After more than three decades in public service and journalism, including many years as a chief spokesperson for high-profile public agencies, Anne Marie now provides her independent clients with creative public relations, proactive media relations and training and expert strategic communications planning and support.
As her heart remains committed to public services, her clients include a variety of leaders and industries including Public Progress with a particular focus on health, social and community services. As a three-time published author and a frequent contributor to media, her writing skills have helped many clients achieve their goals. Anne Marie has a great sense of humour with contagious energy.
Heather combines her frontline experience as a case manager and counsellor with her
background in politics, policy governance and development, project management, and
information technology to provide clients with exceptional real-world advice and support.
Serving vulnerable people is Heather’s forté, which is why she is a great fit for the
Public Progress team. She has delivered direct counselling and developed programs
in the areas of youth justice diversion, family violence, sexual violence, and mental
health and addictions,
Heather recently completed her Master's in Education, where her work focused on the
impact of complex childhood trauma on learners. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student at
Queen's University's Faculty of Education and is a two-year recipient of the Martin
Schiralli Fellowship. Her Ph.D. research explores public pedagogy as a primary tenant
of liberal democracy, as it promotes responsible citizenship and fuels social change
through knowledge acquisition.
Jason Neepin is currently the Executive Director of Broadband Communications North.
Jason has been active in housing, economic development and cultural training for over twenty years, working in government, and the corporate and community sectors. He brings a range of experience to his role as an Associate with Public Progress, assisting clients to achieve their housing and community development priorities.
Jason has worked in the corporate sector with the Cree Regional Economic Enterprises Company (CREECO, James Bay Cree, QC); government sector with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN); community sector with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) (Tyendinaga, ON) and Fox Lake Cree Nation (FLCN); as well as National Board experience representing Ontario for CANDO. Jason’s INAC government experience includes Major Business and Emerging Sectors, Major Business Projects, Resource Partnerships, Resource Access Negotiations, and economic development opportunities.
Jason worked for the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte as the Director of Housing and Sustainable Development for five years. Jason was successful in finding community buy-in through a series of community engagement meetings, development of community working groups to facilitate changes to the housing portfolio provided to the citizens of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
Jason completed his Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Native Studies and Minor in Management and Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) with a double major in Aboriginal Business Studies and Generalist from the I.H. Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba. He is a Professional Aboriginal Economic Developer (PAED) certified by the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO). Jason is a member of the Fox Lake Cree Nation located in northern Manitoba currently living in Ottawa, Ontario.
Fowzia has over 10 years experience working in the equity, diversity and inclusion sector in school boards and Higher Education Institutions in Toronto, Dubai, United States, UAE and London, UK. She has recently worked as a Professor at Humber College in the social service worker program, dual credit program and graduate certificate in systems navigation. Most recently she worked as a School Trustee with the Toronto District School Board with responsibilities to oversee 600 schools in Toronto. In this capacity, she provided leadership supporting transformative changes in schools through the implementation of effective models of inclusion to close access, opportunity, achievement, and participation gaps.
Fowzia has worked as a researcher with youth-based organizations, such as Pathways to Education, where she helped students from inner city communities with high dropout rates achieve their full potential, and Delisle Youth Services, where she was a youth counsellor for mental health services.
Fowzia gained invaluable domestic and international experience in the education sector in various capacities, including but not limited to working as a: professor at Humber College; a health promoter at a Community Health Centre; a student equity program advisor; a central coordinator for parent and community involvement; an applied researcher; and an entrepreneur.
Dan is a veteran consultant in research-based strategic planning, organizational development, communications and advocacy. Specialized expertise in program evaluation, needs analysis and strategic planning through logical framework analysis; development and implementation of complex communications and advocacy strategies for strategic plans; comprehensive communications support to policy development and program implementation; political and democratic governance program design and delivery; monitoring, evaluation and research including surveys/focus groups undertaken with local partners; management of donor/executing agency/local partner liaison, integration and coordination; mission/project planning and leadership. Field experience in Asia (Afghanistan), Africa (multiple countries), southeastern Europe (Bosnia, Bulgaria, Ukraine), Middle East, the Caribbean and throughout Canada/US.