Sasha Hanson Pastran Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, ON, CA

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Isssues Management for Canada Port Authorities; Marine Policy development, including legislative development on Port governance and Canada's port investment framework. My work intersects with environmental policy (particularly clean energy), Indigenous relations, trade policy and infrastructure.

• Health Canada COVID Taskforce and Public Health Agency of Canada Vaccine Rollout TaskforceResponsibilities:
• Contribute to briefing materials for Full Cabinet, Cabinet COVID-19 committee and Ministerial working group on vaccine rollout, DM committees and expert task forces to advise on the federal government's response to the.
• Support the development of an integrated Federal Strategy to combat the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
• Analyze and disseminate the latest research developments in COVID-19 science to senior management, including implications for policy.
• Assist with COVID-19 vaccine rollout planning and consultations with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Natural Resources Canada, Strategic Energy Policy Division, Low Carbon Energy SectorResponsibilities:
• Advise the Minister and senior management on policy options for advancing a low carbon economy in Canada by preparing briefings for meetings with stakeholders and public events, working groups and inter-departmental.
• Lead sector analyst on Federal-Provincial-Territorial policy engagement, including coordinating low carbon energy policy development for the Energy and Mines Minsters Conference.
• Lead sector advisor on GBA+ considerations of policy and funding proposals.
• Conduct ongoing research for emerging trends in policy development (eg. COVID impacts and economic recovery).

Ottawa, Ontario

Policy analyst in the Advanced Policy Analyst Program (APAP). The federal government's top analyst development program is structured as 6-month assignments at the three central agencies and at a home department. APAP assignments have included:1) Finance Canada, International Trade and Finance (2019-present)- Engage with stakeholders to inform advice on.

Strategic Policy Directorate, Priorities And Planning Sector

• Responsibilities:
• Advance the policy experimentation mandate commitment by international scanning, organization of experimentation workshops and events, collaboration with departments and external experts, and production of reports.
• Contribute to TBS corporate international engagement activities by assisting with the coordination of official diplomatic visits to TBS
• Advance corporate knowledge on national and international public sector management innovations and business process modernization through the monthly Public Management Bulletin
• Enhance TBS performance measurement capacity by developing options for evaluating the policy function

• Carleton University, Arthur Kroeger College (2015): International Law and Politics
• Carleton University, Department of Political Science (2015): International Relations
• Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Language Studies (2014): Spanish
• University of Saskatchewan, Department of Languages and Linguistics (2010-12): Spanish

Esteli, Nicaragua

• Government of Canada Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development International Youth Internship Program with Pueblito Canada Accomplishments:
• Collaborated with Ministry of Education officers, pedagogical specialists, community leaders, teachers, parents and children to develop a Child Protection Policy in the community of Telpaneca, Nicaragua
• Developed and implemented a communications strategy for diverse audiences using video, social media, information booths, blogs, articles and public art
• Designed and facilitated arts-based workshops and public engagement events on emotional development, civic participation and violence prevention
• Monitored, evaluated and reported on project activities using a results based management approach

• Led project to research and develop student-led internationalization policies on campuses across Canada
• Created educational and communications materials for students including videos, print materials and web pages
• Organized seven events that created opportunities for intercultural learning and collaboration on campus. There were approximately 1000 attendees in total at all events

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Master Of Arts (M.A.) In Public Policy And Administration, International And Development Policy Concentration

Highlights from graduate education: • Maintained honours average and received top awards for academic excellence, best paper, leadership.

Bachelor Of Arts (Honours) International Studies, Latin American Stream With A Recognition In Spanish, 92

Activities and Societies: Extra-curricular Scholarly Activities: Student-led internationalization national research project- Lead.