Heather Scoffield Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Research Canada groups public, volunteer and private-sector research organizations and companies to advocate for research and innovation in healthcare. As a board member, I am involved in governance, advocacy and communications.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Ottawa, Canada Area

Ottawa, Canada Area

Trusted since 1917 and employing 180 journalists, The Canadian Press is Canada’s independent national news agency and provides content to 600+ media agencies as well as commercial clients and the Associated Press in the US (www.thecanadianpress.com). ● Leading a 15-person team and all aspects of daily operations in the organization’s largest and most effective bureau; ● Directing staff, multimedia strategy, technology integration, and the creation of content for national audiences with a focus on maximum relevance and objectivity during a time of rapid evolution in digital and social media; ● Overseeing, shaping and steering hard-hitting, non-partisan coverage of politics, policy and current affairs on a daily basis; ● Driving client retention and responsiveness to the needs of organizations such as CBC, Bell Media, Huffington Post, Toronto Star, National Post, Globe and Mail, and MacLean’s; ● Hiring, training and mentoring journalists to become relentless top performers in a high-stress, deadline-driven environment;● Ensuring relevancy of news coverage used by major media organizations, daily newspapers and every national TV network in Canada.ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Modernized the bureau and improved its agility and profile via an aggressive multimedia strategy, new technologies, championing partnerships, and mentoring reporters ► Represented the organization as a commentator on TV (i.e. CBC's Power & Politics, CTV's Question Period and Power Play, Global's The West Block, CPAC's PrimeTime Politics), CBC Radio's syndicated Ottawa Report, and as a public speaker at conferences on topics of politics, policy, business, economics and journalism ► Led the team that earned a National Newspaper Award and two Michener Award nominations (see Honours & Awards section) ► Developed digital features that enhanced and differentiated CP’s brand ► Led major projects to drive exclusive coverage of key issues developments

Ottawa, Canada Area

(See above company overview)● As one of the only dedicated social policy reporters on Parliament Hill, led daily analysis and coverage of social, aboriginal and environmental policy and key issues such as poverty reduction, homelessness, stimulus programs, and greenhouse gas emissions; ● Pushed the boundaries of traditional daily political news, analyzed underlying trends and consequences of policy decisions, and highlighted the effects of socio-economic policy on people’s lives at a time when poverty, inequality, affordable housing and conditions on First Nations reserves were not always federal government priorities; ● Travelled extensively to cover the Prime Minister and international events; ● Leveraged and expanded a professional network encompassing politicians, political aides, opposition and government MPs, senior civil servants, and civil and business leaders. ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Spearheaded CP’s coverage of the government’s Responsible Resource Development policy using a multi-disciplinary approach to reporting that combined environmental and energy policy, business and Indigenous perspectives to ensure relevance to the broadest possible audience ► Won two National Newspaper Awards for coverage of aboriginal affairs (2012) and the cancellation of the long-form census (2011) ► Won Amnesty International Canada’s 2012 Print Media Award for a series of stories on painkiller addiction on reserves ► Excelled as Lead Reporter on Canada-EU free trade negotiations, the rise of the NDP under Jack Layton, China’s CNOOC takeover of Calgary-based Nexen, the 2010 G8 and G20 summits, and the federal stimulus program of 2009

Toronto & Ottawa, On

The Globe and Mail is the nation’s foremost news media company with print and digital formats that reach more than 6 million readers every week (www.theglobeandmail.com).● Provided exclusive analysis and reporting of the global financial crisis, Canadian recession, federal budgets and diverse policy ranging from Bank of Canada interventions, employment, exports, real estate and currency to provincial fiscal trends and issues surrounding deflation, deficits, recovery and potential growth; ● Managed relations with federal and provincial government officials, economists, interest groups and business leaders; ● Developed new ways to integrate web and newspaper coverage, helping to boost national readership of the paper and online while enhancing the overall depth of coverage.ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Key member of a team that won a 2007 National Newspaper Award for reporting on the asset-backed commercial paper crisis ► Developed a weekly Economics Lab column that provided economic insights through a combination of analysis, graphics and research (forerunner of the publication’s current Economy Lab forum)

Ottawa, Canada Area

(See above company overview)● Delivered nationally distributed news, analysis and features on matters of fiscal and monetary policy, industrial policy, cultural policy, Liberal leadership politics, federal budgets, elections and Latin American economics;● Covered every federal budget and broke many exclusive related stories;● Covered the financial crises in Brazil and Argentina;● Wrote a ground-breaking profile of Mark Carney when he became Governor of the Bank of Canada.

Ottawa, Canada Area

(See above company overview)● Travelled frequently to Latin America to cover Canada's investment and trade opportunities there, interviewing many political and business leaders in Mexico and Argentina;● Served as the leading reporter in the country on Canada's involvement in the G7 and in pioneering the G20;● Developed deep familiarity with NAFTA rules, World Trade Organization requirements, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Competition Bureau, CRTC and the world of lobbying.ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Part of a team that was nominated for a National Newspaper Award in 1999

Ottawa, Canada Area

Thomson Reuters Corporation is a Canadian multinational mass media and information firm with more than 45,000 employees in 100+ countries (www.thomsonreuters.ca).● Covered Canadian mining companies, currency markets in Toronto, fiscal and monetary policy, economics, elections and national politics in Ottawa.

Toronto, Canada Area

(See above company overview)● Began as a reporter and copy editor on the Ontario desk prior to earning promotion to business reporter in Toronto.

Cambridge, On, Canada Area

The Cambridge Reporter was a local daily newspaper in Southern Ontario and Canada's oldest operating newspaper at the time of its closure in 2003.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Journalism

Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship from the Government of Ontario

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International Studies (Honours, Bilingual)

Activities and Societies: Class Valedictorian | Two-time winner of President’s Scholarship Major in politics, minor in Economics

Certificate Of Bilingual Competence (With Distinction), French Studies

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (Ossd)