Farah Esmail Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Strategically plans and delivers integrated partner engagement and communications initiatives, collaborating with program teams and various stakeholders to promote the Partnership’s impact and strategic alignment.• Leads the development, implementation and analysis of the Partnership’s satisfaction surveys and supports teams to implement recommendations to promote continuous improvement efforts and reach high levels of partner satisfaction.• Supports the implementation of the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control by analyzing partner dynamics and identifying strategic opportunities to enhance partner and stakeholder engagement across organizational teams.• Leads the Patient, Family and Caregiver Advisor program, including the development and implementation of the program refresh to ensure diverse perspectives are engaged across all the work at the Partnership.• Manages partner engagement and issues promptly from cancer system stakeholders and partners, including executing communication strategies.• Identifies new partnership opportunities and engages diverse voices from underserved groups within and beyond the healthcare system.• Provides internal guidance and best practices on engaging with cancer charities, NGOs, and community organizations to support equity-deserving groups.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Leads and executes strategic projects from initiation through to completion• Leads the development of strategic recommendations that guide project delivery by considering a variety of sources and approaches• Develops and implements strategic frameworks to guide decision-making such asprioritization framework, SWOT assessments, etc.• Provides strategic advice to internal programs and external partners throughout the project lifecycle. This includes reviewing Expressions of Interest, project proposals, project evaluations, and other documents to ensure project alignment with the Partnership’s priorities• Contributes to organizational performance measurement strategies

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Conducts in-depth stakeholder analysis and tracking to monitor partner priorities, strategic activities, and achievements to support the implementation of the Partnership’s strategic priorities as outlined by the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control • Establishes, maintains, assesses, and helps grow the Partnership’s stakeholder landscape in an integrated comprehensive manner • Supports engagement activities with cancer charities, non- governmental organizations, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders connected to, and supporting, underserviced groups such as new immigrants, low income, homeless, at-risk youth and the LGBTQ2S • Leads and supports the development of outreach and communication products and related project management tools for key partner engagements• Works collaboratively with Regional Integration, Government Relations and First Nations, Inuit and Métis teams to ensure aligned and coordinated partner engagement activities that support a common vision for the organization• Maintains a robust approach to environmental scanning and regularly monitors the horizon to identify and anticipate emerging issues, communicate analysis internally and support preparation of position statements and key messages

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Advocate to government officials and their staff to adopt organizational policies such as The Built Environment and Marketing to Kids to reduce the burden of diabetes• Work in collaboration with stakeholders including government officials, advocates, community groups and industry leaders to disseminate Diabetes Canada's position on Diabetes 360, build consensus and enable call to action• Develop a strategic plan on municipal governments role in reducing the burden of diabetes and collaborate with municipal leaders to promote health and wellness in the community• Develop and implement public policy initiatives aimed at prevention and management resulting in strong support from municipalities in Ontario• Collaborate with community leaders and high-risk groups to develop and execute a strategy to promote prevention and management of type 2 diabetes• Work collaboratively with Corporate Development team to draft funding proposals and work with potential sponsors to secure funding for programming

Toronto, Canada Area

• Conducted external stakeholder engagement of high risk groups to understand barriers and challenges faced by community members with respect to diabetes• Effectively carried out a gap analysis on programs, tools and resources available to high risk groups on prevention and management of diabetes• Developed a strategic plan on how to improve health outcomes in these groups through the population impact approach utilizing a digital strategy and support of healthcare professionals• Developed an engaged external advisory committee comprised of health care professionals and members from high risk groups to provide strategic input and monitor impact and outcomes of activities and educational events supporting these communities• Successfully developed a marketing strategy to promote programming relevant to these groups across Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

• Efficiently designed, executed and monitored three concurrent programs with competing timelines to reach over 60,000 Canadian participants each year• Successfully managed five staff, conducted hiring and training; provided ongoing support, and conducted performance reviews while motivating and mentoring the team• Designed and implemented program evaluation tools across departmental programs to measure impact and improve quality of programs• Conducted data analysis to determine ROI, strengthened program offerings and communicated changes to stakeholders and program sponsors of outcomes• Successfully monitored program budgets to achieve 10% cost savings

• Developed resources for project facilitation with key stakeholders• Engaged a multitude of stakeholders from government, non-government and not-for-profit• Identified, reviewed and analyzed resources for literature reviews and environmental scans• Gathered, built and maintained tools for ongoing program evaluation projects• Identified, provided input and assisted with proposal writing• Lead qualitative thematic data analysis using NVIVO software• Assisted with final projects deliverables and report writing• Extensive experience in audio transcriptions• Provided ongoing updates, support and troubleshooting for company website

Ottawa, Canada Area

Markham

Ottawa, Canada Area

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, Co-Op