NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Some of the Victoria Regional Group board members planning 2025.

Our board of directors were elected at our Annual General Meeting on October 10, 2024. Have a suggestion? Want to get involved? You can reach us by email at ipac@ipac-victoria.ca

Visit our website to see the full list of our 2024-25 Board of Directors, Governance and Committees.
https://www.ipacvictoria.com/board

We at IPAC-Victoria have some exciting news! We are pleased to announce that Ash Moosavi has been appointed as the new President of IPAC-Victoria. Ash brings key skills and knowledge to the organization's mission. IPAC-Victoria is most pleased to have Ash within this role sharing a unique background that serves an incredible asset to the IPAC-Victoria Regional Group.

Call For Board Members:

Are you interested in leadership opportunities to promote networking and the exchange of ideas among public servants, students, and academics in Southern Vancouver Island? Then we look forward to you putting forward your name as a candidate for the Board of Directors of the Institute of Public Administration Victoria’s (IPAC-Victoria’s) Board of Directors at our upcoming Annual General Meeting in October.

The Institute of Public Administration Canada (IPAC) is an organization which promotes networking and exchange of ideas among public servants working in federal, provincial, municipal, and Indigenous governments. An IPAC event, which promotes both networking and ideas-exchange, is the Policy Pitch, where presenters (“pitchers”) present a policy idea with the best options being determined by a panel of judges and by the audience.

Malcolm Gaston is Board Vice-Chair at the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation. He has delivered leadership training with CAAF in both Guyana (2022) and Rwanda (2023). He is a board director at IPAC Victoria. Until recently, Malcolm was Strategic Priorities Advisor to the Auditor General for BC, and prior to that he was Assistant Auditor General, Performance Audit, for 14 years.

The University of Victoria’s School of Public Administration is still accepting applications for Indigenous Community Development and Governance (ICDG) programs for September 2024!  

As a result of his teaching, writing and his leadership in promoting citizen-centred service, Brian Marson has become well known across the public sector in Canada, the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe for his advocacy of excellence in public service.

Ingrid Bergmann is a former public servant who is currently an Executive Coach with Inside Public Sector Leadership. As an Executive Coach, she supports senior and aspiring senior leaders in the public sector.