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Honey Dacanay (she/her)

Digital Policy and Governance Leader, Governments of Ontario and Canada

Honey is a digital transformation leader with significant experience leading public sector renewal and reform initiatives in the Governments of Canada and Ontario. In 2019, she was named one of Apolitical’s “World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government.”

Honey’s projects include: designing Canada's first agile governance pilot; developing a data-driven approach to modernizing Canada’s income security programs; leading development of an introductory digital curriculum for 289,000+ Government of Canada public servants and with Code for Canada and the Canadian Digital Service; leading teams that launched digital learning and assessments, and enshrined Ontario’s digital service standards in landmark legislation, the Simpler, Faster, Better Services Act, 2019. She also teaches Digital Transformation in the Public Sector at McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy in a Digital Society program.

Sessions

Workshop Track D

Regional Digital Government Summit

New for 2019, the Regional Digital Government Summit is a place for provincial, state, and municipal government leaders to focus on the unique opportunities and obstacles they face. Chaired by some of North America’s digital government pioneers, join this intimate gathering of under 100 executives within FWD50. See More.
Expert

Failing FWD: lessons in building digital teams and products

Topics of failure include: the pitfalls of being a ‘flat’ organization; challenges in designing a digital organization within traditional government, making large-scale change work in big bureaucracies, moving quickly and intentionally, and finally, operationalizing user-centred design practices at scale. See More.