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My FellowshipMy Canadian placement:Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of Manitoba My Canadian audit team:I was part of a team working on an audit on youth mental health, led by Principal Jonathan Stoesz and Manager Graham Hickman. My most valuable learning:My most valuable learning relates to three essential components—People, Content, and Process—of delivering successful audits. These components must be aligned, thus there is need for a balanced approach between the People (managing relationships), Content (leading thinking), and Process (leading quality) for a successful audit. How my Canadian colleagues and mentors helped me:My Canadian colleagues at the OAG of Manitoba have been most welcoming and supportive. The culture of the office helped me to understand the importance of having and monitoring organisational procedures and policies. Remarkably, there is the LOOP (an intranet) where personal and professional activities, office policies, and procedures are available. For office procedures and policies, the responsible lead monitors staff compliance. What I enjoyed most:I enjoyed the kindness as well as the professionalism of the members of staff. They took great care of us and helped us to create special and memorable experiences in Manitoba. Everyone was willing to share their knowledge and experiences with us. My mentor taught and exposed me to performance audit planning and scoping techniques. The members of staff at CAAF have been very kind. My most impressive session was the one that dealt with culture shock. This session helped me to cope with the separation from my family and way of life in Guyana. Thank you. My audit plan:Preparedness of the Guyana Fire Service in responding to wildfires in GuyanaI developed my audit plan with the guidance of my mentor at the OAG of Manitoba, Principal Jonathan Stoesz. The connection to my country’s development priorities:Climate change has put the world at risk to natural and human-created disasters, including an increase in the number and intensity of wildfires. From 2021 to April 2024 there has been a substantial increase of wildfires in Guyana. Thus, the Audit Office of Guyana has decided to conduct a performance audit of the preparedness of the Guyana Fire Service in responding to wildfires in Guyana. This audit will apply a gender lens and Sustainable Development Goals focus by:
This audit will strengthen the operations of the Guyana Fire Service by providing the awareness and insight for Legislators and other stakeholders on the potential impact of wildfires, and provide assurance that the Guyana Fire Service is prepared for and thus able to respond as effectively as possible to wildfires. How CAAF and my host office helped:CAAF helped tremendously with applying a gender lens and the Sustainable Development Goals focus to my audit project. The challenge sessions helped me to make sure I had sufficient information to determine the auditability of my project. The skills and knowledge I improved by developing this plan:The process of developing this audit plan has enhanced my research and presentation skills. Also, I gained tremendous knowledge on building audit questions and aligning them to objectives and criteria. My future impact:The new knowledge I’m most excited to share with my colleagues:I am very interested in establishing a mentorship programme which will include minor soft skills training. Moreover, in this programme the book club idea will be well suited. Mentoring creates an environment for knowledge sharing and relationship building. I am excited because this Fellowship program has helped me to stop, evaluate and create a new perspective on the impact I desire to make. I am convinced that the mentorship programme will enhance the ‘People’ component of delivering successful audits. The difference I hope to make:I have gained skills and resources to help me apply the gender lens and Sustainable Development Goals focus to every audit I am assigned to perform. I am convinced that performance audits will contribute to government gaining insight and thus implementing policies or procedures to help them achieve their Sustainable Development Goals and gender equality/equity targets. My professional goals:I desire to be a role model to my colleagues. I will apply the soft skills I have gained from the book club, leadership and Leading Successful Audits trainings to guide my everyday work and to share the same with my colleagues. Additionally, train-the-trainers sessions have enhanced my presentation and delivery skills. I love teaching and these sessions have equipped me to do so with excellence. |
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The most Canadian thing I did was…The most Canadian thing I did was regularly going for walks with my colleagues to buy Tim Hortons coffee while just catching up. My favourite cultural experience in Canada was…Thanksgiving dinner with my colleague’s mentor’s family. I met his family, parents, aunt and uncle. It was super special. The most intriguing was after dinner we had tea and carrot cake and played UNO card game. Fabulous!!! |
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