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My FellowshipMy Canadian placement:Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of Canada My Canadian audit team:I was part of a team conducting an audit on departmental progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Strategy, focusing on Goal 6: Ensure clean and safe water for all Canadians. This team was led by Principal Susie Fortier and Director Mohamed Ayachi. My most valuable learning:My most valuable learnings include effective leadership, clear communication, adherence to due process, and maintaining strong professional relationships, all of which are essential for conducting successful audits. I also learned how integrating gender equality, intersectionality, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can make audits more inclusive, relevant, and impactful. How my Canadian colleagues and mentors helped me:My colleagues at the OAG of Canada assisted me in integrating into the office, which helped me better understand the organizational culture and audit practices, including the use of the Audit Plan Summary (APS) and Audit Logic Matrix (ALM), team meetings, and data validation processes. My mentor felt like a guardian to me. He guided me in developing the APS and ALM and provided timely reviews with constructive feedback. I greatly appreciate his willingness to help and his openness throughout the process. What I enjoyed most:I appreciated colleagues’ cooperative behaviour, professionalism, and the cultural programs within the office. My team held weekly meetings, along with periodic meetings with the audited entity, which also provided valuable opportunities to clarify my doubts and resolve dilemmas. My audit plan:Healthcare waste management in hospitalsI developed my audit plan with the guidance of my mentor, Jean Cinq-Mars, CAAF Associate and former Sustainable Development Commissioner at the Office of the Auditor General of Quebec. The connection to my country’s development priorities:This audit supports our country’s development priorities by promoting safe public health practices, environmental sustainability, and accountable health governance. Poor waste management increases risks to hospital staff, patients, waste handlers, and surrounding communities, while also contributing to environmental pollution of air, water, and soil. This audit particularly contributes to SDGs 3, 6, 8, and 11, and also supports gender equality by helping to protect frontline healthcare workers and waste handlers—many of whom are women—from occupational health risks and unsafe working conditions. How CAAF and my host office helped:CAAF helped me to align gender equality and SDG considerations within my audit plan, which was a new concept for me. I met my mentor as scheduled, and his feedback added significant value in setting the audit objective, criteria, scope and lines of enquiry in the audit plan. The feedback received during the challenge session also helped make my document clearer and more focused. The skills and knowledge I improved by developing this plan:In developing this audit plan, I learned how to set audit objectives, develop suitable criteria, narrow and refine the audit scope, and integrate gender equality and SDG considerations into the audit design. My future impact:The new knowledge I’m most excited to share with my colleagues:I am excited to share and mentor colleagues on practical approaches to audit topic selection, using the “funnel” technique for audit scoping, and dropping jargon and remembering “less is more” when preparing audit reports. I believe that this mentoring creates an atmosphere for knowledge sharing and building good relationships. Ultimately, it helps strengthen evidence-based, balanced, clear, and impactful audits which further enhance the quality of performance auditing to gain public trust. The difference I hope to make:The knowledge obtained from the Fellowship will help me conduct citizen-focused and impact-oriented audits that promote accountability, effective public service delivery, good governance, and sustainable development outcomes. Integrating gender equality and the SDGs into performance audits will support governments in fulfilling their international commitments while also revealing how policies and programs affect different population groups in diverse ways. My professional goals:As a graduate Fellow, I will apply the knowledge and skills I gained through the CAAF training and my work experience at OAG Canada to guide my professional practice and conduct. As I am passionate about teaching and mentoring, I will be actively engaged in mentoring colleagues, sharing ideas, and encouraging them to apply their learning in their work. |
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The most Canadian thing I did was…I often went to the grocery store near my apartment, where I bought maple syrup and pancake batter. My favourite cultural experience in Canada was…I really appreciated the practice of assigning a buddy in OAG Canada to new staff members when they join the office, as it helped me to adapt more easily to the workplace environment and culture. |
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