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Profile: Kristine Stolarik
A fruitful exchange for an executive director
As Executive Director of the Corporate Secretariat Branch of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Kristine Stolarik takes care of all the regulatory and legislative items, relationships with the provinces, territories and industry, and planning and performance reports.”
Fruitful exchange
Now on an exchange with TELUS through the Government of Canada Fellows Program, Kristine is finding out what useful lessons the public sector can take from a large private enterprise.
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“I’m working on a project team that’s developing a national public sector marketing strategy for TELUS,” she says. “It’s going to give them a road map of what the public sector looks like at the municipal, provincial and federal levels—what their priorities are, what keeps them up at night and what their informatics needs are.”
“We’re also looking at what their competitors are doing and where TELUS has opportunities for new clients, new ventures and new partnerships with government departments.”
On the international level, Kristine says she hopes to learn what is working for other countries. “We’re looking at best practices from around the world,” she says. “We’re looking at what the European Union is doing in e‑government, what the U.S. is doing in e‑government. Basically, we’re looking at the international environment to see who is leading in what areas.”
True calling
Kristine’s career in the Public Service has been a long and successful one, stretching back two decades. During her studies in business administration and commerce, she became interested in the way the government developed and carried out legislation and policies.
“I’ve always been fascinated by public policy issues, whether it’s health care, social services, education or public safety and security. That’s always fascinated me.”
Public service “really is a calling,” she says. “Something you want to do and are passionate about.”
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