perkins is responsible for providing cybersecurity services in support of the province. He has more than 18 years of experience in information technology, risk management and cybersecurity. Prior to joining the BC Government, Perkins worked in the private sector as chief of staff for security at TELUS and, earlier in his career, led teams responsible for incident response, operations, delivery and architecture for both corporate and managed security services customers. A CISSP since 2004, Perkins also holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University’s Management of Technology program.
Jamie Ross
Partner, Cyber Risk Services
Deloitte
Panelist
Jamie is a Partner with Deloitte and leads the cybersecurity practice supporting British Columbia’s broader public sector. Jamie has over 25 years of experience in IT, risk management and cybersecurity. His early experience focused on major IT system development and implementation and in optimizing service delivery in IT organizations. In the past 12 years, he has worked exclusively on serving the BC Public Sector (including core Government ministries, Crown Corporations and Health Authorities) with a focus on managing cybersecurity risk. During this time, his work has focused on helping organizations assess their current cybersecurity posture, identify strengths and gaps, and develop and implement enhancement programs to address security risks. His work has also involved supporting these organizations through cybersecurity and privacy incidents and in developing remediation programs to address root causes identified during the incident response and investigation process. Jamie holds a PhD in environmental science from UBC, and is an inaugural fellow of Action Canada, a national public policy leadership development program.
Sue Paish
Chief Executive Officer
Canada’s Digital Supercluster
Panelist
As CEO of the Digital Supercluster, Sue leads a portfolio of digital innovation and talent development projects that are delivering world-leading digital solutions to some of industry and society’s biggest challenges while growing over $3.7 billion in anticipated revenue for Canadian companies and creating thousands of jobs and job opportunities for Canadians. The Cluster’s portfolio focuses on the development and commercialization of Canadian made digital technologies that improve human health, advance Canada’s commitments to net-zero and build a skilled workforce for the digital world. By bringing together industry, academic, community and, public sector partners in a ‘collaborative innovation’ model to create breakthrough technologies that address major problems better than any one organization could do on its own, the Supercluster is changing the face of innovation and the results for Canada and Canadians. Results to date include a data platform adopted by the World Health Organization as the new global standard in the fight against anti-microbial resistance, an ‘earth x-ray’ that leverages muon tomography to identify and capture critical minerals deep in the earth, the world’s largest investment in bio-mining and, skilling systems destined to create over 9,000 job placements.
Sue also serves on the Boards of TELUS International, CORIX, Northland Properties and, Own the Podium. She has received numerous recognitions for her community contributions including King’s Counsel, honorary Doctorate of Technology, Influential Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award and the Peter Lougheed Award for Public Policy. Sue’s greatest joy is spending time in Canada’s wilderness with her husband, daughters and granddaughters.
Wednesday January 25th, 2023
Enabling Indigenous Languages in Identity Records/Systems Panel
Systems are connected by the data they share. Changes to identity data will impact all systems downstream and could unwittingly disrupt system dependencies—cutting off citizens’ access to critical services. Approaches must be co-developed with Indigenous Peoples, carefully coordinated across the entire service journey, and account for interdependencies.
Eowynn Bosomworth
A/Executive Director, Data Systems & Services Branch, BC Data Service Division
Government of British Columbia
Moderator
Eowynn joined Data Systems and Services in July 2021. She has been focussed the last 15 years’ on designing and improving public sector programs and services. Eowynn takes great pride in recognizing strengths, developing others, and creating an empowering culture where teams can innovate, create and excel. She has a sincere appreciation for data as the backbone of our public services and the enabler of informed decision making.
Eowynn is a member of Métis Nation BC and long-term visitor to the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən People. Leading the work to accommodate Indigenous languages across the Province’s systems and services leverages her strengths in building trusted relationships while serving public needs, her passion for good data management, and her interest in upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Hayden Lansdell
Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Data Service Division
Government of British Columbia
Panelist
Hayden Lansdell is the Assistant Deputy Minister of the BC Data Service and Government’s Director of Statistics. He was appointed to the role of Assistant Deputy Minister on September 12, 2019. Hayden is responsible for the Statistics Act and the Anti-Racism Data Act and oversees a division with responsibilities ranging from the development of provincial statistics to production of anti-racism research, corporate data management to common data services that support delivery of services in all ministries.
Previously, Hayden was Executive Lead and Chief Data Officer for the Digital Platforms and Data Division. Prior to this, Hayden was the Executive Director for Strategy at the Ministry of International Trade where he oversaw BC’s international marketing activities. Previous to this, Hayden spent eight years in Ottawa leading several regulatory policy and pharmaceutical policy initiatives at both Health Canada and Environment Canada. Hayden joined Citizens’ Services in June 2018 as Executive Lead and Chief Data Officer for Digital Platforms and Data division.
Hayden has a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Victoria.
Gwen Phillips
First Nations’ Data Governance Initiative
Panelist
A citizen of the Ktunaxa Nation, Gwen Phillips is currently championing the B.C. First Nations’ Data Governance Initiative which is committed to equipping First Nations with the capacity and resources they need to govern—and own—their communities’ data. She has previously worked in a variety of senior roles for the Ktunaxa Nation Council focusing on: education, health, corporate services, Traditional Knowledge and Language, and Governance Transition.
In addition, Gwen is currently assisting Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) in the implementation of their Indigenous Community Development National Strategy. She has also developed and instructed First Nation Studies courses at the elementary, secondary, and college levels and continues to function as a public educator.
As a member of the First Nations Health Council, Gwen helped negotiate the transfer of Health Canada’s BC Region First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) to First Nations control.
Gwen enjoys being on the land or at the river with her granddaughter, and spending time with her family.
Bridget Chase
Acting Director of Information Technology, First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Panelist
As a BC-based settler linguist with considerable experience in digital language mobilization, Bridget Chase (they/them) currently works as the Development Manager for FirstVoices, an initiative of the First Peoples’ Cultural Council. At FirstVoices, Bridget and their team support Indigenous language champions around the province by developing digital language tools, and providing hands-on guidance related digital language revitalization strategies. Engaging with issues at the intersection of language and technology, Bridget is committed to building relationships in order to work collaboratively and support unique community needs.