2024 Awards of Excellence Ceremony
We are very excited for this year’s Awards of Excellence Ceremony taking place on May 14, 2024 late afternoon. Please make sure to register for the Leadership Summit to attend the ceremony and support your colleagues’ achievements.
This year, APEX will be awarding the following Awards of Excellence:
Public Service Citation Award
Healthy Workplace Award
Leadership Award
APEX CEO Award
Innovation Award
Community Contribution Award
Partnership Award
Career Contribution Award
To learn more about each award and the criteria, please visit the Awards of Excellence Nomination Page. If you missed the window to submit a nomination, make sure to check this site again in November of each year as we open the nomination period.
Thank you to our awards sponsors
for helping recognize the great work that executives achieve
Thank you for your nominations!
APEX received 57 nominations for this year’s Awards of Excellence. Thank you to all the 21 departments who have taken part this year. Our Awards Review Committee is evaluating the nomination packages and contacting the nominees. It’s a difficult task to choose an award winner for each category with such great nominations.
The winners will be revealed in April prior to our Awards of Excellence Ceremony taking place on May 14, 2024 at 17:00 ET. Join us and come support your colleagues, your mentors and your teams.
Congratulations to the 2024 APEX Awards of Excellence nominees!
Canada Border Services Agency
Denis Vinette | Leadership
Vice-President, Travellers Branch
Joseph McMahon | Career Contribution
Executive Director, Southern Ontario Region
Canada Revenue Agency
Shannon Drew | Innovation
Director, Innovation and Analytics Division
Canadian Coast Guard
Anne Miller | Career Contribution
(Retired) Regional Director Response
Denise Veber | Leadership
Senior Regional Director Fleet
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Adria Patzer | Healthy Workplace
Director, Program and Issues Communications, Strategic and Issues Communications
Lyzette Lamondin | Leadership
Inspector General, Operations Branch
Canadian School of Public Service
Jason Bett | Career Contribution
Visiting Senior Advisor for 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion
Correctional Services Canada
Christine Anderson | Leadership
Warden, Collins Bay Institution
Jason Hope | Partnership
Regional Deputy Commissioner
Employment and Social Development Canada
Carson Littlejohn | Leadership
Director General, Integrity Services
Dinesh Mohan | Leadership
Director General, Enterprise Cloud Services, Innovation, Information and Technology Branch
Jackie Zuk | Leadership
Director General, Benefits Delivery Services Branch, Western Canada and Territories Region
Joanne Mayhew | Partnership
Executive Director, Strategic Policy, Planning and Compliance – Innovation, Information and Technology Branch
Karen Robertson | Healthy Workplace
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Assistant Deputy Minister
Véronique Tremblay | Leadership
Director, Office of Values, Recognition, Assessment and Resolution
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Michael Goffin | Career Contribution
Director General, Freshwater Policy and Engagement Directorate, Canada Water Agency
Marie-Josée Lauzon | Partnership
Director, HR-to-Pay
Lauren Small | Community Contribution
Director, ECCC Branch Planning and Management Services, Public Affairs and Communications – Branch Office of the ADM
Patrick Vachon | Healthy Workplace
Director, General, Workforce Development and Wellness Services
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
Chantal Villeneuve | Leadership
Team Leader (Director), HR Modernization, Analytics and Technology – People, Culture and Workplace Sector
Nathalie Martineau | Leadership
Assistant Director, Operations Division – Director General Supervision Sector
Global Affairs Canada
Sandra McCardell | Leadership
(previously) Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb
(currently) Assistant Deputy Minister, International Affairs Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Health Canada
Bruno Rodrigue | Leadership
Executive Director, Office of Legislative and Regulatory Modernization
Ed Morgan | Healthy Workplace
Director General, Planning and International Affairs Directorate
Elizabeth Toller | Partnership
Director, Health Care Innovation Secretariat
Lisa Duncan | Healthy Workplace
Director, Submission, Information Management and Business Analysis Division
Maria Sterniczuk | Leadership
Director, Strategic Horizontal Policy Division
Indigenous Services Canada
Nelson Barbosa | Partnership
Director General, Community Infrastructure Branch
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Elisha Kapell-Seguin | Community Contribution
Director of Operations
Sylvain Beauchamp | Healthy Workplace
Director General, Client Support and Engagement Branch, Service Delivery Sector
Nairi Bekiarian | Innovation
Director, Operational Support Division
Josée Lapointe | Career Contribution
Director General of Workplace Management
Alexandra Hiles | Partnership
Senior Area Director in the United States
Emmanuelle Deault-Bonin | Healthy Workplace
Director General, Strategic and Horizontal Policy
Jennifer Manasserian | Leadership
Director, Domestic Network
Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Virginie Éthier | Leadership
Assistant Commissioner and Director General, Patents – Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Justice Canada
Daniel Roussy | Partnership
Senior General Counsel and Executive Director
Public Services Procurement Canada
Alexandra LaGroix and Aniello DiMeglio | Innovation
Acting Senior Director, Canadian General Standards Board
Director, Client Operations, Digital Services Branch
Glen Hynes | Career Contribution
(Retired) Regional Director General, Atlantic Region
Johanne Tremblay | Innovation
Regional Director, Accommodation and Portfolio Management, Regional Diversity and Inclusion co-champion, Ontario Region
Laura Medeiros | Leadership
Senior Director, Professional Services Procurement
Simon Page | Healthy Workplace
Assistant Deputy Minister, Defense and Marine Procurement
Aleksandra Luczak | Healthy Workplace
Regional Director, Human Resources, Ontario Region
Stephanie Kirkland | Leadership
Assistant Deputy Minister, Pay Administration Branch
Kim Steele | Leadership
Assistant Deputy Minister (Chief Technology Officer), Human Capital Management Solutions Branch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Leila El-Khatib | Community Contribution
Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Human Resources Policies, Strategies and Programs
Shared Services Canada
Elizabeth Rodrigues | Partnership
Senior Director, DCC-Stream 3, Portfolio C, Project Management and Delivery Branch
Jamie Hirtle | Leadership
Senior Director, Policing Infrastructure Operations – Divisional Policing Technology Services
Steve Whittaker | Partnership
Senior Director, National Policing Technology Services, Policing Infrastructure Operations
Valerie Stanlake | Healthy Workplace
Senior Director, Project Management and Delivery
Mario Laroche | Leadership
Director of Modernization, Telecommunication Services, DSB
Statistics Canada
Ian Bale, Andrew Sinkinson and Katy Champagne | Innovation
Senior Director, Cloud Enterprise Services Division
Director General, Hosting Services Branch, Shared Services Canada
Director General, Digital Operations
Treasury Board Secretariat
Alfred MacLeod | Healthy Workplace
Assistant Deputy Minister, Office of Public Service Accessibility
Liz McKeown | Leadership
Executive Director, Digital Community Management
Jane Keenan | Partnership
Director, Centre for Greening Government
Transport Canada
Robert Dick | Leadership
Assistant Deputy Minister, Supply Chain Office
