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Civic TalkEpisode Nine: Zayna Khayat, Digital Health Futurist....and Sherpa (Part Two)Zayna Khayat, Health Futurist and Systems Thinker shares her vision for what patients should fight for in the future. In this wide ranging episode, she spotlights the best healthcare systems in the world and how we all need to be sherpas in these unsettling times. She doesn't hold back on what needs to happen for us to have the healthcare we deserve. 2022-02-0309 minCivic TalkEpisode Nine: Zayna Khayat, Digital Health Futurist (Part One)Zayna Khayat, Health Futurist and Systems Thinker shares her vision for what patients should fight for in the future. In this wide ranging episode, she spotlights the best health care systems in the world and how we all need to be sherpas in these unsettling times. She doesn't hold back on what needs to happen for us to experience the healthcare we deserve. Zayna is VP of Business Development & Strategy with Teladoc Health in Canada. She's led teams re-thinking how health care is delivered at MaRs Discovery District, and spent time in the trenches as Future Strategist at...2022-02-0214 minCivic TalkEpisode Eight: The millennial public servant: one on one with Anil WasifAnil Wasif came to Canada from Bangladesh as a university student and now works in the Ontario Public Service. Like many young professional millennials, Anil has big ideas and big hopes for the future of government services and the impact millennials like him can have on government now--not twenty years from now. But attracting and keeping young talent, he thinks, requires a new approach.Resources from Anil:A primer on SubstackSubstacks:Heated by Emily Atkin: https://heated.world/ (Climate Change)Regs to Riches by Vass Bednar: https://www...2021-12-1312 minCivic TalkEpisode Seven: A primer on user research with Katherine BenjaminIn this episode Katherine Benjamin, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the City of New York, explains what user research is, how it works and how user researchers like her are bringing a new approach to government services. Here are a list of great resources Katherine shared with us if you're interested in learning more about user research and where it's happening in government:User ResearchOntario Digital Service User Research Guide: https://www.ontario.ca/page/user-research-guideAndrew Travers, Interviewing for research: https://trvrs.co/bookStephanie Walter, Research C...2021-11-0311 minCivic TalkEpisode Six: The California RecallWow! It really is the Wild West in California politics! While there's a federal election happening north of the 49th parallel, there's another *very different kind of election* happening in the most populous state in America. The Governor is being recalled and that means he could get the boot from Office on September 14th. We talked to Ben Christopher who covers politics and government for CalMatters.org about what a recall is, why it's happening now, how it works and what it could mean for Governor Gavin Newsom.Ben Christopher covers California politics and elections for CalMatters.o...2021-09-1017 minCivic TalkEpisode Six: The California RecallWow! It really is the Wild West in California politics! While there's a federal election happening north of the 49th parallel, there's another *very different kind of election* happening in the most populous state in America. The Governor is being recalled and that means he could get the boot from Office on September 14th. We talked to Ben Christopher who covers politics and government for CalMatters.org about what a recall is, why it's happening now, how it works and what it could mean for Governor Gavin Newsom.Ben Christopher covers C...2021-09-0918 minCivic TalkEpisode Five: COVID passports are here but should government be managing them?Covid vaccine passports are coming to Ontario, other Canadian provinces, and jurisdictions around the world. Dorin and Anne discuss some of the issues that surround vaccine passports in other places around the globe.2021-09-0210 minCivic TalkEpisode 4: A conversation with Chief Digital Officer Natasha ClarkeAnne gets the scoop from Nova Scotia's Chief Digital Officer, Natasha Clarke, on what it was like to navigate a new team through the pandemic right after she was appointed to the position.2021-07-2711 minCivic TalkEpisode Three: Policy Whiplash Part 2We confess to finding the loopholes in the COVID 19 public health policies--something that is just a part of being human that public policy doesn't always consider.2021-07-2708 minCivic TalkEpisode Three: Policy Whiplash Part 1Will they go back to the classroom? Will they stay at home? When? How? What will class look like? In part one of our third episode we discuss our personal experiences with policy whiplash during the pandemic as it related to our kids' education.2021-07-2711 minCivic TalkEpisode Two: Is "Government Innovation" an oxymoron?Four clever public sector experts vent on the public service... the good, the bad and the ugly.2021-07-2710 minCivic TalkEpisode One: Introducing Civic TalkMeet Anne and Dorin in their experimental podcast about what's really happening in government. 2021-07-2708 min