Prairie Tune Up 2024

The ACFO-ACAF Regional Tune Up series is returning to Winnipeg on August 29! This event is free for ACFO-ACAF members as part of the Joint Career Development Program, co-managed by ACFO-ACAF and the Office of the Comptroller General.

All attendees of the event will receive a certificate for 5.5 CPD hours

Location

Delta Winnipeg
350 St. Mary Avenue
Winnipeg, MB

Agenda

7:45 – Registration opens, continental breakfast available

8:45 – Opening remarks

9:00 – Workshop: Why Does the Lobster Cast Off Its Shell? (Merge Gupta-Sunderji, author and speaker)

12:00 – Lunch and updates from ACFO-ACAF (Dany Richard, ACFO-ACAF President)

13:00 – Armchair Discussion: Spotlight on Workplace Issues (Grant Boland, ACFO-ACAF Labour Relations Advisor)

14:00 – Break

14:30 – Updates from the Office of the Comptroller General (Eric Brière)

15:15 – Panel: Reflections from Senior Leadership (Cheryl Blahey, Chief Financial Officer – Canadian Grain Commission; Ron Gallipeau, Chief Financial Officer – Department of National Defence; Alazhar Sisay, Director – Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

16:15 – Closing remarks

Note: ACFO-ACAF will be hosting a social mixer immediately after the event at The Elephant and Castle, located at 350 St. Mary Avenue.

Travel support

As this is a regional event, members who reside in the Prairie Region but live more than 100 km from the site of the event are eligible for partial travel support in the form of one night’s accommodation, capped at the government rate as per the NJC travel directive. Please contact events@acfo-acaf.com for pre-approval prior to booking your room. This travel support is only available once per member per year.