Transforming <\/span>Services <\/mark><\/span>for People <\/span><\/h3><\/h2><\/div>On November 27-29th,2024,\u00a0 we gathered civil servants and leaders from the social and business sectors to celebrate GovMaker’s 10th anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Mark your calendar for #GovMaker2025<\/div><\/div>0<\/div>0<\/div>0<\/div>0<\/div><\/div>Days<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/div>0<\/div><\/div>Hrs<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/div>0<\/div><\/div>Min<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/div>0<\/div><\/div>Sec<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Conference Goal <\/mark><\/h2><\/div>GovMaker is the premier event in Atlantic Canada for advancing evidence-based policymaking, enhancing
\ngovernment transparency, driving digital transformation, and promoting diversity and inter-sectoral collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation<\/h2><\/div>This year at GovMaker for the first time, we awarded Sandi MacKinnon with the Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation.<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\nThe Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation is awarded to an individual whose work ignites positive social change in New Brunswick. This award celebrates a person who has dedicated themselves to social innovation and has sparked transformative initiatives and meaningful progress in their community and beyond, particularly in public engagement and cross-sectoral collaboration. <\/span><\/p>\nNamed after Andy Scott, the late Member of Parliament and founder of the New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network, this award honours a leader who inspires others in their quest for a better world. The recipient of the Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation is creative and strategic and collaborates with others to offer solutions to their community’s most pressing problems. Through their work, recipients of the Andy Scott Award in Social Innovation have demonstrated an ability to affect real and lasting social change.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GovMaker Podcast Season 2 is here!<\/span><\/h2>\nJoin our co-hosts for season 2, Nick Scott and Jason Pearman, as they engage with leaders who have received significant mandates to reform and transform public services. Each episode is filled with inspiring stories and insights to help transform public services in a meaningful way.<\/span><\/p><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Tune In<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> 2024 Themes <\/mark><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>01. Open Data<\/h4><\/div>Exploring how transparency and evidence-based policy can help transform serving our people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
02. Digital Government<\/h4><\/div>Exploring our government journeys on digitization and shaping solutions for progress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
03. Civic Innovation & Engagement<\/h4><\/div>Exploring ways to innovate & engage all the members of our communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
04. The Impact of AI<\/h4><\/div>Exploring the adoption and the impact of AI in our governance systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\n<\/b>Executive Director – The Dais<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/25.png\" "\\"25\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Dorothy Eng
\n<\/b>CEO – Code for Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26.png\" "\\"26\\"")
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On November 27-29th,2024,\u00a0 we gathered civil servants and leaders from the social and business sectors to celebrate GovMaker’s 10th anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> GovMaker is the premier event in Atlantic Canada for advancing evidence-based policymaking, enhancing This year at GovMaker for the first time, we awarded Sandi MacKinnon with the Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation.<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n The Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation is awarded to an individual whose work ignites positive social change in New Brunswick. This award celebrates a person who has dedicated themselves to social innovation and has sparked transformative initiatives and meaningful progress in their community and beyond, particularly in public engagement and cross-sectoral collaboration. <\/span><\/p>\n Named after Andy Scott, the late Member of Parliament and founder of the New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network, this award honours a leader who inspires others in their quest for a better world. The recipient of the Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation is creative and strategic and collaborates with others to offer solutions to their community’s most pressing problems. Through their work, recipients of the Andy Scott Award in Social Innovation have demonstrated an ability to affect real and lasting social change.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Join our co-hosts for season 2, Nick Scott and Jason Pearman, as they engage with leaders who have received significant mandates to reform and transform public services. Each episode is filled with inspiring stories and insights to help transform public services in a meaningful way.<\/span><\/p><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Exploring how transparency and evidence-based policy can help transform serving our people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Exploring our government journeys on digitization and shaping solutions for progress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Exploring ways to innovate & engage all the members of our communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Exploring the adoption and the impact of AI in our governance systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Hon. Susan Holt Karim Bardeesy Dorothy Eng Kelly Lamrock Conference Goal <\/mark><\/h2><\/div>
\ngovernment transparency, driving digital transformation, and promoting diversity and inter-sectoral collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Andy Scott Award for Social Innovation<\/h2><\/div>
GovMaker Podcast Season 2 is here!<\/span><\/h2>\n
2024 Themes <\/mark><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
01. Open Data<\/h4><\/div>
02. Digital Government<\/h4><\/div>
03. Civic Innovation & Engagement<\/h4><\/div>
04. The Impact of AI<\/h4><\/div>
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\n<\/span><\/strong>Premier – Province of\u00a0<\/span>New Brunswick<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>
\n<\/b>Executive Director – The Dais<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>
\n<\/b>CEO – Code for Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>
\n<\/b>New Brunswick Child, Youth & Seniors Advocate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Sponsors <\/mark><\/h2><\/div>
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