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Panel Discussion on Navigating Executive Career Transition

Date: January 19, 2026
Type: Online

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Navigating Executive Career Transition: Workforce Adjustment, Pensions, and Staffing Pathways

APEX is proudly partnering with the Pension Centre at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) and the Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) to bring executives a panel discussion to answer questions relating to Pension, Career Transition (CTA), Workforce Adjustment (WFA), Selection of Employees for Retention or Lay-Off (SERLO), and more.

This session is about knowledge—giving you the opportunity to ask important questions to make informed decisions. The content of this discussion will complement our recent sessions with OCHRO and the PSPC Pension Centre on Pension, CTA, and WFA. Missed our previous sessions? Or want to revisit the details? View our previous session recordings in advance to get the full picture before the panel.

Whether you’re catching up or confirming what you’ve learned, this session will help you make informed decisions with confidence and clarity.

Event Details

Date & Time: January 19, 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 ET

Audience: All Public Service executives across Canada and internationally are invited to attend APEX’s learning events

Cost: Free

Language: This event will be bilingual where the speaker will alternate between English and French without repeating. Simultaneous interpretation will be available via Wordly, an AI-based interpreting service.

Platform: Participants will attend our virtual event via Teams webinar . A meeting link will be sent once you are registered.

Meet the speakers

Line Ouellette
Outreach Services Officer, Labour Relations Operations

Line Ouellette joined the Government of Canada Pension Centre in 2017. She spent five years advising and mentoring in the Pre-retirement and Executive Members Telephony section. Since 2023, she has been an Outreach Services Officer, delivering sessions on all three federal pension plans to help members make informed retirement decisions.

Charles Vézina
Executive Director, Labour Relations Operations

Charles has served in the federal public service for 25 years, holding a variety of progressively senior roles. Since 2019, he has been with the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, where he currently serves as Executive Director, Labour Relations Operations. An executive since 2010, Charles has worked in the field of labour relations since 2000, gaining extensive expertise in negotiations, labour relations, compensation, human resources management, occupational health and safety, and workplace well-being.

Throughout his career, Charles has built strong, collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including bargaining agent representatives at all levels and partners across federal departments and agencies. As an executive, he has led, contributed to, and implemented numerous Government of Canada–wide initiatives, including the Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination and the federal strike management response.

Charles regularly engages with Heads of Human Resources, regional federal councils, the Labour Relations Council, and various communities of practice—including the National Managers’ Network, Chiefs of Labour Relations, and the Occupational Health and Safety Community of Practice—to address emerging issues and support effective people management across the federal public service.

He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.A.A.) from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and has successfully completed all coursework in the Master’s in Industrial Relations program at the Université du Québec en Outaouais.

The father of three children, Charles lives in Cantley, Québec.

Mélanie Laflèche
Executive Director, Leadership Policies and Programs, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, TBS

Mélanie began her career in the banking industry with the Desjardins Group where she worked in financial planning. In 2008, Mélanie joined the Canada Revenue Agency, working mainly in the Human Resources Branch where she held various positions including in planning, operations, and learning and leadership. She joined TBS in March 2022 and is focused on enabling leadership talent with a people first perspective.

Mélanie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Ottawa and is currently completing a Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Government with the University of Ottawa. She is a proud Franco-Ontarienne, mother of twins, and makes a point every week to invest time in reading, cooking, and enjoying the outdoors!

Emma Orawiec
Vice-President, Policy and Communications, Public Service Commission of Canada

Emma Orawiec is the Vice-President, Policy and Communications Sector at the Public Service Commission of Canada. Previously, she occupied the positions of Director General Procurement Services (DG Proc Svcs) at the Department of National Defence and  Director General, Policy Coordination and Planning in the Strategic Policy Branch at Health Canada, where she was a part of Health Canada’s COVID pandemic response.

Emma has experience working with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) where she served as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Minister. Following her role in the Deputy Minister’s Office, Emma moved to PSPC’s Real Property Services, occupying the role of Account Executive for the Science Portfolio and Director General of the Strategic Sourcing Sector. In this role, she provided leadership in leveraging the private sector’s capacity through sourced contracts.

Early in her public service career, she worked at the Department of National Defence within the Chief Financial Office organization, and later joined Treasury Board Secretariat as a Program Analyst for DND.

Emma holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiology from McGill University as well as a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Carleton University.