Catherine Fortin Lefaivre

Vice-President, Strategic Policy and Global Partnerships

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Catherine Fortin Lefaivre

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Vice-President, Strategic Policy and Global Partnerships

In her capacity as VP of Strategic Policy & Global Partnerships at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Catherine leads the Gateway to World program as well as the Future of Business Centre. In former roles, Catherine was Principal, Public Policy at AWS Canada where she oversaw all Quebec policy work, as well as federal files like AI. At AWS, she also co-created the Amazon Canada Refugee Assistance Program. Previously at Impact Public Affairs as their VP of Social Innovation, Canada led advocacy and PR work for various sector clients related to housing, skills development, international development, health and transportation. Throughout her career, Catherine has played a variety of roles with Equal Voice Canada in support of increasing the participation of women in elected office, including sharing Canadian best practices with women leaders globally.