AGM and Roundtable 25 May 2011

Ottawa, May 25, 2011:  noon luncheon followed by a talk by our vice-chair and the 2011 Annual General Meeting of EPAC

SPEAKER: Dr. Ann Fraser, Vice-Chair of EPAC and Executive Director, Values, Integrity and Conflict Resolution Directorate at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) speaking on the strategic evolution of CFIA’s values and ethics program.
LOCATION: Prinzo Fine Catering, 85 O'Connor (between Albert & Slater)
PRICE: $20, receipts available from restaurant

Everyone is welcome to the AGM. There is no charge for arriving after 1:30 p.m. to attend the AGM only. Only current paid members of EPAC have a vote.

For Item 7. Election of Directors

Richard Morris and Cornelius von Baeyer stood for re-election.  Jane Garthson and Ann Fraser have a year left on their term.  Evelyne Girard, Allan Pedden, Norm Steinberg and Hélène Tessier have completed their board service. Jessie MacNeil, Chris MacDonald, Robert Czerny, Ryan Turnbull, and Stephanie Perrin were new candidates for election to the Board.  Some director  bios follow:

JESSIE MacNEIL

Jessie MacNeil is currently employed as a Senior Ethics Advisor with the federal government. Prior to joining the public service she had 15 years of experience as a management consultant in senior and associate positions with several consulting firms in the Ottawa area.

She has provided professional services to a large number of public sector organizations including Crown Corporations, federal government departments and agencies, as well as private sector firms, universities and non-governmental organizations. Her principal areas of focus have been human resource management, organization development and organizational ethics, including development and presentation of values and ethics training sessions across Canada.

Ms. MacNeil holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hon), a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation, a Certificate in Ethics and a Master of Arts in Public Ethics (thesis in the area of corporate social responsibility).

Chris MacDonald

Chris MacDonald, Ph.D. is a Toronto-based ethics consultant, speaker, and educator. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy, and has been a university professor for over a decade. He is Tenured Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax), but is currently on Leave of Absence. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Toronto’s Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness, at the Rotman School of Management, as well as a Senior Fellow at Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics. He has provided educational and ethics consulting services to corporate boards, professional associations, hospitals, educational institutions, startup companies, major charitable foundations, and to the Canadian military. He has been a keynote speaker at national and international conferences. He is frequently quoted in the popular press; in the last 2 years he has been quoted in The New York Times, CNN, The Globe & Mail, Maclean’s, and the Los Angeles Times and has been interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Current. He's been called one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior” and has been declared one of the “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics,” three years in a row. For more than 5 years, he's been the author of The Business Ethics Blog (www.BusinessEthicsBlog.com), the world’s #1 blog on that topic.

Robert E. Czerny, Ottawa, Ontario

I worked in five departments and agencies of the federal government from 1973 through 1994. Since then I have been an independent management and communications consultant. My main areas of work have been advice and training on partnerships; program evaluation and surveys;  writing, editing and translation. I have carried out half a dozen ethics-related contracts, including evaluations and development of codes. My educational background is in philosophy and educational theory.

I am a long-time participant in the Ottawa Round-Table events and EPAC member. I acted as a facilitator in the two recent EPAC workshops, and I have written articles for the EPAC Journal.

I am honoured to have been approached to serve on the EPAC Board. I have experience as a member of a Board of Directors of an arts-performance organization (Ottawa Chamber Music Society), where my special role has been governance issues. On the EPAC Board, if elected, I would be particularly interested in the education activities and relationships.

Cornelius von Baeyer

Management consultant specializing in government and business ethics since 1996.  Current involvement with EPAC: Board member since June 2010, Treasurer since October 2010. Previous involvement with EPAC: Chair 2002-2004, Past Chair 2004-2006, head of the Education & Competencies Committee that issued the Competency Profile and Self-Assessment Guide. Occupation 1992-1996: Director of Policy for the federal Ethics Counsellor.  More at www.WorkplaceEthics.ca.

Dr. Ann D. E. Fraser

DR. ANN D. E. FRASER began her career in the Federal Government in 1984 as a research scientist at what is now the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA's) Ottawa Laboratory, Fallowfield (OLF). With the Agency since its creation, Ann has held a number of positions at the Executive Director (ED) level including ED Policy, Planning and Coordination Directorate in the Programs Branch (now Policy and Programs Branch) and ED Laboratories Directorate and ED Science Strategies Directorate in the Science Branch.

In 2003 she was asked by the then President to lead a process to articulate the Agency's revised Values Statements which were launched in 2005; in the same year she was asked to lead a process to articulate the Agency's Vision and Mission statements, which were launched in 2006. While these initiatives were in addition to her day job, in October 2006 Ann took on a full time assignment at the request of the President to develop and implement a values and ethics strategy for the CFIA. In addition, she supported the Agency's Senior Integrity Officer by developing the internal disclosure policy, as well as associated administrative processes and communication and training materials.

In the fall of 2010 she was appointed as the Agency’s first Senior Values and Ethics Officer and, as of April 1, 2011, she is also the Agency’s Senior Integrity Officer and has taken on the responsibility of developing and implementing an informal conflict management system for her organization. Combining these responsibilities under Ann's direction in one office called the Values, Integrity and Conflict Resolution Directorate builds on the CFIA's proactive efforts to promote and reinforce the importance of the values and ethics of the Agency and the Public Service, in its role as Canada's largest science-based regulator. This move also makes sure that the Agency's values and ethics program evolves strategically as part of both the CFIA's overall strategic plan and its Human Resources renewal initiative.

Ryan Turnbull

Principal Consultant – Eco-Ethonomics
B.A., M.A. in Philosophy – Carleton University

In 2008, Ryan Turnbull founded Eco-Ethonomics, a consulting company committed to “Ethical Governance for a Sustainable Future”. With a mission to develop socially responsible leaders and create value for organizations and their multiple stakeholders, the company has developed three different strategies for serving the public, private and voluntary sector. The business provides a broad range of leading-edge consulting services to effectively build cultures of integrity and support ethical business practices world-wide.

Over the last three years, Ryan has become a leader in Social Enterprise Development, an area which is rapidly growing worldwide as a socially responsible business model that has the potential for sustainability. Ryan has assisted over 30 different organizations through a process of feasibility and business planning, to successfully launch innovative, mission-based businesses that invest in human capital and address complex social issues. Through his efforts Ryan has helped many new enterprises design and implement, social marketing strategies that have greatly contributed to their success.

Organizational development, capacity building and assessment are all a part of Ryan’s daily activities as he facilitates workshops that lead organizations through a process of change assisting them to achieve higher levels of performance and operate with greater clarity regarding their defining values and mission.

Aside from his professional development, Ryan is very active. He has been a leadership coach on a volunteer basis for over ten years and has participated in Landmark Education’s “curriculum for living” and self-development training courses for over twenty years. In 2009, Ryan raised $10,000 for the MS Society of Canada by climbing to the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, Africa and in October 2010 he achieved another pinnacle by becoming a newlywed. Ryan and his wife Suze, currently reside in Toronto, Ontario.

Stephanie Perrin