Honey Dacanay (she/her)

Honey Dacanay is an executive leader in digital transformation and public sector innovation, with over 15 years of experience driving large-scale policy modernization, service design, and user-centered delivery across Canada’s federal and provincial governments. She currently serves as Director General of Digital Policy and Performance at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, where she is leading a comprehensive rewrite of Canada’s Policy on Service and Digital and modernizing the Government of Canada’s Digital Standards. This work shapes how 95 federal departments design, fund, and deliver services, guiding over $8.9 billion in annual investments in digital public infrastructure.

Previously, Honey played a foundational role in shaping Ontario’s digital ecosystem as a co-founder of the Ontario Digital Service, where she helped design the province’s Digital Service Standard and co-authored the landmark Simpler, Faster, Better Services Act, 2019. Her work removed 48 regulatory barriers to innovation, created Ontario’s first province-wide digital service policy framework, and delivered a training platform that has reached 5,000+ public servants.

Named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Digital Government” by Apolitical and a Women in GovTech 2024 honoree by GovInsider Asia, Honey is also a Professor of Practice at McMaster University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, where she teaches graduate students and executives on digital transformation in the public sector. She is also the Research and Partnerships Lead for Teaching Public Service in a Digital Age, a global initiative now taught in 70+ universities across 30+ countries.