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The Importance of Public Renewal

Panel Discussion # 1 - An Evolving Talent Landscape: Demographic Realities of a 21st Century Workforce

African Perspectives

Workshop Session # 1 - Changing How Work is Done and Delivered

Panel Discussion # 2 - Engaging a New Generation of Leaders: Lessons Learned from the Non-profit Sector

Closing Address on Day 1

Panel Discussion # 3 - The Future of the Public Service - Talent Management Strategies

Panel Discussion # 4 - Ensuring our Workforce is as Reflective as the Population we Serve

Seven Ideas that Could Change Public Sector Leadership: Howling from the Cubicles

Workshop Session # 2 - Career Pathing in the 21st Century

Panel Discussion # 5 - Engaging Employees in the Public Service: Best Practices, future possibilities...

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Opening Remarks

Carol Layton
President, Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC)
Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal

Carol Layton was appointed Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal (PIR) on October 24, 2005.

PIR is the Ontario government central agency for infrastructure planning and priority setting, growth planning and infrastructure financing and procurement. PIR also has responsibility for the government’s strategic asset review and overseeing several key government agencies – the recently created Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation (“Infrastructure Ontario”) and its affiliate - the Ontario Strategic Infrastructure Financing Authority, the Ontario Realty Corporation, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

Prior to joining PIR, Carol took on a short-term assignment in the Ministry of Finance to provide initial leadership in the establishment of a Treasury Board Office including its mandate, structure and support to Treasury Board / Management Board of Cabinet.

Previously, as the Deputy Minister for the Ontario government’s Results Office, Carol and her team provided corporate oversight for the government in delivering on its key priorities and results, and in public reporting on progress.

Carol’s first appointment as Deputy Minister was with the Ministry of Citizenship in 2003. Along with this appointment, she was the Deputy Minister Responsible for Seniors and for Women’s Issues. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Minister, Carol held several senior management positions in Management Board Secretariat and the ministries of Health and Long-Term Care, Finance, and the Attorney General.

Carol is President of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC), a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Financing Authority (OFA) and its Audit Committee, and a member of the CCAF’s Accountability and Audit Advisory Group.

Carol holds an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree from the University of Waterloo and attended the Queen’s University Public Executives Program.

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