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Author: aburns
Ausra Burns, Ph.D., is an experienced manager specializing in grants and contributions program design and delivery, strategic policy, and research with over 20 years of leadership in public sector roles primarily within Health Canada and Aboriginal Affairs. The document outlines her extensive skills, employment history, key projects, education, and language proficiencies. • Extensive expertise in grants and contributions: Dr. Burns has over two decades of experience managing the full lifecycle of grants and contributions programs, including policy proposals, operational design, and program delivery. She has led initiatives to modernize and improve efficiency aligned with government policies. • Strategic planning and governance: She has developed departmental and branch-level strategies and transformation roadmaps, designed governance and operating models, and supported organizational change in public sector contexts. • Senior-level analysis and stakeholder engagement: Dr. Burns synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data to provide evidence-informed recommendations for senior decision-makers and maintains partnerships across federal, provincial, Indigenous governments, and NGOs. • Health Canada leadership roles: Since 2018, she has managed multiple health-related transfer payment programs, led policy proposals, coordinated horizontal policy discussions, and supported program evaluations and audits. She was instrumental in redesigning Health Canada’s Departmental Core Responsibility 1 program inventory and implementing the Departmental Management Framework for Grants and Contributions. • Contributions to policy and program reforms: Previously, she worked at Status of Women Canada leading national gender-based violence surveys and Indigenous research strategies, and at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada managing national transfer payment programs and housing policy reforms. • Academic and community development roles: Dr. Burns served as an adjunct professor and founding director of the Aboriginal Community Development Centre at Mount Allison University, leading research and community-based projects focused on Indigenous governance and health. • Selected initiatives and research projects: Her work includes regional digital repositories on First Nation governance, participatory health care projects, sustainable development research, and evaluations of Indigenous housing and rural programs. • Recognized leadership: She received individual and team awards for leadership and excellence in designing and implementing Health Canada's Departmental Management Framework. • Educational background and language skills: Dr. Burns holds a Ph.D. in Sociology/Urban Design and a Master of Design from the University of Alberta, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Design from Vilnius Art Academy. She is proficient in Lithuanian, English, and French.