{"id":27871,"date":"2023-09-07T12:07:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=district_update&p=27871"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:22:14","slug":"dm-bulletin-september-8-2023-27871","status":"publish","type":"district_update","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/district_update\/dm-bulletin-september-8-2023-27871\/","title":{"rendered":"DM Bulletin – September 8, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Christina Zacharuk<\/strong>
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Hi, everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made it through the first week! I’ve heard from many of you about the excitement of staff and students at all grade levels, as everyone started the new school year – this has been a great distraction from the multitude of media and information requests we’ve been inundated with at the ministry! I wish everyone a good end to the week and a bit of a breather before the start of the next. A special shout out to SDs 83 and 73 who continue to work so hard to support students, staff, and families in having as normal a start of as possible in light of the ongoing impacts of the wildfires. There are several updates today that come annually this time of year. I encourage you to have a scan and share as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, please join me in congratulating Melanie J. Stewart, PhD, chosen as the successful candidate from a competition to fill the 24-month appointment as Associate Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education and Child Care, effective September 8, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Melanie has been with the BC Public Service since 2007, an Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) since 2011 in a variety of ministries, and has been serving as ADM, Learning and Education Programs Division within the ministry for the past three years. Melanie brings with her to the role a wealth of experience and passion for the public service and strategic public policy and planning, leading transformative change, and solving complex problems. In addition to taking on the Associate Deputy Minister role to support cross-division alignment of the ministry with strategic objectives and mandate letter deliverables, Melanie will continue as the ministry\u2019s Ethics Advisor and Performance Development Platform Executive Sponsor. A process will be forthcoming to fill Melanie\u2019s ADM role. Welcome Melanie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a great weekend,
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Christina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christina Zacharuk
Deputy Minister of Education and Child Care<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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