Adam Barrett Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Now started as Senior Policy Advisor with the Policy Guidance and Coordination Unit, Strategic Policy Branch, Office of the Budget, focusing on economic policy portfolio.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Joined the Ontario Ministry of Finance as a policy advisor with the Financial Institutions Policy Unit, and supported policy analysis for regulation of provincial credit unions, insurance, and fintech.

Toronto

• New Power Labs is a non-profit startup "think and do tank," building a more transparent, inclusive, and equitable financial future where all Canadians -- particularly those from diverse, equity-deserving groups -- have.
• Helped manage current relationships and expand new partnerships, ultimately to mobilize more capital to underserved founders and organizations
• Supported our research team on occasion with analysis and report-writing, in our research to uncover ways to remove bias and systemic discrimination from capital flows
• Translated our knowledge and insights into accessible language and material for stakeholders.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Prosper Canada is a national charity dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for Canadians living in poverty through program and policy innovation, working to ensure that all financially vulnerable Canadians have.
• Co-led efforts to update Prosper Canada's strategy, to rebuild vulnerable Canadians' financial health in response to the economic impacts of COVID-19
• Provided analysis and insights on emerging trends affecting Canadians’ financial security, including in fintech, open banking, digital ID/the digital divide, and social programs, monitoring for relevant changes and.
• Facilitated and led proposal/business development processes, and helped steward our portfolio of corporate, philanthropic, and government funding partners to scale the organization's programs.

Toronto

• Assisted Executive Team in drafting advocacy and thought leadership materials on financial empowerment, and supporting engagement with government stakeholders including our submission to the federal Social Finance &.
• Facilitated proposal/business development processes, and stewarded a $10M+ portfolio of corporate, philanthropic, and government partnerships
• Tested and implemented improvements to internal processes, including piloting and informally educating staff on Lean methods
• Helped our Information Systems team champion Microsoft cloud-based platforms and data management for our work, and led my department to become an early adopter and champion
• Attended the J.W. McConnell Foundation's Social Innovation Learning Program (SILP) on behalf of the organization, to learn from and support peers in social innovation
• Represented Prosper Canada on occasion at conferences and events.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Co-chaired efforts to refine Prosper Canada's strategy, including a refreshed Theory of Change, our strategic plan to support frontline non-profits, and new frameworks for understanding and improving financial security.
• Developed proposals to and partnerships with public and private sector stakeholders, working closely with the Executive Team to raise over $2M (as one of only 2 dedicated Business Development staff)
• Aided Executive Team with KPI reporting, improving process workflows, and drafting advocacy materials for government audiences
• Worked to improve internal proposal writing, planning, and data management processes
• Introduced new project management styles to staff, including Agile and Lean methods
• Represented Prosper Canada on occasion at conferences and events with key stakeholders.

Time away from work to help out during a family crisis.

Toronto, Canada Area

• One of the world's largest foundations, the Mastercard Foundation works with visionary organizations to enable young people in Africa and Indigenous communities in Canada to access dignified and fulfilling work, with a.
• First hired as an intern, later asked to stay in a longer contract position to help organize the 2016 Mastercard Foundation Symposium on Financial Inclusion ("SoFI2016"), a conference for over 300 practitioners and.
• Collaborated with a close-knit team to develop conference content/agenda, on how behavioural economics and fintech can advance financial inclusion in emerging markets
• Worked closely with Financial Inclusion and Communications teams to coordinate and execute conference logistics, and personally coordinated pre-Symposium workshops in Kigali
• Helped lead team's transition to newly-implemented Office365 tools, and improved processes for organizing future events.

Toronto, Canada Area

• JILIR was a multidisciplinary academic journal published by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy until 2018.
• Co-managed team of 65 graduate student and law student editors responsible for internal submissions review, coordinating peer review, marketing, printing, and publication
• Co-chaired Senior Board meetings, including decisions on final content published in Volume 12, featuring selected high-quality papers and reviews on key topics in international relations, policy, and international law
• Co-developed long-term strategic plan, including transition to a digital open access model.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Research to support Participedia, a global crowdsourcing platform for researchers, activists, practitioners, and others interested in public participation and democratic innovations.
• Conducted stakeholder interviews and qualitative research for Participedia (https://participedia.net/), a repository for evidence on participatory democracy and open-source governance worldwide
• Provided related research assistance for Prof. Peter Loewen (Professor and Director, University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy).

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Cenfri is an independent, nonprofit African economic impact agency, working to boost economic growth and increase sustainable development in emerging markets through financial inclusion.
• Supported launch of and conducted initial research for insight2impact (http://i2ifacility.org/), a facility for high-quality data and analysis on financial inclusion in the Global South, funded jointly by the Bill &.
• Co-organized "Location Matters: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Financial Inclusion," a workshop for 80 microfinance and development practitioners, one of i2i's first events
• Drafted successful grant proposal for nearly $1M in funding from one of Cenfri's primary donors.

Master Of Global Affairs (Mga), Global Development, 3.86 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Journal of International Law & International Relations; G20 Research Group; Digital Public Square; Global Ideas.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics & Philosophy, 3.76 Gpa (4.06 In Final Year)

Activities and Societies: Dalhousie Model United Nations Society, Sodales Debate Society• Graduated with Distinction, placed on Dean's.

Dalhousie Integrated Science Program, Biomedical Stream

DISP is an undergraduate first-year intensive, interdisciplinary program in natural/physical sciences, providing a well-rounded.