Panelist: Societal Trends: Forecasting from Insurance Data

Full Bio: Roberta Ellis was appointed Vice President Policy, Investigations and Review Divisions in 2004 at WorkSafeBC. She was Vice President of Prevention at WorkSafeBC since 1999 responsible for consultative, educational, and compliance programs to eliminate occupational injury and disease. Between 1997-1999 Ms. Ellis was Associate Deputy Minister of Health to the Manitoba Government with responsibility for labour contracts and human resource matters. In 1995 she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Aerospace Training Canada International, an assignment with the federal government, to develop a consortium of private and public sector leaders in the export of aerospace knowledge products. Between 1989-1993 she was Deputy Minister of Manitoba Labour. In 1993, Ms. Ellis was President of Manitoba’s Economic Innovation and Technology Council. She served, for three years, as Chair of the Manitoba Advisory Council on the Status of Women, advising government on all aspects of economic and social policy. In 1985, she was appointed Civil Service Commissioner and Pay Equity Commissioner, leading the implementation of Canada’s first proactive pay equity legislation.

Ms. Ellis’s professional achievements have been recognized through various awards, including the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Excellence in Public Administration and the CPPMA Presidents Award for leadership in public administration.

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